Somewhat contradictorily, they are decrying the attack on the Senate's traditions even as they threaten similar acts of vengeance should they win control of the chamber at the next election.
Second, and somewhat contradictorily, a new poll showed support for Mr Fox dipping slightly to 38%, against a steady 42% for Mr Labastida.
But, somewhat contradictorily, he concludes that this course would just have "prolonged the agony".
Last month two board members, including Al Gore, America's former vice-president, issued a report ostensibly clearing Apple's boss of responsibility, but confusingly and contradictorily detailing bad options grants (and even a fictitious board meeting) that involved Mr Jobs.Mr Jobs will not be in the clear until regulators give their own verdict.
Though Mansfield, somewhat contradictorily, sought to deny wider scope to his ruling, Granville Sharp and other abolitionists hailed it as the test case they had wanted.
In the West, people conjured up all sorts of ghosts from the past (and from their own imagination), ranging from ultra-nationalists and anti-Semites to strike-crazy syndicalists and (contradictorily) even rip-roaring low-cost capitalists who might disrupt the cosy world of west European business.
Most of them tried to think of ways of cutting interest rates, now a crippling 45-50%, and (perhaps contradictorily) of putting more subsidies into agriculture.
Indeed, far from welcoming the people of these mostly ex-communist countries into the club, the present members have been busy trying to keep them away.Scare stories about millions of work-seeking migrants (or, contradictorily, work-shy benefit-scroungers) have led most governments to throw up barriers to the free flow of these new EU citizens for at least two years.
He now talks of negotiating with the IMF, attracting foreign investment and encouraging more competition, though somewhat contradictorily he also wants price controls for basic goods and services.
The two parties are accused, variously and somewhat contradictorily, of elitist paternalism and of pork-barrel "clientelism".
Other official and semi-official figures allege, contradictorily, that Mr Vorobiev is utterly marginal; that he is extremely dangerous; that he is mentally unbalanced; that he is an anti-Semite; and that he is a provocateur sponsored by outsiders.
