Word: tellingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Which is why, even as they play down the father's role in the son's campaign, senior advisers can't wait to tell you how the son benefits from President Bush's 68% favorability ratings. Internal research has led W.'s team to conclude that the elder Bush is an asset with the swing voters who will decide the election. "They know that the Bush brand is not extreme," says one of the admen shaping the Bush message...
...came not during an antiwar sit-in or a civil rights march but on a raucous night when he and his fraternity brothers "liberated" a Christmas wreath from a local hotel to decorate Deke house. Though he was born in New Haven, it was at Yale he decided to tell people he was from Texas...
BUSH: Probably. A little hard to tell...
...Stephanopoulos gets on the plane in New York City, he needles him for helping defeat his father but thanks him for driving him to jogging in order to wash the bitterness over the loss out of his system. "Getting over any grudge," he says, "was important because voters can tell if you want the job for the wrong reason. They can tell if you're dark and brooding, or if you're optimistic and happy...
...running mate. Not only did Cheney have the good-guy characteristics prized from Kennebunkport to Austin; he was also the only person on the list to get quality time with Bush, to become a good guy in his eyes. While the others were busy submitting to psychological strip searches (tell me the worst thing about yourself) and submitting personal data for Cheney to interpret (Gov'ner, I wouldn't worry too much about Congressman Bloathead's painkiller problem), the vetter was with Bush at the ranch popping nonalcoholic beverages and rustling up grub...