New Hampshire Is for Lovers
A misplaced presidential sign leads to a roadkill and a seriously ugly, symbolic defeat.
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2004 10:34 PM UTCEntertainment Books
A misplaced presidential sign leads to a roadkill and a seriously ugly, symbolic defeat.
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2004 10:34 PM UTCGlenn Close seemed nice enough. But the hundreds who gathered to see the prospective presidential candidate couldn't help wondering what, exactly, was she doing there?
Monday, Apr 12, 2004 10:09 PM UTCIt's presidential primary season, and every candidate has been tortured, shot or mutilated!
Thursday, Apr 8, 2004 8:12 PM UTCHow could he have known that he had political enemies who would decide to go after his good name -- which, yes, just happens to be Saddam.
Saturday, Mar 20, 2004 12:15 AM UTCIt was fascinating, this process, thrilling and so quick -- who knew manipulating political reporters would be so easy?
Wednesday, Mar 17, 2004 12:02 AM UTCEdward Longshanks fought fires, but was Edward Longshanks a firefighter? He was not. Edward Longshanks was a fixer. He was a cleanup man. He was a slate cleaner. He was an operative.
Friday, Mar 12, 2004 10:40 PM UTCShe has a donated castle and an army of volunteers wearing T-shirts saying "I Drank the Kool-Aid." So what is Rebecca supposed to do now?
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2004 9:14 PM UTCIn the 14 hours since Rebecca had given her speech, it had been downloaded 8,237 times and made its way around the world many times over. Now, her fans wanted her to speak to them.
Tuesday, Mar 9, 2004 11:40 PM UTCThe students show up en masse -- some fainting, some drooling -- at Rebecca's campaign headquarters. What, she wonders, could they possibly want?
Friday, Mar 5, 2004 10:03 PM UTCRebecca continued a few more steps, keys in hand, and felt the line compress around her. She was surrounded. She wanted to scream. They were going to mug her.
Wednesday, Mar 3, 2004 9:47 PM UTCRebecca's idea was radical: No money accepted, no money spent -- a campaign of ideas, a campaign of hustle and sweat, brains and legwork.
Tuesday, Mar 2, 2004 10:19 PM UTC"You want to win," the kid asked Rebecca, "or are you just doing a Ralph Nader kind of thing?"
Thursday, Feb 26, 2004 11:18 PM UTCIf Giacomo didn't know better, he'd be convinced he had feelings for Rebecca, unrelated to this election. But how?
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2004 11:18 PM UTCRebecca was so appallingly nervous and weird that all who sat witness wanted to douse her with water, throw a Red Cross blanket over her, and lead her to safety.
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2004 10:00 PM UTCHe was determined to be strong, to go to D.C. with an agenda, and that agenda was to have simultaneous affairs with three or four women in their 40s.
Friday, Feb 20, 2004 10:05 PM UTCRebecca noticed Giacomo's eyes were trained on his own reflection. More specifically, on his own ass.
Thursday, Feb 19, 2004 9:18 PM UTCA distinct, unsettling scent: Politicking among the undertakers.
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2004 10:31 PM UTCRebecca Romaine's biggest concern was how to make her farm-bred catfish taste like nothing. Then came a fateful phone call.
Thursday, Feb 12, 2004 5:47 PM UTCEpisode 3: "Here we take over," said Sergei, who was now wearing an aviator's scarf. "Here we end this thing. Here we win."
Friday, Jan 30, 2004 6:44 PM UTCEpisode 2: The balloon battle heats up, and Bill Bennett enters the picture.
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