Read Slade Gorton\'s Biography

194 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics Gorton and Evans won praise from the ACLU, not exactly an answer to their prayers f ...

the yeAR of Living dAngeRousLy 195 with Gorton, he said he wanted “real policy world” experience to prepare himself for a career ...

196 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics If there was any deficit anxiety in the electorate, the Gipper had the elixir. Reag ...

the yeAR of Living dAngeRousLy 197 claimed he was in Reagan’s hip pocket, which was patently untrue, while conservatives questio ...

198 22 | Déjà vu All Over Again E XpoL confiti L s RMed thAt MondALe got very little traction on the deficit. What resonated—and ...

déJà vu ALL oveR AgAin 199 even made the guest list, but Domenici was snubbed. The usually charm- ing Reagan dropped a dead mous ...

200 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics cused he could do that. In a way, he’s an automaton.... He was very good to have on ...

déJà vu ALL oveR AgAin 201 torate in economics, had teamed up with Gorton’s centrist friend, Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, and ...

202 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics of the comfortable and reduced rates for the middle class. It also shifted some of ...

203 23 | Gorton v. Zappa M iof onsLLi Music fAns who didn’t give a rip about the budget deficit were introduced to Slade Gorton ...

204 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics performers, and retailers in order to pass H.R. 2911, the Blank Tape Tax, a private ...

goRton v. zAppA 205 Amendment than for any song I ever wrote.” Zappa even released an album featuring excerpts of his exchanges ...

206 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics what Gorton calls “the most expensive cup of coffee Peter Ueberroth is ever going t ...

goRton v. zAppA 207 heavens. But President Reagan strongly supported the plan. Backers in the House prevailed in October of 1985 ...

208 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics ing. One reporter dubbed him the “Yappy Warrior.” They both talked too much, an Ada ...

209 24 | Let’s Make a Deal G d onoRt An evAns ignited a right-wing firestorm on March 4, 1986, when they nominated William L. Dw ...

210 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics asserted that he was a mediocre lawyer. Even the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee, whic ...

Let’s MAKe A deAL 211 the old pro from West Virginia, quickly changed his vote to “yes” so the Democrats could move for reconsid ...

212 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics selling out or doing something inappropriate is just pure hogwash.” On the other ha ...

Let’s MAKe A deAL 213 dents and autonomous of state and federal authorities. Washington Gov- ernor John Spellman and Oregon’s Vi ...