Word: bushed
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Yale has produced many of the great leaders of the 20th century. George W. Bush spent his formative years at Yale, where he joined the Skull & Bones society, a sort of make-believe club for college students. There George made-believe that the United States was an aristocracy where the idiot sons of the privileged could rule with the consent of the populace. Now George's fantasy is coming true and Yale alumni all over the world are swelling with pride...
...Post also reported: "Bush has emphasized that his presidency would be a categorical rejection of isolationists in both parties...
...that's not even the bad news for President Clinton. This is: The U.S. trade imbalance with China has reached record levels, which could mean trouble not only for the President, but for the presidential wannabes (Gore, Bradley, Bush, McCain) who approve of his pledge to support China's bid for membership in the World Trade Organization. Which should leave the issue wide open for Buchanan, a conservative who has been a vocal opponent of recent trade agreements...
...presidential contest, no one is likely to accuse Bush of being insufficiently Texan, nor does an Ivy League bias hold much water considering the two Democratic front-runners are graduates of Harvard and Princeton...
...Bush, the challenge will be proving that he is more than simply gregarious and good-natured. He will need to show that he has moved beyond the flippancy and lack of direction of his college years and has acquired the sobriety needed to lead the nation...