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...however, Newsweek's portrayal of Bill Clinton as a knight on horseback conveys more hope than irony, whereas a similar picture of Ronald Reagan or George Bush would have been meant as a sneer at the president's delusions of grandeur. Perhaps some of this is due to the media's liberal slant, but not all. Both liberal and conservative politicians are routinely subjected to the sort of ridicule which Clinton is presently being spared. What, then, is the reason for this new optimism about politicians...
...House impeachment suffered during his tenure as a federal judge. To the north, one of the most talked- about new faces to join the House belongs to Illinois Democrat Bobby Rush, a former Black Panther whose radical history prompted his opponent, Jack Kemp conservative Jay Walker, to sneer, "He couldn't get a job at K Mart or McDonald's with his past record." Among the incumbents to survive this election year's vitriolic volleyball, sharp-tongued minority whip Newt Gingrich won a tough Georgia race against political neophyte Tony Center. Other household familiars heading back to the Hill include...
...them come to you, these bearers of their own wonders, and when they sneer, just laugh very loud. As they delve into mires of pretense, observe the opaque glasses they cannot remove from their eyes. You can't take them seriously. Never take them seriously...
...level, and it smells rank. Freddy Krueger slices his way into little girls' minds, and Madonna's siren song & turns little boys into prematurely dirty men. Once the U.S. cinema was ruled by sentiment; now it is tyrannized by cynicism. Movies have assumed the omniscient sneer of a '50s greaser; they mock or duck any authority, whether the unfeeling parent, the stodgy teacher, the irrelevant clergyman or the brutal cop. And where once there was subtlety in popular art, now there is sensation. Traditional standards have given way to tribal impulses, which push Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers aside...
Nothing to sneer at, surely, but will the final number sworn in next term be enough to constitute 1992 as Year of the Woman...