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Each side played the usual psych-war games in these talks: Gore's team said he wanted lapel mikes for the first debate (that was designed to fool Bush into thinking Gore was going to walk around); Bush wanted swivel chairs for the second debate (to make him look as tall as the Vice President). And for the third debate, the two sides spent a lot of time discussing rules of movement and space in ways that would have made an air-traffic controller proud, including arguments about privacy areas, zones of separation and what constituted interference. "The Bush people...
Past Gems: The Honky Tonk Downstairs 'Once a Day' 'When Your House Is Not a Home 'Three's a Crowd' 'Mr. Fool...
...tinkerer in the Bud Isaacs mode, who has a few extra metal rods custom-made for me for what seems like a ridiculously low price. Mike gives me detailed explanations regarding the butterfly nuts and the torque of the rods underneath, which I pretend to understand, but even a fool can see that the guitar has come back vastly improved, and I can finally address the instrument in earnest...
...unnatural pose of a candidate, President Gore's question would be whether the smartest guy in the room can also be the canniest. And having assumed the awesome responsibilities of the job, President Bush would have to show that he can be both everybody's friend and nobody's fool. Which is why, for voters, casting a ballot on Nov. 7 is both a choice of one imperfect man over another and a prayer for something better...
...which could only have fed the Ralph Nader/George Wallace belief that there ain't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties. The Bush and Gore attack ads, though, were short, sweet and to the point: Gore is a liar who favors Big Government; Bush is a fool who favors the rich. These may not have been the most ennobling messages, but it would be snobbish to call them irrelevant...