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Twenty-five years ago, a cover story in Newsweek magazine (HERE) reported on efforts by then-Vice President George H. W. Bush to deal with the perception that he was “a wimp.”
Bush was later said to be offended by the label, but it didn’t prevent him from winning the presidency 13 months later.
Now Newsweek is out with a SIMILAR COVER STORY, this one labeling presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney a wimp.
Writer Michael Tomasky begins the piece with this question: “Dodging reporters, fearing his base, hiding his taxes—is Mitt Romney just too insecure to be president?”
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