Word: uppityness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Get the picture, you uppity would-be reformers?
She refers to Ann Richards, who delivered a stinging critique of her husband at the Democratic National Convention, as "that woman." As for Ted Kennedy's famous "Where was George?" line, Barbara can only say, "He shouldn't even say George Bush's name." Though she has spent much of...
The meanness of George Bush's attacks coupled with the ineptitude of Michael Dukakis' campaign tends to obscure an important truth for the Democrats: the party is still doing penance for the 1960s. The code words like Willie Horton, the Pledge of Allegiance and the A.C.L.U., which the Republicans used...
THANKFULLY, you're not the kind of guy who feels bound by his principles. The way you tried to bust up that AFSCME union these past few months was, well, neat-o. It's not like they were a real union anyway. REAL unions--like the Teamsters--endorse real men...
"I thank . . ." Inman-Ebel snaps her fingers. "I think it does," the client says, correcting herself. "You don't want to come across uppity."