Word: swipes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first major swipe at Bob Dole, Pete Wilson today declared the GOP frontrunner soft on welfare reform. "The compromises being cut in the Senate raise serious doubts as to whether the Senate Republican leader really understands the mandate the voters gave us last November to make dramatic change," Wilson told the Heritage Foundation in Washington. Los Angeles bureau chief Jordan Bonfante says it's the opening gambit in the California governor's plan to "portray himself as taking action as governor on these very issues that Dole is just talking about and compromising on in the Senate. Wilson wants...
With those weak points in mind, Bill Clinton took a swipe at Dole last week at a town meeting in Billings, Montana. Without mentioning the Senator by name, Clinton observed pointedly that "there are some public officials in our country who are only too happy to criticize the culture of violence being promoted by the media but are stone-cold silent when these other folks are talking and making violence seem...
...built a career on playing fat, loud, accident-prone losers. But NEWT GINGRICH wasn't insulted when the Saturday Night Live comic (and co-star of the new film Tommy Boy) turned up at a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee acting just like him. Farley first took a swipe at the Speaker's penchant for handing out reading lists, offering up one that included a children's book as well as novels by Danielle Steel and Jackie Collins. Imitating Gingrich's rapid-fire delivery, Farley then pushed through bills declaring all Democrats officially weird and moving the nation...
...impetus for the policy stemmed from a number of sources, according to Jewett. Probably the most obvious is the ID-card swipe system...
Republican presidential contender Lamar Alexander took a swipe at front-runner Dole's leadership skills today, criticizing the Senate's failure to pass the amendment on schedule. TIME'S Tumulty says such jabs could be damaging for Dole, who is basing his campaign on his leadership abilities...