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...social conservative to religious leaders like Sheldon. That's no mean feat for a patrician publisher, but there are signs that the crusade is working. So adroitly hasForbes courted the religious right since last year's election that G.O.P. elders who once treated him as an amusing sideshow now talk of him as a comer to watch in the early stages of the 2000 campaign. "No one is laughing now," says Republican Congressman Bill Paxon...
...Ickes almost didn't speak at all, after a surprise sideshow squabble between Fred Thompson and his alter ego, ranking Democrat John Glenn. "Glenn wanted (White House Counsel) Charles Ruff to come up and tell his story about the tapes," reports AllPolitics correspondent Tom Moore. "It was meant to clear the air on why the tapes were not released in July, to address the disclosure problem and try to deflate Thompson's indignation...
...SENATE SIDESHOW...
Like maladjusted Boy Scouts, the Republicans in Congress continue to claim pious motives while frittering away the public's trust and time with self-entertaining political mischief. Instead of a legitimate investigation into campaign-finance abuses [NATION, July 21], Senator Fred Thompson presents a partisan sideshow. Rather than the noble elephant, the Republicans' symbol should be the dog and pony, to reflect the type of act G.O.P members are giving us. MICHAEL GREENE Wichita, Kans...
Alcoholic beverages gripped firmly in hand, the two soaked in the scene like so many goons at a circus sideshow. They smirked, even chuckled to themselves...