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The University Daily Kansan
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Friday, November 17, 2000
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Commentary Election 2004 has a tough act to follow
By Frazier Moore The Associated Press
NEW YORK - As we continue to sort out Election Year 2000, another task lies on the horizon.
In a joint television appearance that was widely covered and repeatedly excerpted by news outlets, Gore lent their skills at self-padroy to Saturday Night Live in a 90-second sketch seen by five times more viewers than their 30-minute solo, noncomedic sessions on Fox a week earlier.
This was a presidential campaign in which the rivals were seen on TV yukking it up with Jay Leno and David Letterman seemingly as much as talking policy with Tim Russert and Sam Donaldson.
In 2004, we need wiscrews as great as the American people. And we need a great leader to deliver them.
We've got to get cracking on Campaign 2004.
Why continue to accept our candidates from the world of politics, then expect them to remake themselves into world-class entertainers? For the 2004 presidential race, why not make things easy and nominate seasoned comedians?
Adding to the muddle, it seems the buttons on their remote controls confused some viewers, so they aren't sure they punched the channel they meant to.
The challenge will be great. This go-around, election night erupted after months of apathy from the voters, studied blandness from major-party candidates, restlessness from the media.
To give credit where it's due, voters played a pivotal role by finessing that cliffhanger between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Then the newcasters, bless 'em, whipped suspense into vaudeville when they called the election for Bush — then, stunningly, un-called it.
This year, the virtue of Gore and Bush as statesmen or polls was beside the point. In the area that really counts for most of us — their stature as entertainers — they clearly proved lacking.
Without warning, viewers were treated to plot twists! Conflicts! Mystery! False leads! Highly paid anchors with egg on their face! Even odd new terms like "butterfly ballot" and "hanging chad!" The networks' coverage of this presidential whowonit has been the best fall programming in years!
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Mote
6 SST sound
8 Kb of Revelations
14 Acrylic fiber
15 Walk mild
16 2nd-year co-eed
17 Party rattle
19 Verifiable
2 Tango team
Give a new name to
Iditarod finish
High mount
Not fulfilled
Track shape
Fell or Rockwell
Literary scrap
Frankie Of The Four Seasons
"La Traviata" composer
Rim degree
Personal herb
Exist
Small bird
Collect bit by bit
Pecko or hyron
Pictures in pictures
Spanish painter
Ruhr port
Immediately
Swallow noisily
Alterer
Not feel well
Meaton coat
Refastened a raincoat
A single time
Lupino and Tarbell
Yearn for
Unwanted plant
Take in
Overdoes the publicity
DOWN
1 Chip off the old block
2 Paid athlete, for short
3 Lilly or Wallach
4 Lou or Elvis
5 Had the answer
6 Bikini top
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
68 69 70 71 72
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7 ___ Ridge Boys
8 Finished
9 French mother
10 Mr. Addams on TV
11 Double suitcase
12 Rich
13 Fastest land animal
14 Mournful sound
15 Adjusting dials
16 11 of calendars
17 Cake's eggs
18 Wrongdoing in office
19 Affair participants
20 12-year-old
21 Lorre role
22 Fruit drink
23 Author of "The Cxter House Rules"
24 Cotton separator
25 Stars and Stripes
26 Suffered humiliation
27 Polish anew
Solutions to Thursday's crossword
46 " in the Family"
47 Puppy bite
50 Thwack
53 Brought to
closure
57 `go bragg!`
58 Start again from
scratch
60 Hankering
63 Night flyer
64 Function
65 Snooze
66 12/24 or 12/31
67 __ Moine
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