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...Many have chosen to believe that with a change in administration will usher in an “environmental spring” in this country. A fairer appraisal is that while President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have earned the jeers of those concerned about climate change, they have also been convenient lightning rods while Congress has quietly gone about its business of not doing enough...
...archetype of an American conservative, her views and policy are right-wing. She is respected in the Republican community and has a close relationship with President George W. Bush. She is religious enough to attract voters in the socially conservative Bible belt. However, unlike your typical Dick Cheney Republican, she appeals to typically Democratic demographics. Black women, who usually vote Democratic, may be inclined to give the Republican ticket a second look if they see someone on the ballot who personally understands their struggle as black women. Rice is intimately familiar with black issues. She was actually there...
When Adam Clymer ’58 was covering the 2000 presidential campaign, he wrote several articles that the Bush camp considered unfavorable. In a remark that was unintentionally picked up by microphones—and then by major media outlets—George W. Bush turned to Dick Cheney at a campaign stop in Illinois and said, “There’s Adam Clymer, major league asshole from The New York Times...
...zany half of the comedy duo that glued Americans to their TV sets with catchphrases like "Sock it to me!," Dick Martin and his partner, Dan Rowan, turned their hilarious and unhinged routine into a smash hit with Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. The variety show debuted in 1968 and ran for five years. Before that, the duo had spent a decade honing their act in clubs from Miami to Las Vegas. "We were raw," Martin once said of that period, "but we looked good together, and we were funny." He later directed sitcoms, helming episodes of Family Ties...
McClellan writes his share about White House personalities such as Dick Cheney ("the magic man") and Condoleezza Rice ("I was struck by how deft she is at protecting her reputation"). But the bulk of analysis is aimed at the top dog. "President Bush has always been an instinctive leader more than an intellectual leader," he notes. "He chooses based...