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...Washington titans fall not from a single blow but from a thousand small cuts. Few believe Tower could survive a "no" from Nunn. Even if the Bush Administration prevailed in a confirmation fight, Nunn could make life so miserable that Tower might wish he were back speculating in an enlightened way for the LTV company. But Nunn has been careful to leave himself the option of voting...
...Administration will avoid even the "appearance" of wrong-doing; "ethics czar" C. Boyden Gray, who has been accused of violating ethics rules because he recently received money from his family business; and Secretary of Defense nominee John G. Tower, whom the Senate Armed Services Committee, headed by Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), refuses to confirm because of allegations of his drinking, womanizing, accepting illegal campaign contributions and consulting defense contractors after retiring from the Senate and the Armed Services Committee...
...Johnny, you should try to hold that drinking down. I know how much drinking means to you--how it helps you relax around the women and all--but I'm not so sure you should take the risk while the Senate's still considering your nomination. I hear Sam Nunn is a real tight-ass. From the way he's talking, you'd think he never took a drink in his life...
Bush: I'm proud of the way you're standing up to that Nunn guy, Johnny. It reminds me of the time I stood up to Dan Rather when he gave me shit about Iran-Contra. I can't believe Nunn's worried about your social life when you were negotiating in Geneva. You'd think he never got turned on by a little piece of ass. I mean, if you're negotiating arms controls with the Ruskies, wouldn't you be getting a little horny, Boydsy...
...Education Foundation, charged in an open hearing that Tower could become a "national embarrassment" as Secretary of Defense. "Over the course of many years," he explained, "I have encountered the nominee in a condition, a lack of sobriety, as well as with women to whom he was not married." Nunn would hear no more right then, though he promised Weyrich a chance to elaborate in closed session. In a later open hearing, Nunn asked Tower "whether you yourself have any alcohol problem." Tower's answer: "I have none, Senator. I am a man of some discipline...