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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: Gordan_Gecko_III who wrote (3075)10/18/2000 6:07:01 PM
From: TimF   of 10042
 
Man, if you are against affirmative action then say it! If you are for it then say it!

I am sick of politicians who avoid the issues and do not provide information.

The problem with that is affirmative action means so many different things. Bush said specifically what he was for and what he was against. He could have said he was for affirmative action or against it and still hold the same opinion because he is for some of the things called affirmative action and against others.
At its most extreme affirmative actions is undisguised quotas. I don't think any of the candidates (including the candidates who lost the major party nominations, and Nader, Buchanan, and Harry Browne) who support this. The next level down would be support for "goals", that basically push quotas, without ever mandating them. Many liberals do support this. The next level down from that might be ideas
that don't explicitly address race (or other affirmative action category) but are designed to have the effect to tilt the results in order to be more "inclusive". GW's
plan where the top 10% of HS graduates get into a Texas state college is an example of this. The next level down would be "outreach", where an organization that historically has fewer minority members makes a greater effort to promote itself to minorities. This is the only level of
affirmative action I would support.

If you support all of these then the answer is yes, if you support none of these ideas then your answer is no. But if you are somewhere in the middle then there is no proper yes no answer to the question "Do you support affirmative action?", because the definition of affirmative action is not precise.

Tim
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