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...give a public reading, I often choose Vachel Lindsay's "General William Booth Enters into Heaven," which is a poem of its own kind, and has | no mate in English literature. The first six stanzas are semiserious, semicomical, but I always read the last stanza with caution, in case my voice should break...
...before you prop up the Shriver case as a precedent to a Jackson nomination, there are some facts to consider. Shriver received the nod from McGovern only after his initial running mate, Senator Thomas Eagleton, had been forced to withdraw his name. Reporters had discovered that Eagleton had received shock treatments for emotional disorders...
...almost inevitable: a TV anchor trying to play modern-day power broker, using split-screen technology to seek the deal that had eluded Paul Kirk. First pairing Dukakis and Gephardt, Koppel relentlessly bored in: "Governor, would you accept the Congressman as your running mate if he would endorse you?" Dukakis answered with characteristic caution, "I would % certainly consider Congressman Gephardt, as well as Senator Gore, along with many other fine Democrats." Suddenly Gephardt was gone, and Gore was on the split screen. "Senator," Koppel intoned, "would you accept the vice presidency?" Gore remained unruffled as he answered...
...also said he did not expect to be considered as Dukakis' running mate. Bradley said such a ticket would be too heavily weighted toward the Northeast...
...muggy August night at the Superdome. Listless Republican delegates have completed the preordained coronation of George Bush as their presidential nominee. Now comes the one moment of drama: the choice of a running mate. Bush strides to the rostrum to break the news. "I want Dole," he declares. Before the cheers can erupt, he quickly adds, "No, not you, Bob." Then Elizabeth Dole hugs her husband, moves happily to the stage -- and the Republicans break into their first spontaneous demonstration in a humdrum convention...