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Frank Bruni, who covered his election campaign for the New York Times, wrote in 2002 that "the Bush I knew was part scamp and part bumbler, a timeless fraternity boy and heedless cutup, a weekday gym rat and weekend napster." And the then governor of Texas presented himself as a centrist—a new kind of "compassionate conservative", a "uniter rather than a divider", an advocate of a "humble" and restrained foreign policy.

在纽约时报为他撰写竞选特稿的弗兰克·布鲁尼，在2002年曾写道："我所知的布什是个时而顽皮时而木讷，长不大的兄弟会男孩，不拘小节的"小丑"，周中他是健生狂，而周末又是个音乐迷"之后这位前德州州长将自己展示为一位中间派，"富有同情心的保守党人"的一种新类别，一位"团结者而非分裂者"，一位"谦逊"克制外交政策的支持者。

As we celebrate this important milestone, we would like to thank the governor for taking his time to recognize this achievement,' stated Robert J. Bunting, Sr.'Also, we would like to thank our customers, supply partners and, most importantly, all of our current and past employees.

当我们庆祝这个重要的里程碑，我们要感谢您抽出宝贵的时间来认识到这一点成就，州长，'说罗伯特J鹀，老'另外，我们要感谢我们的客户，合作伙伴和供应，最重要的我们的所有当前和过去的员工。

Robert Stone, an affable, bearded emergency-room doctor who organised last week's demonstration in Indianapolis, says it is encouraging that a conservative governor like Mr Daniels is willing to raise taxes to pay for expanded health care. But not, he goes on to say, if this is just a substitute for universal access.

stone是一位友好的长了胡子急诊室医生，他上周组织了 Indianapolis的示威，他说一位保守主义的州长Daniels愿意通过提高税收的方式来拓展医疗保障的覆盖范围，确实鼓舞人心，但是他又继续说如果只是对普遍覆盖的一个替代就是另一番情况了。

"But after blowing hot and cold for weeks, aides had expected the star to bow to the concerns of his wife about the effect on their four children and stay out of the October gubernatorial race."

但是经过几周的犹豫之后，他的助手们希望他能够顾及他妻子的担心而放弃十月的州长竞选活动。他的妻子担心参加竞选会影响到他们的四个孩子。

"But after blowing hot and cold for weeks, aide s had expected the star to bow to the concerns of his wife about the effect on their four children and stay out of the October gubernatorial race."

但是经过几周的犹豫之后，他的助手们希望他能够顾及他妻子的担心而放弃十月的州长竞选活动。他的妻子担心参加竞选会影响到他们的四个孩子。

To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly, month after month, in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times, thank you so much.

当然，我也非常感谢佩林州长，她是我见过的最好的搭档之一。我还要感谢她的丈夫托迪以及他们5个美丽的孩子，他们为我们的事业作出了不知疲倦的努力，在这次的竞选中他们表现出了勇气和优雅的风度。

However, as Montana's Gov. Brian Schweitzer and Stillwater executives recently observed, the loss of Montana mining jobs to foreign mining companies as GM accepts billions of dollars in taxpayers' money aimed at preserving US jobs seems "disingenuous".

然而，正如蒙大拿的州长布赖恩施魏策尔和斯蒂尔沃特高管最近指出，损失的蒙大拿采矿工作的外国矿业公司作为通用汽车公司接受数十亿美元的纳税人的金钱，旨在保护美国就业似乎&虚伪&。

Second, much of the blame for the wretched response to the hurricane belonged to Democrats: Louisiana's dithering governor, Kathleen Blanco, and the mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, who let school buses that could have been used to evacuate people sit idle until they were half-submerged.

其次，对于飓风的反应中，许多针对不幸民众发出的指责是来自民主党阵营的：路易斯安那的州长布兰科优柔寡断以及新奥尔良的市长雷

Georgia's sheriffs complain that they have been given no extra money or manpower to help them keep the huge and swelling sex-offenders' registry up to date or to police its confusing mass of rules.

佐治亚州州长抱怨说他们已经没有多余的财力人力去保持这个巨大的而且还在不断增大的数据库的数据更新，也无法完全执行这么多的法律条文。

The chief fundraiser for disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has died just days before he was due to start serving an eight-year sentence for corruption. 51-year-old Christopher Kelly was found in a lumber yard parking lot southwest of Chicago Friday. No word yet on the cause of death.

令前伊利诺伊州州长Rod Blagojevich蒙羞的最主要资金募集人在因贿赂罪面临接受八年刑期的前几天死亡。51岁的Christopher Kelly的尸体于周五在芝加哥西南部一个伐木场的停车场中被发现，死因不明。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。