--panders.
--somehow reminds viewers that he went to Vietnam.
--promises that his Medicare and Social Security "lock-box," unlike that of his opponent, will be "iron-clad."
--draws an unclear distinction between "Social Security minus" and "retirement security plus."
--uses the phrase "risky tax scheme."
Take a drink every time Texas Gov. George W. Bush:
--pledges to "leave no child behind." (Drink twice if Bush promises to end, "what I like to call the soft bigotry of low expectations.")
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