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...decides who has been more convincing. The candidate who is challenged has the opportunity to respond at a level of seriousness to the issues put forth by his rival. If Dukakis charges Biden with being disingenuos, Biden can counter by explaining why Kinnock and the Kennedys hold such a sway over him. But the press justifies revelations, such as those pertaining to Biden, by invoking the right of scrutiny which is by design not a dialogue, but rather an examination...
Disneyland can be an enjoyable place to visit, but the spirit which guides Disneyland--that play can be managed--is an invidious one. It's also a philosophy beginning to hold such sway over the minds of officials of the state that more spontaneous displays of public enjoyment are starting to seem dangerous...
Bork is no less clever and no less twisted when it comes to civil rights. He explains away his opposition to the Public Accommodations Bill, a forerunner of the Civil Rights Acts, as an "intellectual mistake" commited when he was under the sway of hard-core libertarianism. While Bork has corrected this flaw in his thinking, he has relaced it with a dogmatic faith in "the jurisprudence of Original Intent." This theory would bind America to the specific 18th Century values (allegedly) held by specific 18th Century gentleman. Lost in Bork's theoretical shuffle would be the broad guarantees...
...free because he did not know. "I knew I'd told the truth," he says, "and that the truth would have to come out, and did." It is hard for Washington, so conditioned by guile and intrigue, to accept that. Yet Reagan's eyeball-to-eyeball insistence can sway almost any doubter...
Meese's inability to recall details of crucial meetings and conversations that took place while the scandal was breaking failed to sway some members of the committee. When Maine Senator George Mitchell, a Democrat, said he found some of the Attorney General's statements "very difficult to accept," Meese came close to losing his temper. "What I have told you is the absolute truth of what happened," he said, "and so if there's any question in your mind, I want to get that settled right now." Mitchell shrugged and retorted, "I just said it's hard to accept...