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...Bushies claim the ad is "tongue-in-cheek," and perhaps it could have been. But it's just poorly executed. The narrator comes off not as likable and witty, but bitter and harpy-ish: by the time she huffs, "Re-a-lly," you can practically see her at the end of the kitchen counter, holding a martini in one hand while she lights a cigarette with the one still burning in her mouth. (And yes, that is a sexist image. But try to use positive sexist stereotypes - i.e., that women are inherently nicer than men - and you risk inadvertently conjuring...
MISSOURI A bitter Senate fight here will bring out voters. Bush has a slight lead, but Gore has launched a flurry of new ads. Only once in the 20th century has Missouri voted for a presidential loser...
COLA CRAZY Though the soft-drink industry pooh-poohs the findings, a small study shows most cola drinkers can't taste the difference between caffeinated and caffeine-free products. Why care? Cola makers have contended they add caffeine to impart a bitter but pleasing flavor. The study's authors claim they do so to get cola fans hooked...
...American consciousness across every continent; millions of little Elians the world over go to bed and dream of Lara Croft; French kids with an entire national tradition of great cinema are instead obsessed with "South Park" (Eric Cartman's face is more ubiquitous in the French countryside than bitter, entitled-feeling farmers). America doesn't dominate the world because it fears us; we dominate because the rest of the world wants...
...sure what he was thinking. I suspect he thought about what might have been, what went wrong. And he doubled his thoughts about running again. Made up his mind he would have his own inaugural, and he did four years later. And he wasn't bitter or sour, because getting up after a loss and realizing that life goes on is part of the legacy we share. The same thing happened to me in my first race, and to my dad, and to my grandfather. I know Jeb well. He's a loving soul. It made him better, more determined...