I named him, and appointed Mack counselor to the President, with the job description he had recommended. As the Republicans intensified their criticism of me, my supporters started to stand up. After the long, harsh dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, Chile seemed firmly committed to democracy ulnerable to making selfish and self-destructive personal mistakes about which I would later be ashamed.
Karadzic had ordered the Serbs to stay away from the polls and most of them did. So would President Bush, who, with Gorbachev, had co-sponsored talks in Madrid in 1991 involving Israel, the Palestinians, and the Arab states. Just as I was determined to focus on economics in the run-up to the debates, the Bush camp was equally determined to keep undermining my character and reputation for honesty. In Kentucky, tobacco and guns cut our margin from 3 to 1 percent.
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