Coming home to roost. (Democratic Party pranks during the Presidential campaign) (American Survey)
Economist (US), The, February, 1993
The Democratic National Committee probably violated election rules by spending party money to mock George Bush during the campaign. A Democratic 'counter-events team' used spies to obtain the Bush agenda and pulled media pranks involving chickens, Pinocchios, and witches.
REMEMBER the chickens? During the first month of the presidential election campaign last autumn, George Bush was trying to wriggle out of a series of televised debates with Bill Clinton. Suddenly, wherever Mr Bush appeared, a chicken did too. If he took a train, a chicken would be seen running along the track. If he gave a speech at an airport, a chicken appeared in the crowd. The press loved it; Mr Bush, visibly testy whenever a chicken clucked into view, just hated them. And once he had agreed to the...
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