...anarchy" occurring in Los Angeles had resulted from a more general "poverty of values. "The riots were "directly related to the breakdown of family structure,...responsibility and social order in too many areas of society." He maintained, further, that television had also contributed to the moral decay by making...

...Murphy Brown for positively depicting a single mother, Vice President Dan Quayle said of the riots: "I believe the lawless social anarchy which we saw...and social order in too many areas of our society" (Rosenthal 1992, p. Al ). President George Bush, after his spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater blamed the...

...dominated by white men.11 Anempting to make sense of the recent Los Angeles riots, Quayle argued that "the lawless social anarchy which we saw is directly...and social order in too many areas of our society." He went on to note that, while baby boomers such as himself participated in the "war against traditional...

...April and May 1992: When I have been asked doring these last weeks who caused the riots and killings in LA, my answer has been direct and simple: Who is...ethos that impedes individual efforts to move ahead. Here we see strong emphasis on the individual as an autonomous agent in this passage and a corresponding...

...work, criminal-justice system machinations that moved the trial to Simi Valley, or even Rodney King. "I believe the lawless social anarchy which we saw...and social order in too many areas of our society." Given that context, it is clear that Quayle attacked Murphy Brown as a convenient foil for the target...

...planned to deliver would make the point: "The lawless social anarchy which we saw [in Los Angeles] is directly related to the breakdown of family structure,...and social order in too many areas of our society." On the cross-country flight aboard Air Force II, the vice president took some time to further tinker...

...example, roundly criticized the counterculture in a May 1 992 speech, linking recent riots in Los Angeles to "the breakdown of family structure, personal responsibility...and social order in too many areas of our society." He singled out Murphy Brown, a character in a highly popular television situation comedy, for "mocking...

...undermines society and its stability. Reflecting on the Los Angeles riots that year, Quayle stated: In a nutshell: I believe the lawless social anarchy...and social order in too many areas of our society. . . . [M]arriage is a moral issue that requires cultural consensus, and the use of social sanctions....

...Angeles rebellion/riots as a segue to (or as grounded upon) the bodies of Black women. He surmised that the lawless social anarchy which we saw is directly related to the breakdown of the family structure, personal responsibility and social order in too many areas of our society. For...

...is right? But after condemning the riots, we do need to try to understand the underlying situation. In a nutshell: I believe the lawless social anarchy...take advantage of the opportunities America offers. If we don't succeed in addressing these fundamental problems, and in restoring basic values, any attempt...