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...that the Federal Government can't do anything right, and shouldn't try," the Fool explained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Primary? What Primary? | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

That certainly was true, I thought, but . . . The Fool was standing on his head juggling American flags. "Hear the sound-bite, pull the lever, Democrats are gone forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Primary? What Primary? | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

...Listen and learn," said the Fool. "Since 1776, the conservatives have had one unshakable idea, and only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Primary? What Primary? | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

...Really good guys," Brisket told me in 1988. "That Jesse Jackson, he bought me pie a la mode. I respect that man." But now the Fool was saying that the Democrats knew they couldn't beat Bush in '92. "Whaddya mean?" Graftwell said, trying to sound encouraging. "The Prez could lose. Four days out of seven, he's an empty suit. Ay-yuh, if it wasn't for Noriega and Saddam Hussein and them two wars, nobody but William Safire would know which one's Bush and which one's Quayle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Primary? What Primary? | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

...would dream of it," said the Fool. "If the Federal Government is, by definition, a terrible idea, then running it incompetently is more praiseworthy than running it well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Primary? What Primary? | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

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