Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This ain't Viet Nam, and it sure as hell better not end the way Viet Nam ended. People bring Viet Nam up all the time because they know Viet Nam is unpopular. It plays on a fear and a phobia that are built into the American consciousness...
...seriously emphasizes the fundamental importance of the job: "When one thinks of this program, it is with the hope that when the visitor returns to his own country, it is with a better understanding of ours." He notes that many of the visiting leaders and businessman are politically unpopular, and students sometimes protest their arrival. Anderson strongly advocates the visitor's rights: "The University is a place where freedom of expression should be one of our greatest priorities. We should allow anyone to visit Harvard whenever Harvard wishes to see that person--and this does not exclude right-wing people...
...Mondale's home in Washington. He talked with dozens of people who had known and worked with Mondale, some as far back as 25 years ago in Minnesota. The recurring, almost reluctant question these sources raised about the former Vice President was his willingness to take unpopular stands...
Mondale returned to the Senate in style-and shoes-in 1965, after he had been appointed to a vacant seat (later he was twice elected). Though a steadfast liberal, he rarely took unpopular stands or did anything in revolt. That caution showed up more clearly when Mondale became Vice President. He was regarded as politically smart, but he also became known for his nervousness. Carter and his Cabinet members got used to Mondale's early dire warnings of the political consequences of decisions. The Israelis and the Jewish lobby especially unsettled him. When Carter decided against providing the Turks...
Mondale's ambivalence is especially demonstrable in his uneasy relationship with Jimmy Carter. He made the judgment early that he must keep his distance from the unpopular and defeated Carter. In a newspaper interview last month, Mondale made clear that he had differed with Carter on such controversial decisions as building the MX, selling arms to the Saudis and imposing the grain embargo on the Soviets. His candor caused Mondale to be accused of disloyalty. A few days later, at a Georgia rally where six candidates appeared-to Mondale's relief, Carter was traveling in the Middle East...