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...together with goodtime-guys Pastor Pryme (Tucker McCrady) and Judge Mental (Ron Duvernay), wants the witches for a traditional roast, but the Mayor has them in mind as potential subjects for "medical experiments." (This persistent line, even more egregious when pronounced in a German accent, is the one real misstep in a script which otherwise admirably achieves humor while sidestepping the truly tasteless.) Rounding out the posse is the simpering Mona Lott (Brad Daley), who has been carefully coached to shudder incontrollably when confronted with supposed witche...
...competent, strong display against George Bush--it's not unlikely that a lot of closet Mondale supporters may just open the door and step out. As ever, television news--and the subtle images networks project are crucial to swaying this important chunk of the electorate. Even the slightest misstep or misstatement can smash candidacies today; commentators seized upon Reagan's "there you go again" line in 1980 to help destroy Carter's credibility. This time the talking heads are at it again, though this time the joke may be on Reagan...
...made a rare misstep earlier this month, one that stemmed from her tendency to put the Democratic Party first and foremost. At a breakfast meeting with reporters, she said the platform committee would draft a succinct thematic document, avoiding controversial planks "that can be used against us." She explained that specific legislation would not be mentioned by name, and cited "H J Res 1" as an example. The innocuous-sounding bill turned out to be the Equal Rights Amendment, and word of its planned omission caused a furor among women's groups. Ferraro's office was forced...
...behaved himself. Said Hotel Owner Dennis Heffernan: "He swam more than once every day. I would see him three or four times a day. He did have a few drinks at the bar, but no more than anyone else, not an unusual amount. I never saw him take a misstep, never saw him stagger or anything...
Pearson, however, is in a minority; buoyed by her booming polls, the Prime Minister is increasingly confident, almost cocky. She dominates the morning press conference at Conservative Party headquarters; twice during the campaign she has publicly squelched Francis Pym, her Foreign Secretary. Pym's first misstep was to declare on television that he was willing to discuss the future of the Falkland Islands if Argentina drops its belligerence. Thatcher immediately interrupted him with the stern correction, "but not sovereignty, not sovereignty." Pym's second mistake was to note, again on TV, that "landslides on the whole...