Mr Golden's colourful character (parked outside his office is the orange Harley he used to ride around the deck of a carrier he commanded in the Gulf) might break through to disaffected voters.

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As the Greyhound drops toward the 1, 100-foot deck of the aircraft carrier, the pilot throttles up to 150 miles an hour.

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Even with all the work LaBarbera put in, it was like a fighter jet catapulting off the deck of an aircraft carrier once the real games started.

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The carrier is then left in a designated area on the car deck for the duration of the journey.

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