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GRAPEVINE, Page 11
JANICE CASTRO
All Hands On Board!
Now that Jim Baker has done the right thing, some familiar
figures are falling into place in PRESIDENT BUSH'S campaign.
Among them are attack-adman Roger Ailes, who will soon take over
"special projects," and Craig Fuller, who is expected to reprise
his 1988 role as chief of operations. Most urgent, though,
Robert Mosbacher has agreed to return to his old job as chief
G.O.P. fund raiser. Funds are running perilously low. With just
nine weeks left until Election Day, the party's Victory '92
operation, targeted to raise $46 million for state party needs,
advertising and get-out-the-vote activities, has pulled in only
$5 million. The Presidential Trust Fund, which supports daily
campaign operations, is only $2 million toward its $10 million
goal. When Baker looked at the numbers last week, he called
Mosbacher. "Bobber," said Baker, "remember how you said that if
I went back to the White House, you would do anything I asked?
Well, anything is here."
The Body Wasn't Even Cold
The citizens of South Florida and New Orleans should get
such attention. No sooner had HURRICANE ANDREW destroyed
Homestead Air Force Base, south of Miami, than three Congressmen
tried to grab its operations for their own districts. Robin
Tallon of South Carolina urged the Air Force to "save money" by
abandoning the Florida site and coming on up to Myrtle Beach,
whose base is scheduled to close next spring. Meanwhile, Sam
Gibbons of Tampa pitched McDill Air Force Base, and J. J. "Jake"
Pickle of West Texas talked up the Lone Star State's Bergstrom
Air Force Base.
Definitely Not The Berlin Wall
Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter and a passel of
Southern California officials have been celebrating the
completion of the first 14 miles of the 12-ft.-tall black metal
wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. The barrier is supposed to
keep out illegal immigrants and drug runners, but it is riddled
with gaps. Just a mile from the Pacific Ocean, for example, a
dry riverbed crosses the border through a gorge so popular with
illegals that it is known as Smuggler Gulch. Because the wall
comes to an abrupt halt jutting out over the western rim of the
gorge, travelers continue to scurry through. Nearby, Mexican
vendors who sell snacks to folks headed north report that the
fence has helped their business, since it has funneled more
customers through the inviting opening.
Spies Wanted
Ever since U.S. Intelligence was caught flat-footed when
Iraq invaded Kuwait, it has faced renewed criticism for placing
too much emphasis on technology and too little on actual spies.
As one spook puts it: "You can't tell what's going on in Saddam
Hussein's head from satellite surveillance." CIA Director
ROBERT GATES is now looking for a few good men and women and has
set up a human-intelligence center to coordinate the spook
efforts of his agency, the State Department and the military
services.
FORWARD SPIN
TIME SAVERS
Japan has developed a computerized vacuum cleaner that
lets itself out of the closet and does the house, and a word
processor that works under water. Nice, but how about a device
that might let someone take a day off every so often?
GREATEST HITS
Bill Clinton sang Don't Be Cruel during the primaries,
played Heartbreak Hotel on Arsenio and danced to Don't Stop at
the convention finale. Lately he's been crooning Stand by Me as
he greets voters along the bus tour. In November, no doubt, he
plans to do his version of We Will Rock You.
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
An inventor who has patented a safer, blunt-end type of
ear-cleaning cotton swab says he got the idea from Hammer's
flattop. Next: a feather duster that looks like Don King's do.
CAMPAIGN QUIZ
Q: What does George Bush have in common with the following
presidents?
A Harry Truman
B Herbert Hoover
C Teddy Roosevelt
D James Garfield
A:
A A love of horseshoes
B Bonefishing
C Jogging
D Being left-handed