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...enlightenment. They're right. Any successfully married person should realize that he or she is fundamentally lucky--lucky that his or her parents instilled a sense of commitment, or lucky to have been blessed with a temperament conducive to marriage, or lucky to have found a well-matched mate. Such humble detachment is a hallmark of liberalism; a good liberal can look at anyone--serial killer or serial monogamist--and see how circumstances of birth and upbringing loaded the dice. A guiding insight of modern liberalism is "There but for the grace...
...right example of how to run for President without spending exorbitant sums. Perot's political instincts were probably correct when he refused a Rollins-recommended campaign that would have cost $147 million. In view of Perot's military background, his choice of a retired vice admiral for a running mate did not offer balance to his ticket. But it was his bowing out of the race, in deference to his family, after pledging that he would stay in the campaign all the way, that cost Perot his credibility--permanently. GUNNAR S. JENSON South Bend, Indiana
...Eagleton reached a career peak. Senator George McGovern, the Democratic candidate for President, picked him as his running mate. Less than three weeks later, however, Eagleton was forced to withdraw after confirming reports that he had received electroshock treatment for depression. McGovern and Eagleton's replacement, Sargent Shriver, went on to defeat. Eagleton remained in the Senate, retiring in 1986, unwilling to undertake campaign fund raising. He serves on a presidential advisory board overseeing intelligence agencies; in 1995 he was instrumental in persuading the Los Angeles Rams to move to St. Louis. Would revelations of psychiatric treatment sink a candidacy...
Ross Perot has been breaking promises at such a rate that his Reform Party allies are starting to desert him. First one broken: that he'd name a running mate "in just a few days" after his nomination. Perot has been rejected by House members ranging from Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, a liberal, to Linda Smith of Washington State, a conservative. He plans to concentrate on the 65 members of Congress retiring this year...
...Friday morning, Kemp grabbed Dole's good (left) arm and lifted it high. Both times Dole kept his arm up for fewer than 10 seconds before wriggling free. But by afternoon, under a bright sky in downtown Denver, as Dole and Kemp came onstage, Dole reached for his running mate's passing arm and raised it into the air, held it there, then held it there some more. This time Kemp let go first. Dole even did a soft-shoe shuffle to the strains of Soul Man and smiled at his running mate, who was clapping along. The two seem...