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Similarly, to praise Stewart as the embodiment of the aw-shucks American hero is really to patronize him. His true achievement is to have reflected the changing, aging, increasingly troubled face of America, from its early days as the new big likable kid on the block of world power to the questioning twilight between World War II and Vietnam...
Negative ads, yes. Negative attacks, only with caution. Personal attacks work when delivered with an aw-shucks attitude or praeteritio, as Dole practiced it in the first debate: "I've never discussed Whitewater, as I've told you personally. I'm not discussing Whitewater now." And then he went on to press Clinton on the Whitewater pardons. Dole delivered his broadsides with a hatchet and a scowl; the other guy with a stiletto and a smile...
...gift for depicting heroic men whose moral code is something short of Benedictine. "No one wants to see the flat good guy or bad guy that's just popcorn for the eyes," Neeson argues. "I'd hate for an audience every time they see me to think, 'Aw, the day is goin' to be saved--he's such a nice...
...general disbelief could be felt in the air; and in the dramatic pause after he had been abused to his face by those same cynical reporters, when his whole face was trembling with anger and disillusionment, the guy behind us could be heard murmuring, in perfect Jimmy tones, "Aw...
Typical comments en route were "Wow!" from the fast lane and "I don't need to go faster" from the slow lane. They might have added "Zowie!" and "Aw, shucks" as well, because for Boston drivers to get so excited over a commuter lane shows just how benighted the Boston road system...