Word: wimp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gains tax, which would benefit mainly the few Americans who earn more than $200,000 a year, the President strengthened the impression that his highest domestic priority is taking care of the rich. Harrison Hickman, a Democratic pollster, gleefully observed that "George Bush has two Achilles' heels -- 'rich' and 'wimp' -- and managed to expose both of them on the same...
...wimp factor returns with a vengeance as Bush's flip-flops over taxes raise questions about his feckless domestic leadership. -- Public outrage against incumbents adds spice to the midterm elections -- but may not decide their outcome. -- One year after the killer quake, the San Francisco Bay area is still rebuilding -- and waiting...
There is the George Bush who hates more than anything being called a wimp. As an understudy for the post of Commander in Chief, he watched as Ronald Reagan evoked applause on the home front by bombing Tripoli and invading Grenada. Last December Bush tried his own hand at such stuff. He busted a drug lord holed up in Panama. As a result, Manuel Noriega is now awaiting trial in a prison cell in the Miami Metropolitan Correctional Center...
...media frenzy over President Bush's War on Drugs has abated somewhat since The Wimp went on TV and held up a bag of crack bought by federal agents in front of the White House last year. But as we approach the one-year anniversary of the set-up crack buy, we should all take a long hard look at this political and social fiasco. The best approach may be to declare victory and pull out; policy makers should seriously consider decriminalization...
PRESIDENT Bush may be Washington's most notorious wimp, but these days it looks like the Democratic Party is the one with no spine...