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...easy to mistake Sununu's value to Bush as merely that of an unshakable link to the G.O.P.'s right wing. In fact, Sununu's real value is the role he plays as the President's enforcer, the "abominable no man," who acts as a lightning rod for the well-liked Commander in Chief. But Sununu's ethical lapses are now backfiring on Bush, causing the President such embarrassment that Sununu's future is in doubt. Some officials who never liked Sununu but balked at criticizing him feel less restrained now that he is under fire. Several of them suggested...
KURT VONNEGUT'S MONKEY HOUSE (Showtime, May 15 and 20). Three adaptations of short stories by the sci-fi fabulist. Hardly first-rate Vonnegut (more like second-rate Rod Serling), but more fun than most anything else on TV this month...
...controversy that continues to swirl around the chief of staff presents his boss with a dilemma. Sununu has been extremely useful to Bush as a lightning rod, absorbing political heat that might otherwise burn a popular President. Now Sununu is generating the heat and turning into a potential liability. Aides say that Bush, while annoyed at Sununu's excesses, continues to value his services. The President, they say, hopes that Gray's investigation will allow Sununu to "correct" his travel reimbursements and put the matter behind him. But that can only happen if Sununu stops stonewalling and explains, fully...
...curiosity goes deeper than that. Kennedy somehow calls forth nagging mysteries of American politics and psychology. He is a lightning rod with strange electricities still firing in the air around him -- passions that are not always his responsibility but may emanate from psychic disturbances in the country itself. America does not have a completely healthy relationship with the Kennedys...
TRAVEL: Bliss in Belize is a rod, a reel and a tarpon...