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...some shortsighted politicians, such a wholesale rejection at the polls might bring thoughts of payback. Yet even some of Bush's strongest black opponents, such as Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., say they expect just the opposite from George W. Appointing Powell and Rice, they say, would be a way for Bush to court the group that spurned him most. "I've heard Republican strategists like Newt Gingrich argue that if they could just get 15% of the black vote, they would be in power for a millennium," says Jackson, who at 35 is showing signs of being as wily...
...some shortsighted politicians, such a wholesale rejection at the polls might bring thoughts of payback. Yet even some of Bush's strongest black opponents, such as Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., say they expect just the opposite from George W. Appointing Powell and Rice, they say, would be a way for Bush to court the group that spurned him most. "I've heard Republican strategists like Newt Gingrich argue that if they could just get 15% of the black vote, they would be in power for a millennium," says Jackson, who at 35 is showing signs of being as wily...
...There is that perception," admits Gibson. "The 'Payback' guy who goes around shooting people indiscriminately." Truth be told, Gibson enjoys the perception, and there seems to be an implicit agreement between him and his audience. All parties concerned know he's not as bad as he says he is. He does admit that he was drunk when he made the offending antigay remark, though he has since kicked alcohol and, in the course of recovery, "cooled down a bit," he says. "I was the kind of guy who could strangle an inanimate object. I was a road-rage kind...
...first paragraph of his obituary," says his friend Hollywood producer Linda Bloodworth Thomason. "It will be for some of his enemies, because that's the most significant thing in their lives. I don't think Bill Clinton believes that impeachment will be the most significant thing in his life." Payback is not part of the postpresidential agenda. Friends say Clinton, a great rationalizer about his own actions, tries in his own mind not to stay angry at others. "That guy can't help it; he was born that way" is a common Clinton put-down of a critic. Some aides...
...payback? His struggle to win the House failed by a few thousand votes in a handful of districts. Under George W. Bush, he could be all but irrelevant, as the G.O.P. President ignores the Democratic leadership and personally lobbies conservative Democrats on tight votes. Under Al Gore, Gephardt would be a bigger legislative player but with little prospect for major accomplishments. What's more, if Gore winds up in the White House, Gephardt's chances of seeking the presidency would slip away again, perhaps until 2008, when he turns...