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With this kind of forward-looking initiative, Kerry could draw a sharp contrast between himself and his short-sighted rival, and begin to define his campaign. While Kerry has been soul searching, Dubya has tried to brand him as a “flip-flopper.” (This from the man who told us four years ago, “I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called ‘nation-building’.”) Kerry ought to fight back with a moniker fit for Bush...
When Bush was failing as an investor, Daddy rescued his sagging share in Harken with a windfall contract for oil drilling in Bahrain, despite Harken’s dismal history and lack of off-shore experience. The Bush pedigree bought Dubya his stake in Texas politics, even though his recklessness, not to mention his dope-dimmed mind, would have denied it to anyone else. Then, as governor, he exploited the University of Texas’s state-funded endowment to funnel investment money to his cronies...
...It’s a cabaret show,” says Strauss, and it doesn’t leave anyone out: the perennial acts atop the Hill—Dubya, Dick, Donald and Condoleeza—are joined by old favorites Bill and Hillary, the hapless Democrats running for president, and Arnold. Onstage, the politicians—plus Rush Limbaugh—carry on their usual antics in songs and skits, like the Mary Poppins classic “Super-California-Recall-Freak-Show-Was-Atrocious,” “The Lieber...
...blow ’em right away/If I weren’t so beh-i-i-ind”) and Gen. Wesley K. Clark acts his rank (“In matters economic, national and liberal/I am the very model of positions that are General”). Even Dubya finds respect among the Steps: “The next time you’re wondering about the president’s mental acumen, remember that he finished a puzzle in only two weeks, and the box said 3-5 years...
...college bar is an endangered species in Harvard Square, driven to extinction by high-end competitors that appeal to Boston’s yuppie masses, in New Haven, the institution is alive and well. At Rudy’s, Yalies can still belly up to the same bar where Dubya and other illustrious alums once belted out Bull Dog fight songs. And at Naples Pizza, the history is literally written on the walls, where decades of messages and personal signatures from Yale students are carved into the wood paneling...