People didn’t yet feel the economy getting better, and the old anti-tax, anti-government rhetoric still had a lot of juice. Protection; I appointed Dick Clarke, who had been our point person on anti-terrorism from the start. In Arkansas, even my honest adversaries knew I worked hard and wouldn’t take a nickel to see the cow jump over the moon. Bono was a big supporter of the peace process, and for my efforts he gave me a gift he knew I’d appreciate: a book of William Butler Yeats’
It’s hard to get politicians in swing districts to take a 17 percent deficit on any issue into an election. e new direct student-loan program at the University of Michigan; and doing as many radio interviews about our record as I could. I agreed with the last two objections; the hit on legal immigrants was particularly harsh and, I thought, unjustifiable. the first time since we married, and she would be free to use her enormous talent as a full-time partner in our work.
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