Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NAME] George Nethercutt (R.-Washington...
...WHAT HE SAID THEN] He promised to "serve only six years as a Representative." Also said, "It's time to send new people to Washington...
...military force and relentlessly predicting military disaster. There's also a distinction between heartfelt opposition to a use of military force and treating this issue as fodder for a different and less important battle of politics and personalities. The intense suspicion of President Clinton by the Washington press corps and punditocracy and the extreme partisanship of the Republican congressional leadership heavily influenced the public dialogue on Kosovo. No one called Vietnam a quagmire for five years. Kosovo was declared a quagmire after about five days. Press suspicion and Republican partisanship are reasonable enough, but there ought to be a sense...
...chill has settled over Hollywood on the subject of violence. Washington's attacks hit a fever pitch last week, as Republican Congressman Henry Hyde blasted "toxically poisoning" entertainment and tried but failed to get an amendment passed making it a crime to expose children to violent movies. Hollywood lobbyists continue to attack such efforts as a violation of the industry's First Amendment rights. Nevertheless, the Columbine High School shootings and the national kids-and-violence conversation it set off have left Hollywood in an unusually reflective mood...
...SMITH WON'T LEAVE WASHINGTON...