Word: winging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan, they said, is not only stupid, but mendacious. His ideas are molded out of right-wing dogma and his facts are usually made up on the spot. Anyone who believes this guy is obviously a dunce, too. Why should we pay attention to anything he says...
...below the surface, he was often on to something important. Although some Americans voted for Reagan out of naked self-interest (people with six-figure incomes, for example) and others voted for him out of right-wing nuttiness or foolish patriotic euphoria, there aren't enough of these people to pull off a 49-state landslide. Reagan's message must have had some broader appeal...
Reading through Reagan's speeches, from "The California Years" to "Farewell Address to the Nation," you have to wade through a lot of bullshit. But hidden beneath the hyperbole and right-wing paranoia is an important message for liberals. Although Reagan really is clueless and mendacious, he levels some criticisms at contemporary liberalism that liberals are foolish to ignore...
...recent article in The Progressive branded opponents of rent control "the real-estate industry, right-wing think tanks and conservatives...
...Crimson's lone tally came in the middle of the second half, closing the UMass margin to 2-1. Junior halfback Sue Carls passed to Weinstock on the left wing. Weinstock dumped the ball off to Johnston at the top of the penalty box. Johnston cut around the defender and blasted the ball into the upper right corner of the net for her sixth goal of the season, breaking a personal seven-game scoring drought...