The Facts of Life, Iowa Edition

“Y’all will git yer money’s worth, or my name ain’t Dubya.”

You know, I used to think that it was odd that so many pundits and clever journos completely ignored the 2000 George W. Bush campaign, and WHY it happened, and HOW it happened.

That is, I thought it odd until I watched a Linked-In writers’ forum go over 300 posts in a thread asking the question: “One space or two after a period?” That answers that.

OK: here’s how it worked in 2000.