Word: suspicions
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What Buchanan has discovered is the enduring power of the full populist litany: moral conservatism, rejection of political elites, fear of foreigners and--the one leg that Republicans have largely avoided--suspicion of concentrated economic power. In the late 19th century, populism arose out of economic upheaval, the rapid growth of large industry and powerful railroads that crushed small farmers and craftsmen. Their enemy was the "money power" of the Eastern establishment, the power of banks and big corporations. That and immigrants and the corruption of the political establishment. Sound familiar...
...average than they do today. Gone are the self-deprecating gibes about his family business. "I guess you can say I came to the attention of management at an early age," Forbes would say with a grin. His winning quirkiness these days is shielded by a layer of wounded suspicion. When a voter in Earlham, Iowa, asked him whether he supported same-sex marriages, Forbes reacted like he had been punched in the stomach, stuttering "...I guess you could say I'm hopelessly conventional...
...rational but open-minded American to resist the opinion-framing tendencies of the media and to evaluate individually and fairly the First Lady of the United States? The real problem for suspect political figures in general and for Hillary Rodham Clinton in particular is that more often than not, suspicion equals guilt. Once the media casts its shadow of doubt across one's political resume, the practical verdict--namely, how that individual will now be viewed--is sealed...
...what have her many political predecessors done when their own suspicion rapidly flowed into guilt? They resigned. Political officials who have found themselves in a quagmire similar to that of Mrs. Clinton got out of office. Gary Hart, Zoe Baird, Lani Guinier--a diverse handful of politicians who withdrew from the spotlight in which they were being stripped of their political integrity. Our political system makes it too ugly for them to suck it up and stick it out. They need to get out quickly and unscathed. For the politicians who came before Mrs. Clinton, exit was the most common...
Based on Rana's description of the suspect, Alavi told police of his suspicion of Afrasiabi...