Campaign 2000: Blinded by the Light

Bush doesn't seem to want our opinions. What did we do to tick him off so?

We learned early on that George W. Bush could be a sore loser--when he tried to palm off conceding to John McCain in New Hampshire to an aide, and later in Michigan when he refused to call the victorious McCain at all. But we didn't know he could be a sore winner until last week when, in a New York Times interview, he batted away every opportunity to be gracious to McCain, snatching sour grapes from the jaws of victory. Reminded of how McCain had boosted turnout in the primaries, Bush snapped, "Well, then, how come he didn't win?" Asked whether...

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