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

To: TigerPaw who wrote (13110)	2/29/2000 3:41:00 PM
From: Fangorn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Tigerpaw, re >I guess this means that you don't have one nice thing to say about your candidate?< Only two unfounded assumptions in the above quote... 1. That GW is my candidate 2 That I have nothing nice to say about him Both wrong. GW is one of only two candidates left in the two major parties that is for limited government, lower taxes, increased defense... all good things IMO. He is also one of two in that group that understands that McCain's campaign finance reform plan violates the First Amendment. The other BTW is Alan Keyes. If Bush is in a tight race this fall in my state I will vote for him, if it is not a tight race or McCain is the GOP nominee I will, as usual, vote for the Libertarian.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (13110)	2/29/2000 6:19:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

I got something nice to say for W, since nobody else does. I sort of liked this article, from a kinder, gentler time. Bush Says G.O.P. Stresses Wealth at Expense of Tackling Social Ills nytimes.com And that wasn't supposed to be a complimentary statement, at the time anyway. But any rebuke to fellow Republicans is usually implicit. Bush's comments on Tuesday was decidedly explicit and veered toward the confrontational. He seemed to challenge fellow Republicans not only to look beyond the bottom line when assessing the state of the nation, but also to devote as much energy to problem-solving as to stern moralizing. "Too often, on social issues, my party has painted an image of America slouching toward Gomorrah," Bush said. A few sentences later, in another swipe at Republicans, Bush added, "Too often, my party has confused the need for limited government with a disdain for government itself." Poor W, reaching for the center before his time, now he's stuck trying to outflank McCain on the right. Now, of course, reaching for the center and appeal to independents is anathema. I have to give my official endorsement to W. Though I like McCain better personally, I like W ok too, I feel sorry for him being run around in circles by the neoconservative political theologians. A populist conservative Republican with cross-party appeal, generating genuine enthusiasm in a jaded electorate, who wants that running in November? W's the man for me! Cheers, Dan.