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...target for her strident partisanship, Boxer invited still more attacks for her belated criticism of President Bill Clinton's adultery. (Her daughter is married to the First Lady's brother.) In contrast to the vociferous Boxer, Fong, who is pro-choice-in-the-first-trimester, delivers speeches like a CPA explaining tax law. "His biggest advantage," says a G.O.P. strategist, "is that he's not Barbara Boxer...
BORN: March 26, 1949, Washington, D.C. EDUCATION: Southern Methodist U, 1967-69; U of Texas, B.A. 1974; Texas A&M U, M.B.A., 1975, B.B.A., 1990 FAMILY: Wife, Becky; two children RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: CPA POLITICAL CAREER: Nueces River Authority 1987-95, president, 1992-94; State Board of Dental Examiners 1981-86 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 6070 Corpus Christi...
Barone says he decided to go into auditing after majoring in accounting at Siena College in upstate New York "Because the letters 'CPA' sounded better than some other kind of an accountant in a corporate environment...
...warm without being entirely cuddlesome. Weaver has a veteran wife's weary wariness down perfectly. Ving Rhames as a Secret Service man allowing Dave to melt his professional steeliness, Kevin Dunn as the press secretary for whom "no comment" is a moral statement, and Charles Grodin as a CPA appalled by federal accounting practices complete one of the best comic ensembles in years. Under Reitman's unforced and confident direction, they ground improbable fantasy in very human, very winning believability...
...just now. But / as Nick the Lounge Singer on SNL and in a lot of his movies, Bill taught us that there was a magical, very American bliss to be achieved by failing in public and not realizing it. He was the soul of the showman in every CPA who's just had that third Scotch on the rocks. He was the spirit of unfazed, unfounded self-assurance. He was Karaoke before Karaoke was cool. He was conviviality masking contempt masking -- who knows what? He was . . . Everyguy...