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■ At party honoring Interior Department’s 150th birthday, President Clinton continues to dignify his office. “Sometimes I feel like the fire hydrant looking at a pack of dogs,” he said. “For six years I have declined to tell these kind of jokes, because I have been told repeatedly it is not presidential. But I feel kind of outdoorsy today.” . . . George Stephanopoulos on Clinton, in Newsweek: “Knowing what we know now, I don’t think he’d be fit enough to be elected.” . . . Arkansas lawmakers reject $500,000 proposal to renovate Clinton’s boyhood home in Hope. Plan would have funded theater, computer room, boardroom, gift-shop expansion, and director’s-office relocation. No word on adding “windowless corridor” to site. . . . Sign on 1-30 announcing Hope as Clinton’s birthplace is regularly used for target practice and riddled with holes, reports USA Today.

■ Asked on CNN why Democrats should nominate him over Bill Bradley, Vice President Gore responds: “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” Actually, the Internet began in 1969 as outgrowth of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. . . . Sen. Fred Thompson (R., Tenn.) says George W. Bush has “charisma” but is “untested.” …Lamar Alexander on his famous plaid shirt; “You’ll see it again, but not when I announce. People knew the shirt better than my message last time.” . . . Dan Quayle wins endorsement from Sen. Spencer Abraham (R., Mich.), his former deputy chief of staff…. Shortly after New York Times reports that Clinton vows to defeat Rep. Jay Dickey (R., Ark.) next year, Gov. Bush headlines $l,000-per-couple fundraiser for Dickey in Dallas. . . . Bush receives direct-mail letter from Gore: “To win in 2000, I need you by my side,” it reads. Gore-Bush 2000?

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■ At party honoring Interior Department’s 150th birthday, President Clinton continues to dignify his office. “Sometimes I feel like the fire hydrant looking at a pack of dogs,” he said. “For six years I have declined to tell these kind of jokes, because I have been told repeatedly it is not presidential. But I feel kind of outdoorsy today.” . . . George Stephanopoulos on Clinton, in Newsweek: “Knowing what we know now, I don’t think he’d be fit enough to be elected.” . . . Arkansas lawmakers reject $500,000 proposal to renovate Clinton’s boyhood home in Hope. Plan would have funded theater, computer room, boardroom, gift-shop expansion, and director’s-office relocation. No word on adding “windowless corridor” to site. . . . Sign on 1-30 announcing Hope as Clinton’s birthplace is regularly used for target practice and riddled with holes, reports USA Today.

■ Asked on CNN why Democrats should nominate him over Bill Bradley, Vice President Gore responds: “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” Actually, the Internet began in 1969 as outgrowth of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. . . . Sen. Fred Thompson (R., Tenn.) says George W. Bush has “charisma” but is “untested.” …Lamar Alexander on his famous plaid shirt; “You’ll see it again, but not when I announce. People knew the shirt better than my message last time.” . . . Dan Quayle wins endorsement from Sen. Spencer Abraham (R., Mich.), his former deputy chief of staff…. Shortly after New York Times reports that Clinton vows to defeat Rep. Jay Dickey (R., Ark.) next year, Gov. Bush headlines $l,000-per-couple fundraiser for Dickey in Dallas. . . . Bush receives direct-mail letter from Gore: “To win in 2000, I need you by my side,” it reads. Gore-Bush 2000?