Word: lawton
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...loose madras shirt, khaki pants and soft-soled walking shoes, Lawton Chiles looks more like a vacationing tourist than a candidate for Governor of Florida. His campaign speeches are rambling mixtures of anecdote and issue, delivered in the disarmingly earnest tone of an idealistic outsider. And like an outsider he rails against the corrupting influence of big money on politics. "We have a chance to show that a campaign doesn't have to be about who can put $15 million in the bank and who can hire the best negative advertising firm," he declares. "We want to show that people...
...breezed to the Republican nomination in an easy March primary. In California, G.O.P. candidate (and U.S. Senator) Pete Wilson is lying in wait, while Democrats Attorney General John Van de Kamp and former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein have at each other. Among Florida's Democrats, former Senator Lawton Chiles has just heard "voices" that told him to jump into the primary at the last minute, wrecking the carefully built two-year campaign of Congressman Bill Nelson to be the standard-bearer against Republican Governor Bob Martinez...
...Sept. 4 primary. Until then, Nelson, from the Cape Canaveral area and known primarily for his 1986 ride in space, was the leading candidate, ahead of state senator George Stuart. But many Democrats think the best chance of defeating Martinez is a dream ticket of Chiles, who as "Walkin' Lawton" traveled the length of the state on foot in 1970 to win his Senate seat, and former Congressman Buddy McKay, who lost the closest election in Florida history to Republican Connie Mack in the 1988 race for Chiles' vacated seat. Chiles is limiting contributions...
Screenplay by J.F. Lawton...
...Lawton's script sweats bullets to prove that these two are lovable folks with much to teach each other in matters of class and conscience. But Edward has them pegged: "We both screw people for money." So does this movie. A ticket to Pretty Woman buys you mechanical titillation and predictable twists. Is Vivian thrown out of a snooty Rodeo Drive boutique? Count the minutes (which seem like hours) before she sails back with Edward and the store's clerks are toadying...