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...entered the dimly-lit room, a half-spent stump of a cigarette dangling from my lips. I couldn't discern the contents of the room, beyond the mere outlines of a victrola in a far, far corner. The music was mournful--Billy Joel was singing about a lonely old man playing his lonely organ...
...Gerald Ford on the stump...
...they could bottle and market their bombast and bluster about the U.S. economy, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford would become millionaires many times over. To hear Carter on the stump, the nation is heading right back to 1932, with serpentine lines of unemployed, shuttered factories and silent cash registers. After the Administration released some third-quarter statistics last week, Carter put out a statement that said they point to "a continuation of high unemployment, huge budget deficits and dim prospects for an improvement in the standard of living for the average worker...
Indeed, Dole's greatest asset on the stump has turned out to be his humor. But Ford did not select Dole as his running mate just for the laughs he might bring. A former G.O.P. national chairman, Dole can peel skin as well as tickle ribs. Dole accuses Carter of vaulting ambition and questions his "weird performance, his judgment" in the wake of the Playboy interview...
...century since an Ohio Senator offered that advice to future President James Garfield, few have taken it more seriously than the present aspirants to the White House. Whether at the debates or on the stump, both Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford appear to be auditioning for Mount Rushmore. Their few attempts at humor have been elephantine or asinine, a condition that may make nearly half the electorate boycott the polling booths next month...