Word: smalley
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...inept in the penalty box. Sure, it can be comical to watch Republican National Committee (RNC) gaffe machine Michael Steele riff on his hip-hop vision for the party or Texas Governor Rick Perry carry on about secession or Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann explain how F.D.R.'s "Hoot-Smalley" Act caused the Depression (the Smoot-Hawley Act, a Republican tariff bill, was enacted before F.D.R.'s presidency), but haplessness does not equal hopelessness. And yes, the Republican brand could benefit from spokesmen less familiar and less reviled than Karl Rove, Dick Cheney and Newt Gingrich, but the party does have...
...Smoot-Hawley tariff bill signed by President Herbert Hoover is attributed by to President Franklin Roosevelt and - oh, yes - referred to by as the "Hoot-Smalley" bill...
...Internet never lets you escape your past. There are incriminating Facebook photos, e-mail mishaps and, for Al Franken, years and years of comedy footage that takes on new meaning now that the SNL alum has thrown off his Stuart Smalley cardigans in favor of dark suits and Senate-appropriate power ties...
...past elections, Daryn Smalley, a 32-year-old financial trainer at the Cleveland Clinic, took his time, sauntering into St. Mary's in the late afternoon. Today is different. He's here to vote for Barack Obama. "I wanted to get in as early as possible and avoid the rush," Smalley said. Maria Wright, 55, is a grandmother used to voting early on Election Day. She isn't too excited about this year's choices for president. "I don't like either of them," she says and has resorted to picking John McCain. "He's just the lesser...
...moms have made, Franken reveals that he was "co-dependent" with someone close to him. As they tell their addiction stories, he's perfectly empathetic, nodding and using the language of recovery like someone mistakenly doing a serious, dramatic reading of his 12-step Saturday Night Live character, Stuart Smalley. After they finish, Franken looks up and says, "Thanks for inspiring me. If I'm in the Senate, I'll fight for this stuff. Because ..." And then he stops and looks away, trying not to cry. It's silent for a minute, and then one of the women quietly says...