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...Jong Il asked for Albright's e-mail address in order to: a Include her on "Stupid South Koreans" joke list b Have an e-mail pen pal, since he's one of the few North Koreans allowed to use the Internet c Copy her on petition to bring back Freaks and Geeks d Finish what they started...
...markets have their own particular issues when it comes to elections; they're usually narrow, pocketbook issues - taxation, regulation and, lately, the handling of the budget. But in a country that made "It's the economy, stupid" the wisest utterance in politics (though there may be a new champ after this race), Main Street and Wall Street have developed a similar taste in presidents...
...them. But I was a bust. My instinct was to give a direct answer to a direct question. Mistake. After one of the early debates, I was talking to a scrum of reporters and was asked about a certain line of attack by our rivals. "It's stupid," I said. And then quickly added, "That's off the record." Suddenly, the pack was shouting, "Hey, you know the rules; it's too late!" I did, and it was. Here are a handful of other rules that I learned - or was rudely reminded...
...shoes to 50 percent plus 1 of the market. Nader is a niche product; he's like a UPN show, trying to capture 5 percent of the audience. Whereas for the Big Two, clever is dangerous. You can inadvertently alienate important sectors of the electorate (for instance, the stupid) or come off as slick and dishonest. Since Watergate, ads have been much more straightforward - and artless. When the media landscape is carpet-bombed with ugly, blaring ads, perhaps every ad, regardless of its content, becomes a negative...
...enduring legacy of the 1992 campaign was the large sign in Carville's War Room, bearing a phrase that subsequently entered the political lexicon. "It's the economy, stupid...