Word: classically
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...while city officials are struggling to mobilize new residents to become involved in local politics and worrying that they might lose their classic Democratic voting base, a Republican conversion in Cambridge seems unlikely...
...came prepared with opening eulogies not just for late Missouri governor Mel Carnahan but the sailors killed on the USS Cole, which took over half his first response. By the time he cited Carnahan's record in a later question on affirmative action, we were witness to a classic instance of Gore-esque coffin-riding, ? la his 1992 and 1996 convention speeches. (Whereas Bush, thankfully quickly, wished God's blessings on those whose "lives were overturned...
Granted, the Republican presidential candidate is no intellectual superstar. One of his favorite books is the children's classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar, while Al Gore opts for The Red and the Black, a 19th century page-turner by the French author Henri Stendhal. But let's be honest here--who reads Stendhal, really? (Aside from the Paris-bound Alec Baldwin, perhaps.) The fact is, people of average intelligence often make excellent presidents (Truman, Reagan, even FDR) while brilliant chief executives like Hoover, Nixon, Carter and Clinton tend to trip over their own feet. Intellectual snobbery is all well...
QUOTE "Whether we're dealing with antiques or modern furniture, everything can be classic...
...This is a classic case of being outspent," says Wayne County executive Ed McNamara, a Democrat. "If you get the spin doctors going, you can elect Dracula to heaven." Stabenow is looking for rescue from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which is pouring in money to put her advertising outlays in line with Abraham's. "Here's all we know," says Jim Jordan, the Democratic Senate-campaign political director. "After millions of dollars, Abraham still hasn't reached 50% in the polls. The voters of Michigan are looking for an alternative." Maybe so. But whether Stabenow is the alternative they...