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Official twitter feed of the new book OFF SCRIPT: An Advance Man's Guide to White House Stagecraft, Campaign Spectacle & Political Suicide, by @Polioptics.

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Joined March 2016
"Tank Ride," the Rogich/Ailes/Baker/Atwater coup de grâce that doomed Dukakis 10-18-88 youtube.com/watch?v=BRPZQ3UE… #OffScriptVisualIndex p. 114
"Revolving Door," by Bush-Quayle '88 -- the race card is played. #OffScriptVisualIndex p 113 youtube.com/watch?v=PmwhdDv8…
"The Bear Ad" by Reagan's '84 "Tuesday Team." Today's ad makers: learn from the bear. youtube.com/watch?v=NpwdcmjB… #OffScriptVisualIndex p. 113
Sig Rogich, director of advertising for Bush/Quayle, devised the "Tank Ad" #OffScriptVisualIndex, p. 112
David Demarest, Bush 41 comms director (at Bush's left) crafted tank talking points. #OffScriptVisualIndex, p. 107
Chris Wallace, then of NBC, intuvs my old boss, the late Paul Simon, in 1988. #OffScriptVisualIndex, p. 101-104
Arthur Grace's rarely seen shot of Dukakis speaking at Sterling Heights on "tank day." #OffScriptVisualIndex, p. 98
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Waiting for Eddie Adams to ready his cameras, Bill Clinton knelt to fashion a cross of stones, 6/6/94.
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End of the walk at Omaha Beach, 6/6/94. The "Cross of Stones" came minutes later. #OffScriptVisualIndex, p. 93-94
A page from the D-Day+50 storyboard book detailing the walk to Omaha Beach. #OffScriptVisualIndex, p. 92