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

To: jlallen who wrote (27184)	8/2/2000 8:57:47 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Plus, among other things, I cannot stand the desecration involved in the view. I revere those people, like Raoul Wallenberg, who stood on principle and helped Jews escape the Nazis. I have boundless admiration for people like Medgar Evers, who fought for his people, and for what was right, knowing that he might very well suffer the fate he did. I am proud of those, like my ancestors, who emigrated to this country and built a better life for themselves and their children, and visiting Ellis Island fills me with reverence for all of those with the gumption to come to our shores. I think people who achieved things against long odds deserve praise and admiration. To trifle with all of that, to shrug it off, is the worst sort of vulgarity and cynicism, and sickens me.........

To: jlallen who wrote (27184)	8/2/2000 8:58:47 AM
From: Scarecrow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Couple of quick observations. Dems are so quick to call GWB a "figurehead" who's low on the intelligence scale. Others are noting how GWB is smart enough to surround himself with very smart, experienced people. This reminds me a lot of Ronald Reagan's approach. He was soundly passed off by the liberals as a boob (when just the opposite was the case). Let's face it, though, Gipper was one of the all-time great figureheads because he loved the country, could deliver a speech, and believed in conservatism. He didn't invent supply-side economics. He didn't invent the statesmanship that brought down the Soviet Union. What he DID do was listen to the smart guys he surrounded himself with. That, in my opinion, was why he was such a rousing success. GWB is patterning himself after this in a major way. "Compassionate Conservatism" is this decade's answer to "Morning in America." Where GWB might come up short (as virtually every politician does in comparison with RR) is that he might not deliver a speech as well as RR (who had years of training delivering lines before a camera). And RR had a more believable brand of folksy. But GWB is definitely re-assembling the Reagan coalition and is doing it with amazing style, speed, and confidence. And THAT is why Clinton is interrupting any "work" he's doing to just make partisan shot after partisan shot (isn't that "mean-spirited politics of personal destruction"?). THEY'RE SCARED! But,