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...such a shift may be less of a new paradigm than the old politics of personality. I suspect that if Newt Gingrich were in Bill Clinton's cowboy boots, the American public would be saying, Pack up your bags. Even today, Gary Hart, who was once Warren Beatty's presidential candidate, would probably not get the benefit of the doubt that Bill Clinton is receiving. There was something holier-than-thou about Hart that folks just didn't cotton to. Bill Clinton comes across as a struggling sinner and never implies that he's better than the people who voted...
...FILES (June 19). TV's hit psy-fi drama dares to powerize the paranoia up to big-screen voltage. "The show is too big to call a cult now," observes actor-comedian Harry Shearer. "You could put the name X Files on a pack of cigarettes and people would buy it." (Hmm: "Cancer Man says, 'Smoke these and you too can head a vast government conspiracy.'") Our bet: with the top-rated series among young people as its base, the film will find $100 million worth of viewers ready to inhale...
...interview with TIME, President Clinton referred to a private citizen as "Joe Six-Pack" [NATION, April 13]. I object to this characterization. Clinton's arrogance and obvious disregard for the average person is appalling. During the 1992 campaign, President George Bush called Clinton a "bozo." At the time, I thought Bush's comment was unstatesmanlike. But now I'm wondering if Bush didn't have a greater insight into Clinton's character than anyone imagined. LARRY MUNSTERMAN Pacific City...
What an unbecoming generalization is Clinton's use of the term Joe Six-Pack! I am appalled that Clinton would refer to me that way. Personally, I would have preferred "Jane Merlot." KAREN L. PEARSON Newport Beach, Calif...
...almost identical to the industry's. Had he suddenly bought into one of its most ludicrous arguments, that the price hike places an unfair burden on the poor, who smoke the most and, ironically, save the country money by dying early? Industry advocates contend that a smoker with a pack-a-day habit pays so much in cigarette tax and collects so much less in Social Security benefits that society ends up ahead. But isn't premature death as fiscal policy a little hard to square with right-to-life and family values...