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VERBATIM
(TIME, August 26) -- "Vice-presidential candidates traditionally add little to a
ticket."
--Former V.P. candidate Geraldine Ferraro on Jack Kemp, on
Lifetime Online
WINNERS & LOSERS
politics and other fictions
WINNERS
BILL CLINTON
Tweaks G.O.P. convention with book release; Dole's campaign tome
just got to HarperCollins
TIPPER GORE
Second Lady publishes Picture This: A Visual Diary, which
humanizes her stiff husband
GARY ALDRICH
Despite rapid-response attacks from WH, his Unlimited Access
becomes No. 1 best seller
& LOSERS
MARK HELPRIN
Novelist/Dole speechwriter huffy after candidate rejects four
paragraphs for big speech
HILLARY CLINTON
It Takes a Village bashed in Dole acceptance speech; perhaps a
sign of mudslinging to come
CORP. FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Desperation move? Will air animated version of PBSphobe Bill
Bennett's Book of Virtues
Sports: The Run For The White House
The candidates from all three major parties have their delusions of jockdom. Sometimes those dreams
even manage to sneak into their political rhetoric
Bill Clinton
golf, golf and more golf--and jogging
ATHLETIC PEAK
Shot his personal best in San Diego in June, before the Grand
Old Party could distract him
METAPHORS
"Let's don't take our eye off the ball. I ask for your support,
not on a partisan basis, but to rebuild the American economy."
Bob Dole
track, football, basketball
ATHLETIC PEAK
Once held Russell, Kansas, record in the half-mile
METAPHORS
"Everything before has been a warm-up lap, a trial heat ... In
San Diego the real race begins."
Al Gore
basketball, swimming, football
ATHLETIC PEAK
Captain of his high school football team
METAPHORS
"[Progress] takes teamwork ... It's three yards and a cloud of
dust."
Jack Kemp
football
ATHLETIC PEAK
Quarterback, Los Angeles Chargers and Buffalo Bills
METAPHORS
"You're the quarterback and I'm your blocker, and we're going
all the way."
Richard Lamm
mountain climbing
ATHLETIC PEAK
Climbed 49 Colorado peaks higher than 14,000 ft.
METAPHORS
"Let's take a moment to review the record of Democratic and
Republican dominance ... Their legacy is a mountain of debt."
Ross Perot
tennis (and some riding)
ATHLETIC PEAK
Whipped boyhood friend in a tennis match after practicing secretly
METAPHORS
"Do you want a government where the elected, appointed and
career officials come to serve and not to cash in?"
--By Kathleen Adams, Patrick Cole, Wendy Cole, Charlotte
Faltermayer, Nadya Labi, Lina Lofaro, William McWhirter, Jeffery
Rubin, Douglas Waller
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