Word: support
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...issues for his audience, Bush made no promises. He only alluded to his support of school vouchers (most black organizations fear they will skim educational resources) and took a total pass on Supreme Court appointees and the death penalty (though four Gary Graham supporters loudly brought it up for him before being escorted out). He denounced racial profiling but offered no solutions, and as for affirmative action, he would only say, "Strong civil rights enforcement will be a cornerstone of my administration." Read my lips: No new quotas...
...York Times, as the Federal Communications Commission considers granting licenses to hundreds of low-power radio stations. About half of the applications to operate the stations come from religious organizations, largely fundamentalist - in other words, of the variety that generally can be counted on to rally support for Republican candidates. But the mini-stations are opposed by existing radio companies, many of them giant chains that are major contributors to the Republican party...
Lenzner's brand of "oppo research" isn't unique. Muckraking in Washington and on behalf of FORTUNE 500 companies is pretty much s.o.p. in the p.i. world. So Oracle's hiring of I.G.I. to try to get the goods on Microsoft's secret support of three "advocacy groups" isn't all that shocking. Neither is the fact that I.G.I.'s investigation uncovered Microsoft's financial support of the groups...
...mysteriously reshapes the views of those who ascend to it. But that idea doesn't withstand scrutiny, says Harold Spaeth, a Michigan State professor who has spent 40 years demystifying the court. Ike's nominations of Earl Warren and William Brennan were political deals, designed to shore up his support in California and New Jersey and made without regard for ideology, "so it's no wonder they didn't vote the way he liked," says Spaeth. "Presidents who are more careful get more predictable results. There aren't a lot of surprises...
...promised to "get America moving again." Hmmm. It was not much of an embrace. Kennedy won that election by an eyelash - some think it was an electoral eyelash conjured up by Mayor Richard Daley from the graveyards of Cook County, Ill. In any case, too close an election to support the Bush thesis...