Word: voting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the Israeli election has been held and local voters have returned our staunchly pro-Israel delegation to Congress, it should be obvious just how insignificant Tuesday's vote on Question 5 is from the standpoint of what will actually happen between Israel and the Palestinians in the near future...
Sadly, most of the organizations which took charge of the debate focused on the referendum itself and the number of people who would vote yes or no. So if the posters and pamphlets are correct, we know that it was appropriate to Vote Yes for Middle East Peace or Vote No for a Lasting Peace. As well, the Coalition for Palestinian Rights on the one hand and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting on the other have contributed mainly rhetoric about the "true intentions" of the other side--revealing more than anything their own true intentions and hatreds...
...that Democrats too often lack--a reputation for a solid understanding of defense issues. While hardly a hawk. Bradley avoids the image of knee-jerk anti-militarism that afflicted Dukakis. After twelve years of Republicans in the White House, fielding a candidate whose primary flaw is one vote for Contra aid should not be too bitter a pill to swallow to elect a Democratic President...
...same, many who did vote for Vice President George Bush cannot feel that he entirely deserved to win either...
Powell is regarded as a moderate justice who frequently cast the decisive vote in cases that divided the high court along ideological lines...