Word: elect
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...presidential. The only politician around with the halo to make "shame on all of us" an applause line gave a tight and moving speech that sounded nothing like the listless death throes of that bruising primary campaign. "Let me get right to the point - we're all here to elect the next president of the United States, Al Gore," he began, but by the time he had made his way through the explanation of how enemy becomes endorsee he had set a very high bar for the nominal star, not just in health care policy but in rhetorical polish. Perhaps...
...also the protector, fiercely defending his dad. His father ran for the Senate in Texas in 1964, opposing the civil rights bill and supporting Barry Goldwater all the way. His opponent, Senator Ralph Yarborough, lost no chance to paint Bush as a preppy-come-lately, not one of us. "Elect a Senator from Texas and not the Connecticut investment bankers," went the Yarborough campaign chants. As W. worked on his dad's campaign during his summer before college, he saw how poisonous the not-one-of-us stereotype could be. On election night, the narrow defeat was a huge blow...
...take to the dance - me or the stiff? The crafted image he presented was of a good-time boy who'd gotten responsible, but, you know, not too much. In Philadelphia tonight, George W. Bush urged America to party on - and may have just convinced the nation to elect him Designated Driver...
...takes a village to provide parks. It takes a village to keep the streets safe. It takes a village to provide teachers and resources necessary to educate our children... It takes a lot of villages to help elect someone to the United States Senate." (NYT) -Clinton, proving that she'll do the plagiarizing around here...
...been on this campaign for two or three days, but it is really interesting how well everyone gets along. No one is telling anyone what to do. It's a bunch of self-starters, all of whom admire George Bush and are trying to do what they can to elect him. It's not the kind of campaign where they say, "Gosh, could you muzzle your wife, Dick...