IN A PROFILE that aired over the first two mornings of the Republican National Convention, ABC News reporter Claire Shipman asked Vice President Dick Cheney about his alleged distaste for retail politicking. Shipman read a comment from a reporter who covered Cheney. The vice president, this reporter said, would rather visit the urologist than spend time campaigning.
It’s the kind of critique that might occasion a frenzy of defensive thoughts in the mind of a typical politician. What will the voters think? There goes my man-of-the-people image. What telling anecdote can I use to demonstrate my eagerness to shake germy hands and kiss babies?
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