Credit: Photo By Jana Birchum

I Feel Your Pain

“That’s what governors do. Governors are oftentimes found on the front-line of catastrophic situations … It’s the time to test your heart, when you see people whose lives have been turned upside down,” Bush told Jim Lehrer during the second presidential debate. Above, Bush embraces a flood victim in San Marcos in May of 1998. Below, Philadelphia police drag protesters off a Center City street during the 2000 Republican national convention.

This article appears in November 17 • 2000.

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