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...over Gore and Bush, pointing and woofing at the forest of American flags arrayed behind non-presidents and non-vice presidents as they've appeared on television to wheedle and spin. The flag (reverenced as a sacred object during annual flag-burning-bill debates) turns into a cheesy stage prop for the drooling suitors...
...heels.) I've been on the other end of that phone line, tap-dancing to bring a source around. And this year, I've been shuttling from Washington to Austin, stuffing myself at age 32 into the Bush campaign jet the way she did into those drafty prop planes in the same town, at the same age, 40 years ago. I too have drinks at the Driskill hotel and send a postcard to my dad on a slow afternoon...
...Voters get rating points redeemable for prime rib b) Candidates are allowed to buy votes c) Bush and Gore are listed jointly as "White Dudes" d) Prop 214: Retake Manhattan...
...Prop of the Evening: Hands down, Tim Russert and his magic whiteboard. Amid zillions of dollars of network equipment, the NBC commentator brandished his electoral-counting scribbleboard with great facility, like a mighty shield of wonkitude...
...caller reported a burning chair in Adams House. An officer determined the chair was a play prop and had just been made to appear burned...