Monkey See ...(George W. Bush's campaign copies Bill Clinton's)

From: The Washington Monthly | Date: September 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

How the Bush campaign copies Clinton's

THEY OUGHTA BE PAYING US ROYALTIES. For a veteran of the 1992 ClintonGore campaign, watching the 2000 edition of George W. Bush is like watching a cheesy cable-movie version of a great novel. The basics are there, but it's a pale imitation of the real thing.

From the moment he secured the nomination, in a ruthless, vicious, amoral butchering of John McCain straight out of the Book of Atwater, George W. Bush has tried to reinvent himself in the image of the man he most despises: Bill Clinton. It must gall Bush to no end; it must tear ...

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