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Robert Novak ( Capital Gang ) reports the consensus view that McCurry, like Vernon Jordan, is distancing himself from Clinton.
Perhaps the two Bush administration officials, or their writers, were aware of objections to the positions attributed to them and decided to take the initiative, Thornburgh by distancing himself from those favoring a `willy-nilly' commitment of troops in Latin America and Cheney by blaming members of Congress for urging `willy-nilly' proposals to cut the defense budget.
I was compelled to pay strict attention (for four or five hours at a time) to setting, lighting, music, gesture, singing, pace of over-all presentation; to this or that role's performance, costume, formal distancing from the audience (Noh) or Globe-like intimacy with the audience (Kabuki); to traditional methods of men's playing women's parts, audience's anticipation and shouted recognition of favorite plays and actors and moments, tone of voice, etc.
They should "pull a Sister Souljah," loudly distancing themselves from a cultural figure on the far right, and start oozing compassion (one way to do this: "heartwarming stories about children with fatal diseases").
In other words, on a day when George Bush was supposedly distancing himself from conservative Republicans, he was actually caving to their foolish dogma on the issue at the center of campaign--over the objection of his two top advisors on the subject.