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...this all sounds rather silly and outdated, it is. Except for the president’s Karl Rove-like political advisor, Mooseport’s plot and characters could all have been written half a century ago. While the movie’s male figures are all bumbling egotists, their female counterparts’ common sense and perpetual looks of exasperation are just as boring and one-dimensional. Marcia Gay Harden gives the film’s best performance in the single scene that allows her to show a little personality. Christine Baranski, who must be getting sick of playing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FILMREVIEW | 2/20/2004 | See Source »

...Hussein was captured, the economy grew at 4% and he pulled a Medicare bill out of his hat in the final days of the last session of Congress. Howard Dean, meanwhile, appeared to have won the hearts of Democrats--if not the minds--which promised the campaign of Karl Rove's dreams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: '04 Campaign: When Credibility Becomes An Issue | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...would say his role is definitely overstated, but he probably loves it." LAURA BUSH, First Lady, on the reputation of her husband's chief political adviser, Karl Rove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Feb. 16, 2004 | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

Front runner John Kerry was caught last week saying his chances of winning the South are slim. "Everyone always makes the mistake of looking South," he told a Dartmouth College crowd, in a clip Karl Rove surely downloaded for future use. "Al Gore proved he could have been President of the United States without winning one Southern state, including his own." But Gore didn't become President. And Kerry didn't mention Edwards' favorite bit of presidential trivia: no Democrat has been elected without winning at least five Southern states. "What I give [Democrats] is a candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: Campaign Journal: The Southern-Fried Twins | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

...handlers have proven themselves extraordinarily deft at managing the media, but that revelation is old news. With budget deficits soaring at an alarming rate, the prospect of Iraqi democracy becoming ever more uncertain and Bush now submitting to bipartisan calls for a potentially devastating intelligence review, another Rove-conceived media stunt is undoubtedly waiting in the wings. And it will likely give Bush the boost he seeks...

Author: By Benjamin J. Toff, | Title: Out of Touch, But Not out of Office | 2/6/2004 | See Source »

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