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...What he said was meant to scare voters, period. It was way over the top and, I think, un-American." JOHN EDWARDS, Democratic vice-presidential candidate, reacting to Cheney's comment...
...than 100 speed radars have been installed around the country since last fall (1,000 are to be in place by the end of 2005). The government also funded a series of chilling anti-speeding commercials aired last year - including radio spots consisting simply of graveside eulogies - designed to scare drivers into behaving. But the key to the success, argues Geneviève Jurgensen of the League Against Road Violence, is enforcement. "People won't heed the law unless there is a real probability of getting caught," she says. Now there's an argument to keep those speed cameras rolling...
That was, of course, before he lost his first race; he never lost again, but the mid-campaign scare was somewhat institutionalized. Kerry has a reputation in Massachusetts for stumbling through the middle of the campaign and then emerging victoriously from the trainwreck unscathed, like a political Mr. Magoo (see his Senate campaign against Governor William Weld ’66). For those of us in his corner, I suppose that counts as consolation...
...What he said was meant to scare voters, period. It was way over the top and, I think, un-American." JOHN EDWARDS, Democratic vice-presidential candidate, reacting to Cheney's comment...
...WRITTEN 10 BOOKS IN FIVE YEARS. ARE YOU TRYING TO OUTDO STEPHEN KING? No, he's scaring people. I don't want to scare anybody. I just feel a sense of urgency ... to get a message out there. I've had obesity obliterate my family--it took my father early, and I've got two nephews over 500 pounds. I feel a sense of urgency to shake people up about that...