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...retiring Bennett Johnston. Considering his near political successes in the past, the other candidates may get a run for their money. Duke ran for Governor of Louisiana in 1991, and while he was defeated by Edwin Edwards (in a memoriable race that produced the slogan "vote for the crook, not the Nazi") he still received 39 percent of the vote. Duke also grabbed a resounding 44 percent of the vote in a run for the U.S. Senate in 1990. And last month, Republican Governor Mike Foster said he would support Duke if he became the GOP nominee. -->
Politicians realize that confronting an insult head-on starts voters thinking. At least, politicians should realize that if they were around in the Watergate era, when Richard Nixon made the mistake of saying, "I am not a crook...
...think [grass roots] is a front," said Fred McMurry, a resident of nearby Raymond, N.H. "[Alexander] is a crook...
...women feel uneasy. "It was a weak case," reports Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "The only thing they could have really pinned on him was conduct unbecoming of an officer, and even that was going to be hard to prove. The guy might have acted stupidly, but he is no crook." But Greene, who is up for a promotion to the rank of rear admiral, may well become the third Navy commander in recent months to have sex-related charges derail his career. "He'll never get the promotion now," says Thompson. "It is very political to get to the next...
Once past the truth-in-advertising issues, though, you have to admit that there's something sturdy, maybe even indestructible, about Kiss of Death. It's the story of a not-too-bright crook and family man named Jimmy Kilmartin (Caruso) caught in a well-carpentered claustrophobic invention. Busted for his reluctant role in a big-time car theft, he gets the book thrown at him when he refuses to inform on his confederates. Then his wife dies, and his fatherly obligations to his little girl start calling. So does the D.A. (Stanley Tucci), who makes a proposal: help...