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That's fair enough. Emotions are a valid part of a presidential campaign. (So, for that matter, are personalities.) But the emotions Bush is stirring up in the name of American patriotism are ugly and -- dare I say it -- un- American. What unites the pledge nonsense, the furlough business, the attacks on the American Civil Liberties Union, the scare stories about a race of mythic bogeymen called liberals is an effort to induce a fever of "us" vs. "them" majoritarianism...
...could not add up for very long. He had the guts, as Reagan's rival for the nomination, to name it "voodoo economics." Today, like Dukakis, Bush knows there is a long list of public needs that cannot be met without some difficult choices, including a revenue increase (none dare call it taxes). But in the Balkanized G.O.P. of 1988, Bush had to get a large share of Reagan loyalists to win the nomination. And he had to reassure other voters still mesmerized by the Free Lunch illusion that he would not be presenting a large bill for the meal...
...Into the Night. Then, switching on the Cinderella smile, she became a princess in the medieval adventure Ladyhawke and the sweetest witch in Eastwick. She has played movie stars in Sweet Liberty and PBS's Natica Jackson, two fables about creatures of illusion manipulating the reality of voyeurs who dare mistake the actress for the role...
...course as a novelist, his afternoons are free. No nine to five obligations for this pen pusher. Such is not the case for most folk, though, and there's just a bit of arrogance, dare I say elitism, in this novelist's attitude. Sitting in the stands on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon in Wrigley, clad in Polo shirt and docksiders, our novelist had forgotten the most important thing about major league baseball...
...next year's best seller. In Smith's bruised glare you can see the befuddled pain of anyone married to a blockhead with writer's block. But that's just subplot. The main plot is barely sodded: sound effects in place of wit, and rural goofuses who wouldn't dare show their faces on Newhart...