Word: war-hero
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...away from the record of Republicans in Congress and the White House. Make copious use of outrage and emotion. Rather than a single, unified message, Schmidt planned a multifaceted attack, which would be stitched together under the banner of "Country First," a phrase that both highlighted McCain's war-hero biography and suggested Obama was a selfish, pandering elitist...
...bleak life has become for members of the Grand Old Party. Last fall Republicans were swept from power in both houses of Congress. This summer the incumbent Republican President is setting standards for unpopularity not seen since the Nixon Watergate era. In recent weeks the campaign of the war-hero Senator who was once the party's presumptive nominee has all but collapsed in debt and blame. The latest financial reports show that the G.O.P.'s always reliable money advantage has vaporized, with Democratic candidates out-raising Republicans by more than $100 million for next year's federal elections. Adding...
Amerine's war-hero status--he was a guest of honor at President Bush's 2002 State of the Union address, although he ceded his position at Laura Bush's side to another survivor from his special-forces team--seems to give him license to act as a great counterweight to the misty-eyed patriotism of West Point. He was recruited to teach international relations--and the realities of war. "Major Amerine doesn't sugarcoat anything," says Cadet Jonathan Lum. "His basic lesson is, There's a percentage of you that will...
Clark has a war-hero story at least as compelling as Kerry's, but he rarely talks about it. Instead, he spends most of his time arguing for Clintonian education and health-care proposals. He often sounds like he was just briefed an hour before. It's good he's a quick study, but that just reminds voters that he has to be. Asked what he would do to promote preventive health care, he recalls how in his Army days, "we used to march our troops to the dental clinic to make sure they got their teeth Xrayed. We called...
...long ago, everyone--even John Kerry's rivals--assumed that after Labor Day the lanky Massachusetts Senator would be cruising at the front of the Democratic pack. He had the war-hero bio and plenty of foreign policy credibility (perfect for post-9/11 politics), plus prodigious fund-raising abilities, a personal fortune and the best presidential hair since J.F.K. But as Kerry officially announces for President this week--a symbolic political rite that glosses over the fact that he has been running flat-out for a year--the question being asked most...