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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Neocon who wrote (228419)	2/19/2002 9:11:47 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) of 769670

More wisdom from the great, late Walters, who could speak 16 languages, 8 as well as any native: He was one of the great guests on Firing Line. I remember when Buckley asked him once, “Here’s a question you must get bored of answering, and a question I know I get bored of asking: What is the attraction of socialism to political elites in the Third World?” (Again, I’m going from memory.) Walters answered — quickly and confidently, as always — “Socialism allows mediocrities to rise to the top, to run things. A third-rate economics student can become finance minister. A two-bit and unprofessional soldier can become head of the army. A doltish, untalented academic can be an official, important intellectual.” And so on. nationalreview.com That explains Bill Moyers et al and must be much of the attraction of the Dem party to their faithful - politics as the means of personal gain.

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