i don't like some of dubya's policies (1. there is no surplus, 2. the surplus should pay down the debt if we ever get one, imho), but i get the impression he is a sincere person. perhaps his ineloquence actually makes him a better person - hard to get too proud. well, that and the fact he didn't do much for 50 years! -ng-
Skeets, I think W is our own generation's Warren G Harding -- likeable, lightweight, a front man. He's been playing dumb and it's brilliant! None of the press have asked hard questions about how he would, for example, divert ss money into privatized accounts while continuing to pay grandma and having a huge tax cut.
Gore is certainly a condescending and serial exaggerator, usually to his own detriment. As for major lies, he about ties W, I think, or maybe W edges him. The press just calls Gore more on his lies because he's supposed to be competent, while everybody knows that W isn't clear about policy details, even his own. The press haven't bothered W much on his lies, such as the patients bill of rights that he claims to have passed but which he actually vetoed. Unlike most of Gore's lies, that one is substantial.
Of course, W doesn't talk much to live reporters -- the post DUI conference was the first one he gave in over a month. |
