I had a line about my waist, and followed obediently after the sea-cook, who held the looseendof the rope, now in his free hand, now between his powerful teeth.
But I would tell Bush that all he has to do is to stay nice and loose, working Gore in a rope-a-dope sort of way, mocking him lightly, and wait for one of those openings that can produce a fatal sound-bite -- something along the lines of Lloyd Bentsen's line in 1988: "I knew John Kennedy, and you're no John Kennedy!"
But extremely loose monetary policy should act as a counterbalance, forcing investors to walk the tight rope in making up their minds about the yellow metal next year.