Word: mavericks
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Given the tainted GOP brand nationally-and in New Hampshire, where four state party officials have been convicted of hiring a firm to jam Democratic phone lines during the 2002 election-Sununu has tried to present himself as, well, a maverick. In the Senate, he has gone out of his way to stake out some independent ground-opposing reauthorization of the Patriot Act, supporting land conservation issues, and being the first Republican Senator to call for the resignation of former attorney general Alberto Gonzales. During the last televised debate in the Senate race, both candidates were asked to identify issues...
...Coal Belt, Southeastern Ohio Appalachia has the highest unemployment and lowest education levels in the state. And it likes to play the maverick. Sixteen counties here supported Bill Clinton in 1996, only to flip four years later and give George Bush the votes to carry Ohio...
...person who shoots from the hip, invites conflict and sees compromise as a sign of weakness rather than a path to progress. His impulsiveness has been evident this fall in rash decisions such as selecting Sarah Palin and suspending his campaign. While his supporters call him a maverick, I call him reckless. And as the past eight years have shown, recklessness is not what we need in a President. We need someone with intelligence, composure, discipline and restraint. Robert J. Inlow, CHARLOTTESVILLE...
...person who shoots from the hip, invites conflict and sees compromise as a sign of weakness rather than a path to progress. His impulsiveness has been evident this fall in rash decisions such as selecting Sarah Palin and suspending his campaign. While his supporters call him a maverick, I call him reckless. And as the past eight years have shown, recklessness is not what we need in a President. We need someone with intelligence, composure, discipline and restraint. Robert J. Inlow, Charlottesville, Virginia...
...person who shoots from the hip, invites conflict and sees compromise as a sign of weakness rather than a path to progress. His impulsiveness has been evident this fall in rash decisions such as selecting Sarah Palin and suspending his campaign. While his supporters call him a maverick, I call him reckless. And as the past eight years have shown, recklessness is not what we need in a President. We need someone with intelligence, composure, discipline and restraint. Robert J. Inlow, CHARLOTTESVILLE...