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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MAY 2000
COVER
SPECIAL REPORT: GORE VS. BUSH
50 WILL THE BIGGEST LIAR WIN?
Watch out, America: Using tactics that worked in the primaries, Al Gore and George W. Bush are distorting facts and slinging mud as they try to win the big prize. Here’s what to expect as the race heats up. BY PETER KEATING
PLUS: Historian Richard Reeves on why presidents lie.
58 HOW BUSH BECAME A BRAWLER
If George W. gets elected president, it will be because of painful lessons he learned beating John McCain. Our writer offers this inside account of the remaking of his candidacy. BY HELEN THORPE
FEATURES
64 THE UNTOLD ELIÁN STORY
Three people—a mother, her lover, and her young daughter—survived the leaky boat with Elián González. Here are their photos and the stories of each passenger. BY ANN LOUISE BARDACH
70 FLACKS RATE THE HACKS
Capitol Hill’s press secretaries turn the tables and rank today’s top political journalists.
76 THE GEORGE INTERVIEW: CHRIS MATTHEWS WINS BY PLAYING HARDBALL
The hot talk-show host hits everyone from Johnny Carson to that “hick” Bill Clinton. BY NANCY COLLINS
78 GEORGE GOES TO THE OSCARS
Politics was everywhere on Hollywood’s biggest night.
82 A FEMINIST’S SECRET: HE BEAT HER
The mother of modern feminism relives the price she paid for her success. BY BETTY FRIEDAN
88 SPIN WITH ME, RUDY
Spin City vixen Caitlin Moore—a.k.a. Heather Locklear—tells Rudy how to beat Hillary. BY TOM HERTZ
90 THE END OF SPORTSMANSHIP
Trash-talking, rule-breaking thugs are the idols of millions of American kids. Our author profiles a coach fighting to keep his student-athletes on track. BY MICHAEL LEAHY
96 ANCHOR ASTRAY
Jon Stewart is making The Daily Show perhaps the best political entertainment on TV. He’s proving that one way to voters’ hearts is through their funnybones. BY ALLISON ADATO
100 THE TOWN THAT LOST ITS SONS
Nearly 7,000 Americans were killed or wounded during the 1944 D day invasion. No town sacrificed more of its own than tiny Bedford, Virginia, which is now paying tribute to the 23 men it lost. BY RICHARD SERRANO
45 TOP 10
CELEBRITY CANDIDATES
These famous faces lured voters with their marquee names, unusual résumés—and several serious ideas. BY SASHA ISSENBERG
DEPARTMENTS
9 IN YOUR INTEREST
How McCain can win—in four years. BY FRANK LALLI
12 WRITE IN
14 CONTRIBUTORS
120 IF I WERE PRESIDENT
AMBASSADOR DUKE
Garry Trudeau’s ornery ambassador would outlaw hugging and invade France.
17 PRIMARIES
Why gun control could backfire on Gore.
PLUS: Ricky Martin, lobbyists...How Bush blew $63 million. Suck-up of the Month.
26 PODIUM
RICKY TAKES AIM
NYPD Blue’s Rick Schroeder doesn’t beat around the Bush. He’s pro-NRA—and going after Gore. BY CHRISTINA VALHOULI
28 WHITE HOUSE
BILL CLINTON’S LATEST OBSESSION
The president is filling his last days in office by offering political advice to Hillary and Al. BY CARL M. CANNON
30 POPWATCH
This month’s power culture primer features the debuting series D.C., Matthew McConaughey in the new film U-571, and author David Brooks’s Bobos in Paradise.
37 ASK ALFONSE
What do sex, slaves, sushi, and Jesse Helms have in common? They’re all on our Answer Man’s mind. BY ALFONSE D’AMATO
41 CAPITOL HILLBILLY
…A BRIDGE TO THE PAST
A son of the New South marches to the scene of Bloody Sunday. BY PAUL BEGALA
ON THE COVER
AL GORE AND GEORGE W. BUSH, ABLAZE IN THEIR OWN UNTRUTHS. IMAGE BY MICHAEL ELINS. ART DIRECTION BY MELANIE PAIZIS-JONES. PRODUCED BY BOB SELF. NEWSSTAND COVER ONLY: ELIÁN GONZÁLEZ WITH HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH, IN A PORTRAIT TAKEN IN CUBA. COURTESY OF JORGE MUNERO.