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TABLE OF CONTENTS
21 PRIMARIES
IT’S THE SPIN, STUPID
Welcome to Dirty Tricks 2000, a campaign of Bush and Gore PR pranks.
26 ASK SENATOR AL
Our Answer Man on third-party candidates, mysterious women, and 10 minutes alone with John Rocker.
29 THE NEXT LEADER
OF THE FREE WEIGHTS
The skimpy on the top candidates’ bodies
PLUS: The bird
30 PODIUM
BO KNOWS POLITICS
Long typecast as a blond bimbo, Bo Derek emerges as a thoughtful conservative.
BY CHRISTINA VALHOULI
32 WHITE HOUSE
WHEN YOU WAKE UP WITH THE PRESIDENT...
First ladies have enormous influence with their husbands, as hopefuls Tipper and Laura already illustrate.
BY CARL M. CANNON
34 POPWATCH
A new Robert Kennedy bio reveals his covert dealings in prep school; Emmylou Harris gives goose bumps (we’re not complaining); and nice-guy rapper LL Cool J goes gangsta on his latest album, G.O.A.T.
38 HANGING WITH
DANNY GLOVER
RAGING AGAINST RACISM
Glover is a black actor willing to risk his career to battle Hollywood racism. That’s why Spike Lee, Harry Belafonte, and others applaud him.
BY CHRISTINA VALHOULI
42 TOP 10
WORST VEEP PICKS
Choosing a running mate is politics’ most complicated calculation. Above all, the experts say, a veep candidate should do no harm—an edict that escaped these 10 nominees.
BY SASHA ISSENBERG
44 CAMPAIGN 2000
VENTURA RATES THE CANDIDATES
Jesse can’t see Bush as a “people’s president,” and can’t figure out what Gore stands for. His ideal ticket? McCain and you-know-who.
BY JESSE VENTURA
DEPARTMENTS
13 IN YOUR INTEREST
THE POLITICAL MUSCLE BEHIND HATE
BY FRANK LALLI
16 WRITE IN
18 CONTRIBUTORS
108 IF I WERE PRESIDENT
SHANNEN DOHERTY
The Republican bad girl would move the White House to the 90210 ZIP code.
ON THE COVER
CINDY CRAWFORD AND RANDE GERBER, PHOTOGRAPHED BY FIROOZ ZAHEIDI IN LOS ANGELES, JULY 2000.
COVER
50 STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Miss America went to war with a Clinton aide, Cindy Crawford made a big compromise. From table talk to bedtime banter, here’s how couples handle political differences.
BY MICHELE WILLENS
FEATURES
56 GREETINGS FROM DEATH TOWN, U.S.A.
It’s business as usual in Huntsville, Texas, where 140 inmates have been executed in the past five years. Protesters carry automatic weapons, Geraldo kisses Bianca Jagger, and two more convicted men facing lethal injection pray for pardons.
BY STEPHEN RODRICK
PLUS: These 18 citizens make the life or death decisions.
64 THE NEW PARTY POWERS
Washington D.C. social life as we knew it is dead. But a new generation of hosts is mixing things up—rocking the House, the Senate, Georgetown, and new-money dotcoms, too.
BY DANIELLE CRITTENDEN, CLEO SULLIVAN, AND NANCY WAITS
72 WHERE IS TIPPER WHEN WE REALLY NEED HER?
Fifteen years ago, Tipper Gore crusaded against explicit lyrics. They’re far worse now, yet the major presidential candidates don’t dare take on hate rappers. Here’s why.
BY LYDIA CHAVEZ
PLUS: Amy Larcoca on how little Marshall Mathers became badass Eminem.
78 HOW GEORGE W. FOUND GOD
Bush stopped drinking at 40 and began a “religious journey” that led, he says, to God calling him to be president. His faith runs so deep it may blur the lines between church and state.
BY AARON LATHAM
82 MONKEYS IN THE MIDDLE
Marilyn Carroll studies addiction by hooking primates on drugs—and fears for their life, as animal rights extremists target her in their fight to change our views on scientific research.
BY JAMES BURNETT
86 THE GEORGE INTERVIEW:
BILL DALEY IS TURNING THE GORE CAMPAIGN INTO A MACHINE
The Chicago scion reveals Gore’s plan to launch a post-debate surge that will lead to a “comfortable” win on election day.
BY NANCY COLLINS
90 THE DAY EVERYBODY GOT MARRIED
Thirty-five years ago, the president gave young Americans a choice: Get to the altar by midnight or risk dying in Vietnam.
BY THURSTON CLARKE