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...then, after the event, sitting on the lip of the stage for 90 minutes to expound--impressively, by the way--on policy until everyone was exhausted, and Tipper said, "Al, I'm going to have to go." But the interesting question isn't whether Gore's exhibitionism is a tactic (it is) but whether groveling works any better in politics than it does in love...
...Spice Girls, who are they? The Christian tradition on which Jesus Christ Superstar is based (in theory, at least) makes use of the via negativa to define who God is, outlining everything He isn't (e.g., "God is not mortal") and implying that He is everything else. A similar tactic works for the flygirls. They're not the Supremes, exactly, although in some scenes they do alternate their backflips with do-wop backup harmonies. They're not all TLC, despite their crazysexycool attitude and hip-hop flava (they describe their dance style as "hip-hop and jazz meets...
Continuing a tactic he has pursued successfully for two weeks, Gore attacked Bradley, criticizing the cost of his health care program, his support for school vouchers and his opposition to U.S. intervention in East Timor...
Gore's habit of asking questioners to repeat their names if he didn't hear--a Clintonian campaign tactic in 1992--brought some moments of awkwardness...
This past week, in an exchange on a public list-serve, Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR's director of communications, instructed local students on how best to respond to Emerson's appearance. At one point during the correspondence, Hooper suggested that picket signs might not be an effective tactic. A student at the University of Massachusetts at Boston protested "I really liked the one which said: 'Steven Emerson: Another Zionist Puppet...