Word: sonly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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After losing twice to Clinton-Gore, the Republicans are confident that this year they can beat Gore-Clinton. By making the election a referendum on the President, Bush has seen to it that this campaign will be about 1992 as much as 2000--a chance for the son to avenge the father and for people to decide whether they got it right eight years...
President George Bush is plainly miffed. What right does Bill Clinton have to zing his son for being called "my boy" by his own father? "That's just the way I talk about my sons," the President says. But, he adds, he "made a mistake" with his angry televised rejoinder. "I went too far," he says. "That's it. I'm not going to say anything more." He puts his hand up and zips his lips. Sitting nearby is Barbara, who mutters something that sounds like "I'm going to say something," which she did the next day. In fact...
...Bushes will have to live with the dynasty thing. The family is now so fused with the national interest. After W. there is Jeb, then Jeb's telegenic son George P. Their grandson Pierce, 12, Neil's son, grabbed a few moments of television and even answered questions on a possible political future. "He peaked too soon," says Barbara. That will probably curtail Pierce's immediate ambitions...
...mail to W. "Always positive, always hopeful," she says. A while back she thought he looked nervous on the screen, and not wishing to make a direct suggestion to relax, she whispered it to one of his aides. Within a few hours the phone rang. It was her son twitting her for being on his case. Leaks everywhere...
...President is going to stay close to his rocky shore in Kennebunkport, Me., in this campaign and pick up the phone when his son calls, which is almost every day. Some of the media will probably go nuts believing the deposed king is in a sinister power push for glory. But as much as anything, the talk will be about how the striped bass are running off the Maine rocks and how much water has collected in the new seven-acre lake built on W.'s Texas ranch. "It's beautiful," injects Barbara. "It has a river running through...