Reply #4: Bush had that same reptilian cool

[charlie]

during the Florida returns. Sitting in front of a TV in a hotel room, he was untroubled and certain when asked if he was worried about his chances (some networks had already called the state for Gore). Poppy horned in with a lame joke about how he was nervous enough for the both of them, laughing too loud, with a blustery bonhomie. You could smell something filthy was going on.