Word: jacksonism
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Gore aides attributed their Pennsylvania victory to an extensive get-out-the-vote effort, saying that the Rev. Jesse Jackson's appearances in Philadelphia helped them turn out large numbers of black voters...
...Greatest Moment of Genuine Sympathy for Someone's Who's Generally a Media Blowhard: Rev. Jesse Jackson, clearly barely able to hold back sobs in an interview with Peter Jennings...
...this has left the Gore campaign wondering how to lure Nader voters. Its answer has been to have surrogates like Gloria Steinem and Jesse Jackson argue that a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. "I make the case wherever I can that I need a partner at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue," says Representative Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat who represents Madison, Wis. The National Abortion Rights Action League has sponsored TV ads urging Nader voters to "consider the risk," lest they elect Bush and tip the Supreme Court against legal abortion. The strategy could backfire by drawing...
...since childhood. So the other day I tuned in, curious to know whether my liberation memories would match up with the actual product, especially now that I have de Beauvoir and Ferraro and riot grrl under my belt. The episode was called Target: Angels. Kelly (Jaclyn Smith), Sabrina (Kate Jackson) and Jill (Farrah Fawcett) are being shot at by an enemy of Charlie's. I am delighted to report that I could see what I once saw. Jill coaches a girls' basketball team; Kelly breaks up with boyfriend Tom Selleck to protect him from gunfire; and when Sabrina...
Growing up, I tried to be a humble Yankees fan, preferring the yeoman efforts of Willie Randolph to the braggadocio of Reggie Jackson. I had a terrific vocabulary as a kid. The Yankees gave me confidence that I sorely needed as a bookish, freakishly shy child who was secretly desired by all the girls in his class...