Word: stumps
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...Real Deal," "For the Future," "A Fresh Start"--such stump slogans come straight from the book of campaign clichés. Betting that a well-chosen catchphrase will not only spark discussion but also win votes, some candidates choose playful, memorable and even risqué rallying cries. Here are our favorites from this year's campaign trail...
...Hard Can It Be?" Good question, but does he have answers? Vying to become Texas' first independent Governor since Sam Houston, the author and ex?Texas Jewboys lead singer also asks, "Why the hell not?" on the stump...
...wrestle of writing one of his plays when it struck. "The marrow turns tepid, the skin spongy, the eyes dry, the feet stepping ahead in a flat counting-to-ten kind of way," he writes. "You begin to identify with inert objects. A fence post, a wardrobe, a cut stump in the park. You see these things and see yourself in them: a dead thing with a faint memory of flowing sap." Gurr respects the stealthy enemy, in a way, but he also knows its vulnerability. "Each episode erases the most important memory of all: that it passes...
...adulterous Pennsylvania Congressman Don Sherwood and the macaca-stained Virginia Senator George Allen. One might legitimately ask, Why on earth would he do that? The answer, I suspect, is twofold. Bush, ever antsy, was desperate to campaign somewhere, hoping to replicate his stunning late-campaign successes on the stump in 2002 and 2004. But there aren't too many Republicans in the really hot races-that is, races that will be decided by moderate voters-who want to be seen with the President this year. Sherwood and, to a lesser extent, Allen need all the help they...
...Congressman, who said he was only giving a massage, made a quiet, out-of-court settlement with the woman last year. Bush announced that Sherwood was the "right man" to represent the district, which drew a big nothing from the crowd, and then quickly sought refuge in his stump speech...