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

To: ColtonGang who wrote (34352)	9/2/2000 9:20:51 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

<<You sound like a patriotic American!............NOT! >> What was your service unit?

To: ColtonGang who wrote (34352)	9/2/2000 11:49:16 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Taking a stand on "Soft Money"...will the real pan~handler please stand up : "And So the Hostilities Begin . . ." sfgate.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IT PROBABLY should not surprise anyone that George W. Bush's highfalutin rhetoric about a positive, issue-oriented campaign lasted only as long as his lead in the polls. Negative ads can be highly effective, and the temptation to employ them is too great for any mere mortal to resist. If anything, George W. Bush has shown to date that he is, indeed, a mortal politician. No doubt the Gore campaign is busy collecting tapes of Bush gaffes for future use. Bush has just given his nod to a Republican National Committee ad that mocks Al Gore's infamous fund-raising trip to a Buddhist temple as well as his claim of having invented the Internet. The RNC ads use a touch of wicked humor to highlight Gore's hypocrisy on campaign finance reform. The Republicans have a point: Gore's aggressive fund-raising practices do make him a tainted crusader for the issue. Gore now promises to make campaign finance reform his No. 1 legislative priority. Perhaps Bush is hoping Americans will be laughing too hard at the commercial to think about his position on the issue. He has opposed legislation to ban ``soft money'' -- the unlimited donations that have been the source of nearly all the major fund-raising scandals in recent years. ©2000 San Francisco Chronicle Page A22 SectionsDatebookCommentarySportsNewsBusiness * I have a very strong feeling that George Bush will not play very well in California ... it's going to be a real show... and think WB can just kiss that state "good~bye".