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...recent months Josephson has conducted seminars for such diverse groups as the New York State Bar Association, Levi Strauss & Co. and the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. In January he spent eight days in Berkeley Springs, W. Va., teaching 55 senior executives of the Internal Revenue Service, who in turn will pass on what they have learned to the agency's 14,000 managers. Alaska asked him to draft a model ethics bill last year that is still pending in the state's legislature, and Tennessee is considering its own reforms based on the Alaska model...
Chaos reigns. Then Bob Strauss, the party's guru in chief, comes onto the podium. For President, he intones in a syrupy drawl, we must nominate a great American and my fellow Texan -- George Bush. During the stunned silence that follows, Strauss adds a cunning hook: For Vice President, we should select one of our young Democratic chargers, someone whose depth and experience compare favorably with Quayle's lack of same. American voters like to diffuse authority and have scant respect for Quayle. The Democratic ticket will...
Unprecedented! shouts one delegate. Not at all, Strauss replies. You youngsters forget 1896, when both the Democrats and Populists nominated William Jennings Bryan for President but ran different men for Vice President...
Shameful! cries another delegate. Tut-tut, says Strauss. One of our own would be a heartbeat away from the Oval Office. And when people vote our slate, our candidates for lower offices will benefit. For the first time in many years, Democrats would have a recognized leader to rally behind, one who could unite the party...
Bush won't stand for it! yells a skeptic. Don't be so sure, Strauss replies with a knowing twinkle. Bush would rather be known as the first President by acclamation since Washington than as the guy who foisted Quayle on the G.O.P. in '96. And instead of campaigning for months, our First Jock can spend all his time on tennis, golf and the Cigarette boat...