Byline: Owen Ullmann Knight-Ridder
John Sununu was neither kind nor gentle.
When Senate Republicans put out the word last fall that President Bush had thrown in the towel on getting a capital-gains tax cut in 1989 - his top domestic priority for the year - the White House chief of staff exploded.
Grabbing the telephone, he called Senate GOP Leader Robert Dole's press secretary, Walt Riker, screamed in between obscenities that it was the "spineless" Republicans - not Bush - who had given up, and then slammed down the phone.
The fury passed as quickly as it erupted. With a devilish look on his face and a twinkle in his eye, he turned to an aide: "I think he got my point."
Never in his wildest dreams would gentleman George Bush behave in such a crude manner. But he also wanted to deliver a strong message to congressional Republicans. That's why he has …
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