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Hubbard rails against both parties, but reserves particular venom for Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, the Democratic nominee and likely victor today. "Whenever I see [Clinton], I get a queasy feeling in my stomach," he seethes. "He's so slick. He just tells people what they want to hear...

Author: By John A. Cloud, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE IRONIES OF PEROTISM | 11/3/1992 | See Source »

...slick politician who has tailored the issues he discusses to what's on the people's minds. In fact, Takano seems to enjoy nothing more than discussing technical solutions for public education or the fuel cell as a way to improve energy efficiency...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE RETURN OF MR. SMITH | 11/3/1992 | See Source »

Getting beyond Perot's slick salesmanship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

...Bill Clinton's lead in the overall popular vote and in some strategic states has diminished. The main reason is that Bush's attacks on his character and credibility have reinforced the existing impression of the Arkansan as a slick equivocator. In a TIME/CNN survey taken last week, Clinton's advantage was down to seven points among registered voters (38%, vs. 31% for Bush and 17% for Perot). A month earlier, his margin had been 13 points. When "leaners" who have not quite made up their minds are added to the mix, Clinton's margin rises to eight (41%, compared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fat Lady Hasn't Quite Sung | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

...ROSS PEROT IS ELECTED PRESIDENT, IT WILL NOT BE the first time people buy something they don't need. A slick salesman's perfected pitch often trumps good judgment, and if a peddler lives who rivals Perot, he exists only in fiction. To an electorate eager for one thing above all others -- leadership of clear purpose, candidly proclaimed -- Perot seems a welcome breath of fresh air. With the penetrating clarity common to the slightly deranged, and with an air of bustling purposiveness, Perot has about him a kind of gravitas that appears to transmute political banalities into profound insights. Hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Don't Waste Your Vote | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

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