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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that..... -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (5817)	3/15/2000 5:56:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

OK. I'll accept that. BTW, have you seen this. I'm beginning to like Dubya more each day..... newsmax.com Gore Evasive, Bush Says Vice President Al Gore is using "truth-twisting evasions? in an effort to avoid facing up to his role in the burgeoning campaign financing scandal. Terming his fund-raising irregularities "mistakes,? Gore has sought to derail the scandal by making campaign finance reform one of his cornerstone issues ? a move Bush has scoffed at. "Governor Bush's biggest concern is that the vice president may have given false statements to FBI investigators," Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer told the Washington Times. "His concern is that after all we've been through the last eight years, do we really want to subject the American people to four more years of the same truth-telling evasions?" Mr. Fleischer said. "His recent remarks about supporting campaign reform are laughable. If Al Gore is for campaign finance reform, then Bonnie and Clyde are for better bank security.? In Gore?s appearance on the "News Hour" on PBS, host Jim Lehrer pressed Gore on the issue. "[Y]ou say you made mistakes in ?96; Governor Bush and others say wait a minute, those were violations of the law. What do you see ? for instance, in the Buddhist temple situation, and the phone calls that you made from your office, those are the mistakes that you?ve acknowledged you?ve made. What were the mistakes? What did you do wrong?? Gore replied that he was wrong in "pressing the limits,? adding, "All that?s been investigated thoroughly three years ago, millions of dollars spent investigating it in congressional hearings, and all the rest. But that doesn't make it right. The fact that they found no ? that the law was not violated on my part doesn't make it right. And it was a mistake for me to go to that Buddhist temple. It was a mistake for me to make those telephone calls, but the damage from what both parties did in that campaign was not to the people running so much as to the system.? Bush aides and others say that Gore?s continuing insistence that the whole matter had been investigated and that no wrongdoing on his part was ever proven ignores the revelations contained in the newly leaked portions of the long-suppressed LaBella report, which charged that Gore "may have provided false testimony" to FBI agents who were investigating whether President Clinton and Mr. Gore broke campaign finance laws. Mr. LaBella also cited a number of questionable actions by the vice president and "a pattern of conduct worthy of investigation" ? an investigation that was terminated by Attorney General Janet Reno against the advice of LaBella and other top Justice Department attorneys. According to the Washington Times, Gore?s evasion of the issue disturbed others outside the Bush campaign. "By any objective measurement, Al Gore still has a lot of explaining to do,? said Charles Lewis, head of the Center for Public Integrity. "It smelled then and it smells now. "He has never answered specific questions about this. He has dodged the whole issue. These questions are significant. They address his integrity and probity as a prospective president. Why he hasn?t answered makes you wonder,? Lewis said. Ellen Miller, executive director of Public Campaign, a Washington-based campaign finance reform organization, echoed Lewis: "The whole LaBella report should be made public, and the news media should be asking him about this every day. I think Al Gore and Bill Clinton have bent campaign finance laws as far out of shape as anybody ever has,? Miller said. "It?s one thing to talk and another thing to walk the walk, and that remains to be seen with Al Gore.? "I'm not commenting on the LaBella stuff," Gore campaign spokesman Doug Hattaway said. "This issue has been examined by Republican-led congressional committees who found no wrongdoing on Al Gore's part."