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At the end of the 2000 Presidential Campaign, the Annenberg 2000 survey, which interviewed more than 100,000 people, indicated that many Americans felt Al Gore was an uptight, humorless, know-it-all while George W. Bush wasn’t the brightest bulb on the tree, but someone you could invite to the family barbecue. Paul Waldman explains how the press often colors our perceptions of politics. Then, Whitewater figure Susan McDougal explains why she placed herself in civil contempt and refused to answer Ken Starr’s lawyers in front of a Grand Jury. Plus, Tete Michel Kpomassie explains why he left his home in the palm forests of Togoland, Western Africa to live in Northern Greenland, An African In Greenland. And, Lewis Robinson and his first collection of short stories, Officer Friendly.