The American press goosed the campaign finance story for all it was worth. In its March 1997 issue, the National Review depicted President Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and Vice President Al Gore on its front cover decked out in Chinese garb, with ear-to-ear grins, buckteeth, and slanted eyes. “The Manchurian Candidates,” the headline read. Critics charged the magazine with racism. The Review was unrepentant. Cartoons “required exaggerated features,” its editor said.
