The Scorecard

BUSHPEROT  CLINTON Non-Answers  3  6  1 Attacks  On Perot--3 On Clinton--9 Time Violations--4  On Bush--6 On Clinton--0 Time Violations--1  On Bush--11 On Perot--2 Time Violations--0 Clothes  Black suit, dominant red tie with thin white stripes  Gray suit, red and blue evenly striped tie  Charcoal suit, daring red tie with blue and white stripes Personal References  Mentions Barbara twice, admits that divorce happens even in his own family.  Didn't mention anyone in his family.  "I was born to a widowed mother..." "I grew up in the segregated South..." "Tonight is my 17th wedding anniversary..." "My brother is a recovering drug addict..." Gaffes  . Calls AIDS a "behavioral problem" . "I'm very disappointed in Magic" . Mispronounces Sarajevo  . Outlines 90-day legislative blitz for first days in office that begins Nov. 4--three months before he would take office.  . Obvious loss of voice . Doesn't attempt even one joke. Stock Phrases  . "We are not coming apart at the seams..."--Four times . Can sleep at night, because we aren't afraid of nuclear war--Twice  . "Servant of the people"--Twice . "Chips" (potato and computer)--Four times . "The White House is a bully pulpit"--Twice  . The word "change"--13 times . Refers to Hillary--Twice Humor Attempts  . Talks about cocaine--rubs nose . Makes joke about stock market reaction to possible Clinton win--swooping hand motion emphasizes point  . "I have no experience running up a $4 trillion debt." . "I'm all ears." . The lobbyists, under Perot, "Will all be in the Smithsonian."  DOES NOT APPLY A Few of our Favorite Quotes  . "Saddam Hussein, the dictator." . "Get those deadbeat fathers to pay up..." . "One of them Act-Up Groups..." . "...that human rights crowd" . "...that nuclear freeze crowd"  . "China is a huge country broken into many provinces." . At a very early age [children] learn to learn." . "Talk is cheap...time is no longer our friend...isn't it time to just do it?"  . "Democracies are our friends." . "Your father, Prescott Bush, stood up to Joseph McCarthy..." . "My brother is alive today because of ourcriminal justice system."