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

To: Neocon who wrote (16800)	4/11/2000 6:03:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

TP's witticisms are usually just that, tp. JLA

To: Neocon who wrote (16800)	4/11/2000 6:59:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769670

Reagan actually was an intelligence officer...... Done to death elsewhere, but... Technically, yes. His actual job was providing voice-overs for training and propaganda films, and since the production of such films was under the intelligence aegis, he was technically an intelligence officer. That job, of course, is nothing to be ashamed of. As an assignment, it made eminent good sense. What else would the army do with an actor? (I'm also sure that the Warner organization exerted some considerable influence to keep potentially valuable property out of harm's way, which is only natural, but that's not really Reagan's fault). And I'm sure he did the job to the best of his ability, perhaps even staying in the studio late at night to meet a deadline. But - and it's a big but - using those words intelligence officer to conjure up images of spying, of cool, dispassionate review and assessment of classified information, of powerfully worded recommendations that Saved The Day, of... well, of intelligence - is a big stretch. He had a small, simple, job. He did it. He got lucky, and skated through it in one of the easiest jobs possible, probably with the unsought help of powerful patrons who had business reasons for wanting him intact. Not much else to be said.

To: Neocon who wrote (16800)	4/11/2000 10:50:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Just dropping by to quote George W. Bush's ethics advisor, Marvin Olasky, of whom if I remember correctly there are a number of fans on this thread, in a recent interview with The Journal for Biblical Mannhood and Womanhood. (It was reprinted in the New Republic.) "God does not forbid women to be leaders in society, but when that occurs it's usually because of the abdication of men. As in the situation of Deborah and Barak, there's a certain shame attached to it. I would vote for a woman for the presidency, in some situations, but again, there's a certain shame attached. Why don't you have a man who's able to step forward? God's Word says very plainly that an elder is to be a man; he is to be the husband of one wife. It's harder when there are women who are CEOs of companies and so forth. Still, it comes down to the question of 'Do we trust God and do we believe that He has wisdom that we don't have.'" Almost touching, in a frightened way, I think.