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

To: Neocon who wrote (12870)	2/28/2000 1:41:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

What's especially unattractive about McCain is that he will apparently say anything to win Media plaudits, no matter how heinous. He is the modern equivalent of the old "rule or ruin" class of Republicans and a genuine demogogue in the Clinton model. I recall that McCall has admired Clinton as the best politician he's ever seen and do not doubt that Clinton is his model. What has become clear about McCain from reading campaign articles is that he is driven by tactics, not conviction. You never know what group he will attack next in his most divisive campaign.

To: Neocon who wrote (12870)	2/28/2000 2:34:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 769667

I'm glad you blame McCain, Neocon, and I hope you and the guys continue to do so. It's McCain's fault, or else it's a conspiracy by Democrats and independents to make W look bad, and the mudslinging between W and McCain is all the fault of the liberal press too. For more entertainment, here's a couple stories on W trying to dig himself out of the mess that McCain got him into. It's all McCain's fault that W's handlers took him down that path. Regrets Well Placed, if Questionably Timed nytimes.com Gov. George W. Bush touched all the right bases today in expressing regret to Cardinal John O'Connor of New York over his journey to Bob Jones University: the cardinal is the de facto leader of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and he is widely respected across religious lines. Mr. Bush was determined to muffle the outcry before crucial primaries in New York, California, Illinois and other states with large Catholic constituencies. And the Texas governor sent a signal to voters -- and his contributors -- that he is not too high and mighty to admit a blunder. But there was one big problem: Mr. Bush's turnabout might have come about 24 days too late. . . . In hindsight, many of Mr. Bush's supporters said the appearance was a natural play for religious conservatives, who were a vital voting bloc in his victory. But in hindsight, some said he should have repudiated Bob Jones's policies in his speech, or moved forcefully within a day or two to put out a letter like the one he sent to Cardinal O'Connor. Instead, as recently as Friday he still appeared defensive -- and by day seemed to be trying out new explanations -- as he struggled to move on to other subjects long after the victory in the South Carolina primary on Feb. 19. Once Mr. Bush's advisers decided they had to move on the Bob Jones matter, they mulled over several alternatives, like having Mr. Bush submit an explanation to a newspaper's editorial page. But they settled on the letter to Cardinal O'Connor, the leader of the archdiocese's 2.4 million Catholics in a state where roughly half the electorate is Catholic. Uh huh. In hindsight, I'm still confused why anybody made a big deal about South Carolina, why McCain emphasized the state in the first place, why Bush was so determined to outflank him on the right there. Bush's strategy there sure looked good for about 3 days after the primary, didn't it, Neocon? More coverage on W's little dance with the holy rollers: nytimes.com "I wish I had gotten up then and seized the moment to set a tone, a tone that I had set in Texas, a positive and inclusive tone," he added. Officials with the Bush campaign said that the letter to Cardinal O'Connor, the spiritual leader of about 2.4 million Catholics in the New York metropolitan area, was inspired in part by the Bush family's longstanding friendship with the cardinal. But the letter also seemed to anticipate the potential importance of Catholics in the Republican primary in New York on March 7. Catholics make up an estimated 46 percent of the registered Republicans in the state, and the outcome of the New York contest could be pivotal in determining whether Mr. Bush can put an end to the potent challenge from Senator John McCain of Arizona. Mr. Bush's contrition was measured, possibly underscoring his need for the continued support of the kinds of religious conservatives who support Bob Jones University. Mr. Bush condemned neither the school nor its officers, and he did not say that his decision to go there was in and of itself a mistake. Whatever. Again, it all looked quite brilliant, for about 3 days.