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...Buchanan continued to draw a solid third in the Republican contests; in Georgia, where he concentrated his efforts, Buchanan won 36%. The next morning, in a move he admitted was "presumptuous," Buchanan called on Bush to get out of the race. Buchanan, said Bush spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, "has gone Looney Tunes...
...leaving many listeners scratching their head. Campaign chairman Bob Teeter, under fire from colleagues for keeping too much to himself, is worried that Bush might post his worst showing in Teeter's home state of Michigan in the March 17 primary. If Bush's normally even-tempered press secretary, Marlin Fitzwater, is any guide, fuses at Bush Central are short: last week he castigated reporters traveling with Bush as "lazy bastards" when critical stories began to appear...
...NIGHT THAT THE bombs began to fall on Baghdad, Gilbert Lavoie, press secretary to Canada's Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, telephoned his counterpart Marlin Fitzwater at the White House. "Marlin said, 'Hi, what are you doing?' " Lavoie recalls, "and I said, 'I'm doing the same thing you are -- watching...
...persuade him to accept a manila envelope containing a private letter from Bush to Saddam Hussein. As the meeting ended, both sides readied press conferences blaming each other. Aziz let it be known he would wait for Bush to appear, thus having the last word. White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater quickly telephoned CNN correspondent Charles Bierbauer. Tell your bosses in Atlanta and your man with Aziz in Geneva, said Fitzwater, that Aziz is going to have to speak first "if we have to wait until Christmas." Bush won. Says Fitzwater: "The whole thing took about five minutes to settle...
Iran is shedding its pariah status, strengthening ties with Western Europe and getting back hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed frozen funds, despite masterminding the whole crisis. Lest anyone think Bush was ready to embrace Iran, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said last week, "They are still a terrorist state and there's still no change in that...