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Michigan Governor John Engler has done everything he could to gift wrap the G.O.P. nomination for George W. Bush. He banged the drum for Bush with his fellow Governors and got 18 of them to endorse the Texan early last year. He helped Bush write his education proposal and then pitched in to sell it. And in a move Engler thought would secure more than just the nomination, he moved up his state primary by a month, to Feb. 22, so that Michigan would be the real fire wall--the place where Bush's rivals would flame out for good...
...campaigning. Then he launched an ad saying Bush had gone negative. Bush complained that McCain was engaging in "name calling." Are these guys running for social chair? What happened to that tough guy in the flight suit in all those McCain posters? Can anyone find me a tough-talkin' Texan? Is Steve Forbes the only macho man in this race...
...want to label me," says Lincoln, "anarchist is as close as you're going to come." Lincoln is a lanky 19-year-old Texan who came to Seattle to protest "one-world government" and will leave sporting a nom de guerre, a nasty forehead gash courtesy of a tear-gas canister, and a green bandanna for meeting the press. His beliefs mirror a standard anarchist line: Autonomous government, yes. Private property, no. Would he commit acts of violence to further them? In some cases, Lincoln allows...
...bunch of veterinarians and farmers. Add to that the fact that for years all Aggies were required to shave their heads, wear military uniforms and polish their boots several times a day, and it's no wonder the Aggies have taken endless ribbing for as long as any Texan can remember...
...presidential contest, no one is likely to accuse Bush of being insufficiently Texan, nor does an Ivy League bias hold much water considering the two Democratic front-runners are graduates of Harvard and Princeton...