[thechat] US prez debates

[Ashok Hariharan]

Theres this old friend of mine, he was smart and eloquent 5 years back.
Then he developed a particular liking for the bottle and the occasional 
snort of freebase.
He has me freaked out too  :o)

--Ashok

Bob Davis wrote on 01-10-2004 06:39:56 PM:
> 
> What's very interesting is that his debates with Gov. Anne Richards (to 
> become Gov. of Texas - played on NPR the other night.) showed a 
> completely different guy. Sharp, eloquent, smart. I don't know if he's 
> taken the "I'm a normal guy" page out of Reagan's book or what, but I'm 
> beginning to think that some of the public face we see is calculated.
> 
> Even the NPR guy was freaked out a little by the difference. It was ten 
> years ago - and he sounded like a different man.
> 
> bob
>