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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (154264)10/30/2002 2:59:19 PM
From: g_w_north  Read Replies (2) of 1583620
 
<GW, ask Bubba what he thinks of the Republicans sending a letter to the Wellstone campaign on Saturday, demanding that there be 5 public debates scheduled this week between their candidate and the Wellstone replacement.
I imagine he thinks that's in very good taste.>

The entire thing is starting to sound like a catfight. Bush did not go to Wellstone's funeral because there was no 'precedent', which of course is complete BS, as Clinton attended John Chafee's funeral and there were some other examples going back 30 or more years. The Democrats in return turned down Vice President Cheney's offer to attend, which in itself is a bit of a slap in the face. (Reminds me of the backlash our Prime Minister received after it was announced that his deputy prime minister would be greeting the queen on her recent visit instead of him personally. Needless to say, things changed quickly). The situation was obviously such that the administration figured it probably would have boosted the Democratic campaign too much if Bush was to appear in person.

Imagine the Clintons, Kennedy and Bush in the same room a week before a bitterly fought election. Personally, I believe it would have helped the Republicans if he had shown up. He could have shown his 'bipartisan' nature. <g>
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