Word: taunt
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...just when I thought it would never abate, I was given a glimmer of hope. It was hope, not so much for America, but for my pride, for my ability to say something in response to the taunt which endlessly repeats in my head like a broken record, “but, the American people actually chose him this time...
...game's dominant pitchers, the Yankees seemed to have his number. After another loss to them in late September, he blurted out, "I just tip my hat and call the Yankees my daddy." Ever sensitive New York fans quickly added, "Who's your Dad-dy?" to the 1918 taunt. But by the thick of this year's playoffs, Pedro too had adapted the team's "Why not us?" attitude. He pitched a gem in the World Series...
Upon the completion of Nader’s speech, the gloves were dropped and any pretense of civility was abandoned. Members of the Harvard College Democrats bum-rushed the microphones with glee—wearing matching tees—to bait and taunt Nader with questions such as: “How do you feel knowing that over 1,000 people died in Iraq because you ran for president?” For his part, Nader responded obstinately, often attacking the questioner instead of his or her logic. Throughout the question and answer session a contingent of Lyndon LaRouche supporters...
...President Bush likes to taunt that if John Kerry had been president, Saddam Hussein would still be in power. Kerry advocates counter that keeping Saddam contained would have allowed the U.S. to make far more headway in its battle against al-Qaeda, which Operation Iraqi Freedom has not only detracted from, but has also made considerably more difficult. (Rather late in the game, Kerry surrogates have begun to point out that Saddam Hussein did not rank even in the top three national security threats to the United States at the time of the invasion, but occupying Iraq has weakened...
...warmth and sharing and openness of his old home has been replaced with jealousy, greed and distrust. In desperation, he wanders the town shouting and asking what has happened to his village. But the people do not hear him. They dismiss him as a crazy old man; children taunt...