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...deal too. But just because they look busy, it doesn’t mean they’re actually doing anything to make us safer. Next time you hear someone characterize Bush as weak on the economy and strong on defense, take a second to look past the spin...
...contra types are “super-friendly.” The timid Harvardians are immediately whisked onto the dance floor by various Chucks, Bobs and Steves. “Never contra’d before? Not a problem, just follow me!” Lines of eager partners spin to the beat, following the caller’s directions with varying levels of accuracy and energy. “Do-si-do! Left A-la-mains! Spin ’er round! Come to!” The spirit is contagious; everyone, from middle schoolers to octogenarians, grins...
...obsessed with outing Kelly, sure that this would "f___ Gilligan." Hutton focused instead on the worry of some officials that if they concealed that a civil servant had come forward to criticize the WMD dossier, they would later be accused of a cover-up. Instead of acknowledging that spin doctoring as well as decent motives could have fueled Kelly's outing, which led to his suicide, Hutton gave the government every benefit of every doubt...
...home state of South Carolina, admits that conservatives in his state are mystified that he's backing Kerry over a fellow Southerner like John Edwards, "They say, 'Wait a minute, Fritz. You're for that Massachusetts liberal?' I say that liberal-conservative stuff is just the Republican spin. Bill Clinton was a liberal, and he put our budget back in the black. The people in South Carolina are no different from the people in the North. They're interested in their country and in jobs...
...function of knee-jerk isolationism or even left-wing pacifism than a pragmatic judgment about how to fight best. No, alas, he's no Joe Lieberman in the war on terrorism. But his character suggests far more backbone in foreign affairs than does Kerry's Hamlet-like anguish and spin. I don't see Dean as President caving in to Jacques Chirac. And Dean could also save the Democrats from a left-wing split. In 2000 Al Gore lost in part because of the far-left Ralph Nader challenge. Dean has managed to bring these voters back into the fold...