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...drum-beating "eight years of talk and no action," and Lieberman actually started to get miffed. But the brief flare-up immediately preceded the evening's pinch of genuinely funny salt. Grabbing hold of Reagan, Lieberman declared Americans better off than they were pre-Clinton and tapped Cheney's oilman stint. "I know, Dick, that you're better off than you were 8 years ago too." Replied Cheney, "And I can tell you, Joe, that the government had absolutely nothing to do with it." Lieberman: "I can tell my wife is out there, she wants...
...rather than demand, production rather than consumption, and above all oil, oil, oil, George W. Bush was in in Saginaw, Mich. (where folks certainly know something about cold winters and heating oil), on Friday to unveil his energy policy in an address. The theme: Want cheaper oil? Elect an oilman...
...vice president inherited his father's relationship with Hammer - as well as taking over a piece of land the oil magnate had sold his father in a lucrative sweetheart deal - and dined regularly with the oilman in Washington during the '80s. Hammer was Gore's guest at the Reagan inaugural in 1984, and the then-senator also got him a prime seat at the Bush inaugural four years later...
...desperate for an election play, consider defense stocks. Bush would reinvigorate military spending. Even Gore would be likely to throw more resources that way. Energy might benefit under oilman Bush, as might Big Tobacco and Microsoft, both of which are suffering under federal litigation. Financial stocks might do well under Bush's plan to partly privatize Social Security. Under Gore, waste-cleanup companies might do well, as might Microsoft's competitors...
...Cheney himself was the picture of semi-jocular humility, and looking very much at ease in his new role as the quiet, smart guy to Bush's grinning front man. The former chief of staff, congressman, defense secretary and oilman didn't thrill folks with his speech, keeping it short and slightly aw-shucks, but showed no fear whatsoever. He did look a generation older than his running mate - the classic middle-aged white guy with a paunch - and no one mentioned Cheney's faulty ticker. For Bush, he's a throwback to another Washington, when men were tight-lipped...