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Anderson, who was once a sheriff in a county like this one, is much more the compassionate pragmatist. He wants a quiet investigation, conducted through sidelong glances, little toe-scuffing chats with the locals and the free play of his instincts. He can kick into angry overdrive with a grin still on his face, and is not above conducting a shy, country-boy courtship of a key witness (Frances McDormand) to get on with his job, which, as he sees it, is simply to find the criminals, not change the world...
Before reaching Del Rio, the road wanders through Roma, a steamboat terminus in the 19th century. The sheriff is out to lunch, but his office, on a bluff overlooking the river, is unlocked and unminded. Two hundred yards upriver a trio of illegal immigrants from Mexico wade across and disappear, just three more of the estimated 1 million to 2 million people who slip across the border each year...
Dukakis used many of his father's gestures and the characteristic licking of the corner of his mouth. The governor's son also showed his own acting experience. John Dukakis starred as the sheriff's son in Jaws II, and was a regular on Family Ties...
Bentsen toured the Los Angeles Country Sheriff's "Operation Safe Streets" program in the Carson area, a major site of violent gang activities, and took the occasion to blast Bush's role in the administration's anti-drug campaign...
Harry Lee, the Jefferson Parrish Sheriff who made national headlines when he ordered his deputies to stop Blacks driving through exclusive white neighborhoods was at the convention with his wife, who showed up without credentials. Security guards moved quickly, however, to secure Mrs. Lee a "Security personnel" pass, clearly a violation of security guidelines, so she could see President Reagan's speech...