These people are trying to buy the Presidency for Bush, not because they think Bush will be a good President but because they know that they can control him.
And just WHO is trying to buy Bush's presidency by running such an incredibly STUPID ad?
And what I've found so incredibly bizarre here is that people like yourself, who claim to be moderates, are willing to permit Gore to engage in such BLATANT DEMAGOGUERY and outright hypocrisy!!! Yet, when a 3rd party puts out a negative add that diverges from Bush's "high road" strategy, HE CATCHES THE HEAT...
Yet Gore can say all the negative scare tactics and lies that he wishes because he's been doing all along and we expect it from him. Bush CAN'T be negative because it would be obvious that he is changing strategies and going negative which would hurt him. Gore can go from being negative to "nice" and nothing happens. Bush cannot do the reverse without risking his perception has a bipartisan president.
Gore has claimed that Bush represents "big oil", yet here is deriving personal future gain from the events HE set in motion with regard to the $3.6 billion sale of the Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve to Occidental. A program that he brought his former campaign director to facilitate and OVERSEE in SECRECY that remains TO THIS VERY DAY.
Furthermore, he blatantly attempts to scare seniors, minorities, and the poor, into believing that Bush would destroy Social Security with "risky" budget schemes, when in fact, it is continued big governmental spending that is paid for out of the private sector, that TRULY IS THE RISKIEST SCHEME...
Personally, I think Bush has taken the moral high-ground in NOT being nearly as negative as Gore and his democratic proxies have.
And in case you have forgotten, Gore raised $6 million IN ONE NIGHT from WEALTHY HOLLYWOOD CELIBRITIES who are peddling sex and violence to kids, and THEN trying to cover his butt by claiming he will be tough on Tinseltown.
Just blatant as hell.... yet because we've become so jaded by the activities of Clinton over the past year, we've come to accept this kind of crap with indifference and a "Que Sera, Sera" mentality.
I also was a McCain man, brutusdog.. I met John McCain when he came and spoke our political science honarary in Arizona years ago. I've ALWAYS admired the man and the experiences he went through. And I lay you odds that there will be a place for him in a Bush administration, something that will not occur under Gore.
And btw, you can bet that Bradley dislikes Gore even more after the things Gore said about him. But that's the nature of politics. If you really want the nomination, both sides wind up getting down and dirty. McCain was JUST AS GUILTY of mud-slinging as Bush was.
Let's not forget about that just because we find it inconvenient.
Bush is the BEST BET the republican party has had in years for taking the party apparatus out of the hands of the reactionaries and bringing it to the mainstream.
On the other hand, Gore has been MORE THAN WILLING to utilize extremist class warfare that is absolutely the LAST THING THIS NATION NEEDS.
But WHAT REALLY MOTIVATES ME TO VOTE FOR BUSH is that he has a record in Texas, a VERY DEMOCRATIC BASTION for decades, of working together will all sides. I know it sounds like propaganda, but even democratic Texans are acknowleging that fact.
And if THEY are forced to admit that Bush is a different, more compassionate conservative that they can respect and work with, then that's good enough for me. A Gore administration WILL ONLY GUARANTEE THAT BOTH SIDES WILL REMAIN PARTISAN AND NON-COOPERATIVE at a time that some serious domestic and foreign issues are confronting us.
America does not need that. We've had 8 years of it and so much has been left undone, so many resources wasted on endless investigations. We've had 8 years to get a Social Security reform program through but nothing has happened. We had an attempt to completely socialize US healthcare, which would have placed in the same economic trouble as Europe and Canada with regard to future UNFUNDED liabilities.
Yes Brutusdog... politics is a dirty business. But the evidence is clear and convincing that Gore has been more PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE for engaging in these tactics, while it is evident that 3rd parties have been playing these tactics for Bush.
But what clinches it for me is that under a Bush administration, we will see a higher quality of people like Cheney and Powell (who might serve under Gore as well). The nature of such a presidency is very much dependent upon the quality of the administration's staff and cabinet. Under Clinton, we saw experienced personnel shoved out to make room for utterly inexperienced youngsters (Craig Livingston, a former bar bouncer, made White House security director).....
I don't think you'll be seeing that under Bush.
But again, if you have any doubt about the stark contrasts of the two candidates, look at the recent edition of Rolling Stone, where they air-brushed Gore's crotch, or at the next edition of Esquire, where Clinton sits with his legs spread in a "Monica view"...
I HIGHLY DOUBT YOU WOULD EVER SEE BUSH POSE FOR THOSE KINDS OF INCREDIBLY UN-PRESIDENTIAL POSES for a couple of trashy rags...
I don't know about you... but I'm just sick of seeing the office of the president trivialized for the sake of celebrity status. The president of the United States is the leader of the free world, head of the strongest, and most economically prosperus nation on earth. Anyone holding that office had better be more interested in the needs of the people and the nation, rather than their own legacy in the newstand "rags".
I want someone who has a bit of self-dignity. And that is why I can NEVER VOTE FOR GORE.
And finally, I've known many folks who bailing out of the military for the very fact that the Clinton/Gore administration has succeeeded in sucking almost every bit of warrior mentality and pride out of the military. I spent 14 years in the service, active and reserve. I left SPECIFICALLY because this administration cared NOTHING for training the troops, but were willing to deploy them.
My last reserve unit is currently near the end of a 9 month tour in Bosnia. That's nine months that a bunch of weekend warriors are separated from their families, their civilian jobs (or potential raises/promotions), and the private economy. All because this administration has made committments that the current military cannot meet.
And that money spent over in Bosnia/Kosovo is money that must come out of training and operational funding back here in the states.
You'd better worry about the Chinese Brutus... And the OPEC Arabs as well... But the warning signs are already there that the weakness in purpose and will shown by this administration has only encouraged those who would challenge our interests around the world.
Regards,
Ron |
