Word: partisans
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Texas Gov. George W. Bush cannot try to block the hand recount and expect to emerge from this campaign as a man of integrity--whether or not he becomes our next president. As much as the arguments for advocating or dismissing the hand count are colored by partisan interests, the fair administration of elections is not a partisan issue...
...Internet and through hastily-called press conference with reporters, prominent Republicans denounced the Democratic efforts as partisan, dangerous and divisive...
...emphasized beforehand that participants should make an effort to be non-partisan, since the protest was promoting fair elections rather than one particular candidate...
...dirty politics, last-minute politics," and he attributed it to Democratic maneuvering. "I don't know if my opponent's campaign was involved," he told Fox News the day after the story broke. "But I do know that the person who admitted doing it was a Democrat and a partisan." Connolly was a Democratic candidate for Governor two years ago (finishing third in a five-way race) and a delegate to this year's Democratic National Convention. There he handed out anti-Bush buttons proclaiming W IS FOR WIENER, and he has a website bearing the same slogan...
...early--and on your own terms. If Bush had mentioned the arrest months ago, perhaps buried deep in a speech about finding religion and giving up drinking, it would have lacked any 11th-hour drama. But by avoiding it, the campaign made itself vulnerable. Whether it is a calculating partisan or an inquisitive local reporter, there's always someone in the final days of a presidential campaign who is more than happy to yell, "Surprise...