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...especially liked the vignette format. It shows that there are many different types of rape," Lye said. "It hits you very quickly that this is a serious subject...
...vote on bond issues--are anachronisms today, surviving only in a few eccentric backwaters of Ye Olde New England. But the pseudo town meeting, as developed by the President and his imagemakers, is a ubiquitous political gimmick, practiced by candidates nationwide. Perfected in the President's 1992 campaign, the format is familiar to anyone unlucky enough to own a TV. A television studio--or a hall outfitted like a TV studio--is filled with a carefully screened audience. A local television anchor, his hair perfectly in place, serves as master of ceremonies. The candidate, or President as the case...
...format is now so firmly established that it has been included in the last two rounds of presidential debates. In both '92 and '96, the Clinton camp insisted on it, and no wonder. The most painful moment in either campaign came in watching George Bush and Bob Dole struggle feebly to adapt themselves to this alien venue. Bill Clinton glided through the town meetings, reveling in the chance to display his almost superhuman empathy. But Bush and Dole were older gents, from a generation that considered reticence a virtue and self-exposure a weakness--not, in other words, town-meeting...
...traditional town meeting has its roots in the agora of ancient Athens, a place for sober, if contentious, deliberation. The Clintonized town meeting has a rather less noble lineage. It is the offspring of Phil Donahue, who, true to his format, once wore a dress to enliven the proceedings. The President hasn't gone that far--not quite. But who can forget his town meeting on MTV in 1993? "Boxers or briefs?" asked a budding Walter Lippmann in the studio audience. The President could have turned the question aside. "Madam," he might have said, "that is a private matter between...
...ever there was justification for TIME's weekly format, the coverage of this story is it. After days of rabid TV and newspaper reporting, it was a pleasure to see the situation put into perspective. Keep up the good work! STEVE SANDO San Francisco...