Word: trustedly
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...Trust us, said the voices of Washington...
First the Bush Administration: Trust us! We'll end gridlock in Washington. We have surpluses as far as the eye can see. We'll find the weapons of mass destruction; we'll be welcomed as liberators; the insurgency is in its last throes. We don't torture. Nobody thought the levees would break; FEMA is doing a heckuva job; we'll do what it takes to rebuild. The economy is fundamentally strong, and more tax cuts will make it stronger. And we can save Social Security by letting you invest your benefits in the market...
Then the Democrats: Trust us! Now that we've taken back Congress, Washington is going to change. We'll end the war, get the lobbyists out of the back rooms, show the country we know how to govern...
...crisis has gripped the American economy, with equity markets roiling and credit markets seizing up, Washington went to the well once more, as a lame-duck President joined Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to ask Americans to trust them with a $700 billion Wall Street rescue package. But the well of trust had long run dry. Outraged calls overwhelmed Capitol Hill switchboards, and on Sept. 29 the bailout failed in the House, panicking the markets anew. Washington is still likely to find a fix for the credit crisis, but after a series of corruption scandals and a longer series...
...both sides of the Atlantic, but it's hard to anticipate exactly what these will be. Certainly it's unclear whether voters in either country will take revenge on incumbent parties for their part in the mess or will shy away from younger challengers, preferring to put their trust in political veterans. It's the second scenario that Ed Cox, who heads up McCain's campaign in New York, told delegates in Birmingham he expects will give his candidate the edge. "This is a time for experience," he said...