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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton's enemies still wonder: How stupid can people be? How can the voters apparently see through this charlatan but go ahead and vote for him anyway? And Clinton's friends wonder: How ungrateful can people be? If Americans are content enough to re-elect Clinton, why do they hold him to a standard of character no successful politician could meet? Why won't they give him the kind of respect, if not adulation, a successful President in difficult times deserves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTION '96: SITTING PRETTY | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

...Princeton," Morris told Tyson. "The tax credit will be part of that speech. So if you have any little concerns, take care of them." Tyson's chief of staff, Tom O'Donnell, stalked out of the room. Morris called after him. "Message to the front: I'm trying to elect the President!" But for all Morris' histrionics, Tyson prevailed in the end, fine-tuning the proposal and protecting the NEC's turf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTION '96: WHO IS DICK MORRIS? | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

...children! These are the least among us! You can't just turn your back on these babies! They are already here." New York delegate Barbara Lee Diamonstein Spielvogel says her enthusiasm for Bill Clinton has been dampened by his signing of the bill: "The idea is to re-elect him, and then he'll try to fix the situation he has helped to create. That's our only hope, you know? Consider the alternative." -->