Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Republican leaders say every dollar they leave on the table will just get spent by the "Washington bureaucrats" -? code for either Clinton or some Democratic Congress of the future. Give it all back now, and government will have to stay small. But that disciplined future is a little hard to imagine when right now in the House, Republican super-whip Tom Delay is proudly spending next year?s surplus "and then some" just to make sure there?s no money left for Clinton except for what he promised he wouldn?t touch. "We will negotiate with the President, after...
...Nature abhors a vacuum, Washington abhors extra money. It must be disposed of, somehow, and soon enough to get re-elected with. (And in a ten-year block, no less) If we get lucky, the current standoff will harden into a stalemate, and at least this year?s surplus will go where it belongs -? into the bank. If not, then I guess I?ll settle for the compromise favored by a handful of moderates (A tip: for some of the best fiscal policy out there, look for the Republicans who break ranks with their party): $500 billion in tax cuts...
Ahhh, yes. Another tourist spotting. While other Metro commuters busy themselves with fresh copies of the Washington Post or the latest figures from the Office of Management and Budget, I have another hobby: I watch tourists. Each morning and evening, as I ride the red line in and out of the city, I have taken to eavesdropping, snooping and spying on the visitors to my native land...
...suppose that most tourists are similar around the globe, but D.C. tourists rank above travelers to any other city. People don't come to Washington to relax or catch a show or see Elvis' house. They flock to the capital to learn, celebrate America and be the best gosh darn patriotic citizens they can be--even the foreigners, which I will never understand. During their delves into American heritage, these people really appreciate D.C. as the gorgeous marble city that it is. They appear almost childlike to me. At times I even get the impression that they think wearing...
...took Dick Holbrooke a year to be confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations -- and now he may find he has a job that his bosses back in Washington don't really care about. Holbrooke, who was nomination cleared the Senate Thursday, certainly has his work cut out for him ?- and dousing the raging diplomatic brushfires at the United Nations will be nothing compared with getting Washington to take the world body seriously. He takes his seat at a time when international diplomats are expressing unprecedented frustration with Washington?s performance in the international body. "Although Holbrooke will...