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FEATURES JULY 1997
58 RALPH REED’S SECOND COMING
Ralph Reed has long been proclaimed the savior of the Christian right. Now, he’s leaving the mission to run campaigns for the candidates of his choosing. And everybody wants to know whom he will anoint. In a one-on-one chat, John Kennedy divines Reed’s motives.
62 IT’S ON U.S.! 35 (MOSTLY) FREE THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER, COURTESY OF UNCLE SAM
This year’s tax filing is about to pay you a big dividend. Check out our summer guide to government-sponsored fun: from counting down the space shuttle’s liftoff to nude sunbathing on federal sands.
70 THE GREAT PRETENDER By Will Self
The United Kingdom’s new prime minister offered his winning smile and ended the Labour party’s losing streak. Will Tony Blair rule Britannia from the left or the right? A novelist searches for clues in the days before and after the landslide.
74 THE REVENGE OF THE THOMASONS By Josh Young
These first-family friends were once scorned as presumptuous yokels by Washington’s A list. But all the pummeling Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason endured during Travelgate has taught them a few D.C. rules: Lay low, stay loyal, and after the re-election, get even.
78 FIRST SNAPS By Joe Marvullo
The official White House photographers slipped us their favorite Kodak moments. A behind-the-scenes portrait gallery.
82 THE COYA CONSPIRACY By John Solomon
In 1954, Representative Coya Knutson left rural Minnesota to become a legislative pioneer. But the men at home demanded loyalty—and sabotaged her brilliant career.
COVER
Photographed by Stephane Sednaoui. Tongue painting by Andrea Elston. Stylist: Paula Elins. Props by Ranch Dressing. Hair by Kevin Ryan for Bianca Blyth Beauty. Makeup by Paul Starr for SmashBox Beauty.
18 PRIMARIES
Hong Kong’s handover... Nukes in your neighborhood... Parliamentary tussles... Who’s minding the balanced budget’s bottom line?... Off-the-Cuff quotes.
36 BETWEEN THE LINES PRESIDENT MARSHMALLOW
The president uses citizens repeatedly by exploiting the national distaste for details. Why do they let him get away with it? BY TONY BLANKLEY
38 EYEWITNESS 1962 PORT HURON STATEMENT
This radical hippie started off as a peaceful, straitlaced suburban kid. Here he recalls a powwow that sparked the ’60s student movement. BY TOM HAYDEN
40 HOW IT WORKS NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization once guarded the West against Red foes. Alert! Reconstituted commies are now entering its ranks. BY WILBUR S. LAW
42 RANT THIS LAND IS MY LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND
The fearless guitarist slings his arrows at feds who would keep him from hunting on public land. He wants to put the wild back in wilderness. BY TED NUGENT
44 WHITE HOUSE CHELSEA MOURNING
In a few months, the White House becomes an empty nest as Chelsea Clinton heads off to college. Here’s why her mom can’t bear to see her go. BY CLAIRE SHIPMAN
46 WASHINGTON OOPS! TOP 10 LAWS THAT LASHED BACK
They did mean well! After presidents scrawled their signature on these laws, the corrective measures took on monstrous lives of their own. BY STEVEN M. GILLON
50 NATIONAL UNCLE SAM’S POT FARM
Our national stash thrives in a Mississippi meadow. A trip to the bountiful bales of legalized marijuana—grown for therapeutic reasons, natch. BY DAVID SALTONSTALL
52 PLAYERS THE BOUNTY HUNTER
To earn Bill Clinton a second term, Terry McAuliffe performed the most audacious fundraising feats. So why has this master showman escaped scrutiny? BY STEPHEN GLASS
56 HOLLYWOOD LET’S NOT DO LUNCH
Membership in the exclusive Hollywood Women’s Political Committee was once a must for Tinseltown activists. Now the powerful lobby has called it quits. BY JESSICA YELLIN
95 QUIPS O.J. SIMPSON’S RUN FOR OFFICE
The Juice puts himself up for a new trial—by launching a political campaign. An imaginary (and incendiary) scenario. BY DAVID BENDER
DEPARTMENTS
8 Editor’s Letter
12 Contributors
16 Letters to George
30 We the People
34 The Scoop
96 If I Were President: JENNY McCARTHY
A bombshell gains access to the nuclear button.