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And, of course... "Hold schools accountable for results." The spot closes with Bush at the convention pledging to "renew the promise of America's public schools" - and you can't help noticing that, in fact, Bush behind a podium, grinning, pushing those words out, seems himself like a proud fourth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello! I'm Mr. Warm. And I'm Mr. Fuzzy... | 8/25/2000 | See Source »

Al Gore's 60-second "1969" likewise picks up from his convention debut, namely, from his "Wonder Years"-style bio film. "Nineteen sixty-nine," the voiceover declares, to footage of riots and police with nightsticks - "America in turmoil," thus fulfilling the customary obligation of using "turmoil" in the same sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello! I'm Mr. Warm. And I'm Mr. Fuzzy... | 8/25/2000 | See Source »

Tipper and I, along with my vice presidential running mate, Joe Lieberman, and his wife, Hadassah, flew overnight from Los Angeles following the Democratic National Convention to begin our journey. Despite only a few hours of sleep on the plane, the cheers of the delegates filled our hearts overnight and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In His Own Words: Al Gore Describes His Life Along the Mississippi | 8/22/2000 | See Source »

This was in Los Angeles, on the last night of the Democratic convention, and I was getting ready to travel on Gore's four-day "Charting America's Course" riverboat excursion. I was filling in for Karen Tumulty, our regular correspondent assigned to Gore. I'm a rookie when it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In His Own Words: Al Gore Describes His Life Along the Mississippi | 8/22/2000 | See Source »

WSJ gives the page to "lapsed Democrat" Harry Stein, that liberal media member who went right and wrote a book about it, which I've been meaning to read: "the convention only confirmed the depressing truth that in today's Democratic Party no one fails the ideological litmus tests and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics Junkie: Back on the Back Burner | 8/22/2000 | See Source »

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