IT'S THE CULT OF PERSONALITY

摘要

Brokaw and Bush, two guys just standing around talking. Shirtsleeves. Sunshine. Fence posts. Cameras. You get the idea. The candidate was hunkered down at the ranch, going mono a memo for a couple of endless, empty minutes with the anchorman. The governor showed off his Yiddish—"kibitzing" was how he described what he was doing with his father, the former president—but the seminal moment was in fluent good-ole-boy. "I know you are a pretty good fisherman," Bush said to Brokaw, who was angling for the name of the as yet unknown vice-presidential nominee. "Yes, you are, and I ain't catching."