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Make sure our Republican candidates have that personal connection, not a country-club detachment.
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Such projections of doom portray Mr. Romney as the dreary second coming of John McCain—a hapless moderate foisted on the disillusioned rank and file by the GOP's country-club establishment, with no real chance to rally the conservative base or draw clear distinctions with Barack Obama.
Conservatives, Romney, and Electability Michael Medved 2011
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In the post-war years, madras short-sleeve shirts tucked into brightly colored trousers was a popular country-club look.
Stylish Guys Steal Short Sleeves From Nerds Ray A. Smith 2011
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If any of you here who support repealing DADT served in the military you were a country-club REMF.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010
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If any of you here who support repealing DADT served in the military you were a country-club REMF.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010
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A truth-speaking politician is a difficult concept for the country-club Republican and the Democrat in general (who haven't had one of those since Al Smith died) but you have to admit it's one of the logical possibilities.
Thoughts from the morning papers John 2009
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THE WEEK AHEAD The best place to test the pulse of corporate America will be downtown Chicago on Thursday and Friday as The Business Council swaps the usual country-club setting of its fall meetings for the self-styled risk-management capital of the world.
CEO's Gather for 'Group Think' Doug Cameron 2010
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At a country-club fund-raising lunch for Ms. Herrera in Vancouver, Wash., a campaign flyer at the door emphasized the candidate's government experience.
GOP House Leaders Seek to Avoid Mistakes of '94 Naftali Bendavid 2010
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A truth-speaking politician is a difficult concept for the country-club Republican and the Democrat in general (who haven't had one of those since Al Smith died) but you have to admit it's one of the logical possibilities.
27 July -- Bl Titus Brandsma, O. Carm. John 2009
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Smarty: If any of you here who support repealing DADT served in the military you were a country-club REMF.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010
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