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- <title>
- Nov. 05, 1990: The Bush Rescue Mission
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Nov. 05, 1990 Reagan Memoirs
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 25
- The Bush Rescue Mission
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- <body>
- <p>By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Daniel S. Levy
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- <p> George Bush has always had a love-hate relationship with
- political handlers. The President despised the way aides to
- Ronald Reagan wantonly stage-managed the older man's affairs.
- But Bush relied heavily on advisers during the 1988 campaign,
- particularly when he was bogged down or distracted. Last week,
- as Bush tried to extricate himself from the budget mess,
- several of his closest pals conspired to rescue their leader.
- The plans, however, differed: Commerce Secretary Robert
- Mosbacher told Bush to veto the budget plan and run hard against
- Democrats. Secretary of State James Baker opined, "Get out of
- this as quickly as possible." Heeding Baker, Bush accepted the
- compromise deal. Embarrassed White House officials, including
- some who contributed to the problem, tried to pour cold water
- over rescue-mission reports. But as one longtime Bush adviser
- acknowledged, "Bush hates handlers, but he needs them."
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- </article>
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