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<title>
Oct. 12, 1992: Grapevine
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Oct. 12, 1992 Perot:HE'S BACK!
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 23
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<p>By JANICE CASTRO
</p>
<p> Don't Want to Talk About It
</p>
<p> Before consenting to be interviewed on several news shows
lately, PRESIDENT BUSH has demanded that reporters not ask him
about his involvement in Iran-contra. Good Morning America
agreed to ask only about crime, health care and taxes; Bush
appeared three times last week. Meet the Press refused to agree
to any limitations and has yet to land an interview. Says Tim
Russert, moderator of Meet the Press: "We just can't let the
President set the ground rules for an interview."
</p>
<p> Pork-Barrel Defense Policy
</p>
<p> With the election just four weeks away, Defence Secretary
Dick Cheney, Acting Secretary of State Larry Eagleburger and
Army Secretary Michael Stone have handed their Commander in
Chief a leg up in the pivotal states of Michigan and Ohio. By
lobbying hard, they persuaded their friends in KUWAIT to agree
to buy 236 heavy M1A2 Abrams tanks. The tanks are made by
General Dynamics in Warren, Michigan, and Lima, Ohio. The $1.5
billion Kuwaiti deal could mean thousands of jobs. And since it
has been consummated just in time, maybe thousands of votes.
</p>
<p> Where's Jimbo?
</p>
<p> As George Bush's extremely reluctant savior, White House
chief of staff JAMES A. BAKER III has made himself all but
invisible since coming back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. In
fact, he's keeping such a low profile that West Wing staffers
post notices of rare "J.A.B. III" sightings. Says a top Bush
campaign official: "We're beginning to think the next time we
see him, it will be on the side of a milk carton."
</p>
<p> Are You Out There, Ross?
</p>
<p> Now that Ross Perot is back in the race, subscribers to
the PRODIGY computer-network service want to know when he will
go on-line. Since August, Prodigy has been running an
electronic town meeting in which Bill Clinton and George Bush
chat with its 1.75 million subscribers. Members have flooded the
candidates with more than 150,000 questions. Clinton answered
50 queries, all in a folksy tone, signed "Sincerely, Bill
Clinton." Bush, who signs his more formal electronic notes
simply "President George Bush," has replied to only about 25
queries so far. Neither side, though, has been willing to answer
one of the most popular questions: "If you win the election,
will you stay on-line?"
</p>
<p> As GM Goes . . .
</p>
<p> Members of an extremely private, invitation-only New York
investors group called AEA thought it was a hoot when they
persuaded former General Motors chairman ROGER SMITH last year
to take over as CEO of one of their investments, a tidy little
group of rubber-and-plastics manufacturers with operations in
Ohio, Virginia and Georgia. Before long, though, the company was
declining fast. Since nobody can bear to fire Smith, investment
bankers say the owners are now quietly trying to peddle the firm
for far less than they paid for it.
</p>
<p> Film At 11
</p>
<p> The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (once known as
the KGB) is starting its own newsmagazine. The first issue
bristles with articles about espionage, the Russian mafia and
the infamous Lubyanka prison, which some of the editors probably
know firsthand. Called SB, the monthly also includes profiles
of KGB spies. With pictures.
SCORECARD
</p>
<p> Ross Perot's imperial re-entry brings to mind others who
have been overstaying their welcomes lately:
</p>
<p> JOHN MCLAUGHLIN The screechy Church Lady routine is tired.
</p>
<p> SPIKE LEE Gag me with a spoon.
</p>
<p> THE ROYALS After the Fergie movie, even The Pat Robertson
Story sounds good.
</p>
<p> DR. KEVORKIAN Is this some kind of grisly game?
</p>
<p> NIKE ADS Too perky, too '80s.
</p>
<p> MICHAEL DOUGLAS Infiniti was better off with rocks and
trees.
</p>
<p> MADONNA Put it all on, please.
</p>
<p> MURPHY BROWN Get back in the TV set!
</p>
<p> DAN QUAYLE You know you're in trouble when your spokesman
has to explain you were joking.
</p>
<p> STEPHEN KING O.K., O.K., we're scared.
</p>
<p> ROBERT DORNAN Only reason to avoid C-SPAN.
</p>
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