Male friendship, to judge from television commercials, is both natural and automatic -- just get a bunch of guys together, down a six-pack and cement lifelong bonds by being there when the Swedish Bikini Team arrives. Reality, of course, is a bit more complicated. Think of the extremes modern men actually go to in their quest for fellowship: bonding by beating on drums in pseudo-Indian rituals, forming Rotisserie baseball leagues to talk trades on the telephone like seven-year-old boys and, yes, campaigning for national office on the same ticket.
Nothing more clearly identifies the shared baby-boomer heritage of Bill ; Clinton...
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