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Politics is, and must be, deceptive. Even though George Bush may think of his grandchildren as "the little brown ones," it's not necessary to proclaim that loudly to the President and the rest of the American public. Tact, which is merely a milder form of lying, is essential in politics, and it's time Bush learned that lesson...
...steps on too many of his own applause lines, and cannot shake a penchant for bloopers (last week's premature observance of Pearl Harbor day). But his very awkwardness has become a sign of sincerity, and anger becomes him -- woundedly defending, for instance, his reference to some of his grandchildren as "little brown ones." If Bob Newhart took assertiveness training, he might turn out to be George Bush...
...hugged so effectively in public that George Bush, faced with an ominous family gap, counterattacked. First, with typical maladroitness, he patted his wife's fanny in a Dan Rather interview. Then at the convention, Bush's handlers improved his style by putting his procreative powers (five children, ten grandchildren) on display. Now, it seems, George and Barbara are constantly seen holding hands...
...generally makes known his Cabinet or shadow cabinet. In America the party leader calls his wife and kids and movie-star cousin to join him on the podium and bless the assembled. How much more democratic it would be if a nominee called up to the podium not his grandchildren but, say, his Secretary of State and Attorney General. Leave Dad and Sis and everyone else you call by first name at home. If you must, do like the ballplayers: give Mom a TV wave and get on with the game...
Wednesday was baby-sitting night for Gram and Grandpa Bush. With their own five offspring on the convention floor, the Vice President and his wife minded their ten rather rambunctious grandchildren. The youngsters made such a mess that an exhausted Barbara merely shoved aside the flowers and papers on her bed and went quickly to sleep. This was much to the disappointment of the two mischievous grandchildren who had planted a great fuzzy artificial snake in Grandma...