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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (6858)	10/4/1999 1:08:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I couldn't believe the poor judgment demonstrated in hiring Coehlo...

To: jlallen who wrote (6858)	10/4/1999 11:03:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

AlGore plays alotta baseball: Vice President Al Gore yesterday dismissed as irrelevant a new government report that found questionable financial management by his campaign chairman Tony Coelho -- despite not having read the report. "People that I talk to are not interested in inside baseball," Mr. Gore said. "He is staying and I haven't seen this report but I know him. He is going to continue doing the terrific job he has been doing as my campaign chairman."... ....Mr. Gore also dismissed in similar fashion criticism that his choice of Mr. Coelho was both cynical and hypocritical. Mr. Gore, a onetime recipient of campaign money from "big tobacco," supports anti-smoking legislation and has made impassioned speeches about his sister dying of lung cancer. Mr. Coelho was most recently chief strategist for tobacco companies' advertising campaign to kill anti-smoking legislation. "People don't care about that," Mr. Gore said. "People care about what is the agenda, what are the issues."... ....Mr. Gore reiterated that he believes Bill Clinton is a great president. But he presented a new take on his December defense of Mr. Clinton. Mr. Gore now says he called Mr. Clinton one of the greatest presidents in history "in the midst of political combat." Mr. Gore said in December, the day Mr. Clinton was impeached, that the president would be remembered as one of the greatest presidents in history.... ...Mr. Gore reiterated his prior statement that Mr. Clinton's behavior in the Monica Lewinsky scandal "damaged the office" of the presidency, but he said that Mr. Clinton has recovered.... ...Mr. Gore also defended his hiring of chief strategist Carter Eskew, who engineered the tobacco industry's campaign against federal tobacco legislation. "See, this is all inside baseball," Mr. Gore said. washtimes.com