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

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (13946)	3/3/2000 9:19:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Bush senior at least had the dignified look. But Duh is quite a sight. In spite of being so dumb, he still has that smug smirk on his face. The combination is just hilarious.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (13946)	3/3/2000 9:45:00 PM
From: Brian P.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I suspect there is an inherited clumsiness with language skills--something neurological. It's uncanny how they both are shaky in putting together a complex spoken thought in their mother tongue. Joe Klein in the New Yorker said the experience of watching Junior speak was like holding your breath while watching a wobbly man trying to cross an icy street--you never knew if he was going to get to the other side of the sentence safely.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (13946)	3/3/2000 9:58:00 PM
From: Alexandermf	Respond to of 769667

;-)

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (13946)	3/3/2000 10:17:00 PM
From: Brian P.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

This shrub is a stinkweed, me thinks. The big moneyed interests sure are watering this shrub carefully. Bush Donor Is Behind Anti-McCain `Clean Air' Ads WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The short-lived mystery involving the source of television ads accusing Senator John McCain of being unfriendly to environmental causes was solved today, when a Texas billionaire named Sam Wyly acknowledged that he was behind them. Mr. Wyly, whose family made a fortune in high-technology companies, revealed himself to be the founder of Republicans for Clean Air, the ads' sponsor. Mr. Wyly and his brother, Charles, are among Gov. George W. Bush's best-heeled and most generous backers. "Air pollution threatens the health of our children," Sam Wyly said in a statement issued in Dallas. "It causes smog, acid rain and is clearly linked to global warming. In my business and political activities, I plan to focus attention on clean-air issues." Just days before the cluster of primaries that may determine the political fates of the candidates, the battle between Mr. McCain and Mr. Bush was enlivened by the advertisement, which shows Mr. McCain, looking unfriendly and gazing off to the side, against a backdrop that features a belching smokestack. "McCain voted against clean energy," the ad proclaims. The Senator has, in fact, voted against some measures that could be loosely grouped under the "clean energy" umbrella, and he has voted in favor of others. Sam Wyly has contributed nearly $700,000 to Mr. Bush's campaigns since 1996. Mr. Bush's campaign aides said as late as Thursday night that they did not know who was behind the ads, but Mr. McCain's people asserted otherwise and today filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission.