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With only about a month until we once again must choose the lesser of two evils to govern us, the only scenarios for a Dole victory involve a massive calamity to the Clinton campaign; but the slick Comeback Kid from Hope seems almost immune to scandal. To date, the most exciting moment in Dole's campaign has been Dole's ungainly tumble off a stage two weeks ago. Dole has now retired to a Florida condo to rest and strategize, but he would be better off perusing the classifieds instead. That Leader of the Free World job that...
...response to Michael Kinsley's seven-point explanation of why President Clinton, despite being flawed and slick, is leading in the polls [THE DEMOCRATS, Sept. 2], I offer this: like him or not, he is the hardest-working President since F.D.R. Clinton puts in an incredible number of hours. He is dedicated to his work, and he zealously executes his duties. America is made up of people, some of whom work harder than others, some of whom are more talented than others, but most of whom just have a work ethic. They relate to a President who feels the same...
...results were phenomenal. Microsoft critics, who had bet that Explorer 3.0 would be no more than too-little, too-late Internet technology, were silenced by the program's sheer undeniable quality. The browser's slick interface drew on Microsoft's years of consumer-products research. And though there were flaws--it has several prominent security holes, and no Macintosh version is in sight--3.0 had brightly colored, easy-to-use buttons, was cleverly designed and ran smoothly with Windows 95. In short, the thing looked like a high-grade consumer product...
...people talked of Reagan's magic and meant it as a compliment. Today people talk of Clinton's trickery, and do not mean to be flattering. Reagan's rhetorical skills made him the "Great Communicator" (good); Clinton's make him "Slick Willie" (bad). These are journalists' characterizations, but the perception is widely shared, fairly or unfairly, by the public...
...more sophisticated pro-Clinton version goes like this: Americans are no more cynical than they have always been. Sure, Clinton is a slick politician and a morally flawed human being--but so is Dole, and so were other Republican presidential candidates of recent years. It's just that in the years between Lyndon Johnson and Clinton, the Democrats got in the habit of nominating high-minded, too-good-for-this-world types like George McGovern, Jimmy Carter and Michael Dukakis. Not coincidentally, they also got in the habit of losing elections. So finally in 1992 the Democrats nominated somebody...