Class act: the Texas National Guard and running for Congress. -- Life in the oil patch: Bush's oil-field career. -- Prestanombre: Bush and baseball. -- Campaign '94: Bush v. Ann Richards. -- Dubya, Billy Graham, and Mel Gabler: Bush and religious belief. -- Compassionate conservatism: Bush and the Christian Right. -- Capitol crimes: Bush and the Lege. -- Is the air cleaner? Bush and the environment. -- The bright spot: Bush and education. -- We're number one: Bush and criminal justice. -- Political free speech: Bush and campaign finance. -- Juntos Podemos: Bush and the Rio Grande Valley. -- In which our boy George toddles off to run for president, meets the ferocious national media, defeats a genuine war hero by the fairest of means, starts doing to Al Gore just what he did to Ann Richards: is this guy presidential timber, or what?