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Editorialists debated whether the voters were punishing Chirac and Juppe for 1) daring to privatize and cut government functions (the New York Times ); 2) failing to privatize and cut government functions (the Wall Street Journal ); or 3) "on-again, off-again" weaving between the two positions (the Washington Post ). (5/28)
Then we started punishing them for the appearance of impropriety.
The LAT says Madeleine Albright wrapped up her whirlwind tour of the Mideast and Europe without winning a united mandate from U.S. allies to launch what could well be the most punishing military strike against Iraq since Desert Storm.
It is incumbent on the House to recognise that an impeachment trial should be a way of protecting the office of president, not punishing the man."
The converse was true of the punishing stimulus; losing a large amount of money would often (but not always) signal that a reversal had occurred.