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

To: microhoogle! who wrote (36775)	9/14/2000 1:26:28 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

From the same star studded paper: Note the book title...sheeeze, I'm glad I don't have HPU. BILL and Monica are back on TV. L'Affair Lewinsky is being made into an HBO movie. It will be based on ABC commentator and New Yorker writer Jeffery Toobin's book, "A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President." BUT WAIT - There is more OIL-SLICK WILLY'S DIPSTICK TRICK IF the Democrats assembling for tonight's star-studded $5 million Radio City fund-raiser are looking a bit smug, it may be because they know that President Clinton has an October Surprise up his sleeve - one that is almost guaranteed to get Al Gore elected president and Hillary into the Senate. My sources say Clinton is ready to do what he's already reported to be considering: release a sizable portion of the nation's 600 million barrels of strategic crude-oil reserves to avert this winter's heating crisis. It's an election year, so that release - which he wouldn't OK last winter, despite the entreaties of Sen. Chuck Schumer - would be a hands-down winner in the Northeast, the Midwest and all the other places where heating bills could become a life-or-death issue. Clinton only needs to issue an executive order to free up the long-held strategic reserve oil. It can be doled out to energy suppliers across the nation at a set price, perhaps 50 cents a gallon under current rates. It's a one-time fix, but politically a no-brainer, given the hardship and rage that oil at $40 a barrel will create for everyone outside the Sun Belt states. Economists and op-ed writers have been debating for months about whether we should use the strategic reserves to ease this winter's looming crisis. But Clinton isn't going to let measured arguments influence his decision - if Al and Hillary need help in their tight election races, he will spring the October Surprise. Count on it, and enjoy the fuel-bill savings you'll realize, even as you're chilled by the cynicism of politics.

To: microhoogle! who wrote (36775)	9/14/2000 1:35:02 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769667

It's true that his campaign has been chock-a-block with innovative ideas on a range of issues from education to Social Security and now prescription drugs, all of which lay out an agenda so interesting that there's every reason to believe Bush would make a good president. Is this what you are agreeing with?

To: microhoogle! who wrote (36775)	9/14/2000 1:46:15 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 769667

The NYTimes has for years been a national treasure. That is why it is so distressing to watch it slip away into a partisan democrat/liberal rag like so many others: NEW YORK TIMES SAT ON STORIES UNFAVORABLE TO DEMS; TWO EXCLUSIVES SLIPPED AWAY An atmosphere of confusion and disappointment spread among the ranks inside of the Washington bureau of the NEW YORK TIMES Thursday morning after the newspaper lost two high-impact exclusives to competitors. Going into last weekend, editors at the TIMES were set to publish two exclusives, according to newsroom sources, one involving a possible link between Gore, a veto vote, and a $100,000 donation from a wealthy Texas lawyer, another exploring First Lady Hillary Clinton possibly rewarding campaign contributors with overnight stays at the White House and Camp David. But editors scrambled late Wednesday when both stories, which still had not been published, began appearing in other outlets. "We blew it! Both stories were ready," said a disgruntled newsroom source who demanded anonymity. "All this hard work on Gore... and we are beat by TIME.COM?!" NEW YORK TIMES star reporter Don Van Natta Jr. is said to have been horrified Wednesday night as he watched TIME.COM, FOX NEWS, the WASHINGTON TIMES and others race details of what was to be his. Just hours prior, before the Gore story hit airwaves and wires, NEW YORK TIMES Washington editor Jill Abramson refused to answer questions why and how it was that stories unfavorable to Democrats where apparently not making it into print, while the TIMES proudly featured a Page One story on George W. Bush’s campaign signing off an anti-Gore ad that flashed the "subliminal" message "RATS". "I am not going to answer these questions!" Abramson shouted into the phone. When asked by the DRUDGE REPORT how she could possibly sit back and let TIME.COM soon beat the NEW YORK TIMES on the Gore story, Abramson hung up the phone. Then, according to one newsroom eyewitness, Abramson quickly moved into action. "Let’s get this thing out!" Abramson snapped to an associate. Six hours after the call to Abramson, the TIMES finally placed the Gore report on its website. By that point, it was too late. Other outlets were reporting the same details. The Gore story was ready to run as early as last Friday, then it was moved to Sunday, according to sources. But then editors decided to feature the Hillary Clinton exclusive on Page One of Sunday editions. Gore was delayed. But one editor raised concerns on Saturday that it would be unfair to publish the Hillary story so close to her debate [the White House was also unwilling to release the names of Camp David guests]. The Hillary story was put on ice. "Everything kept getting delayed from a scheduling point of view," said a publishing source. "Gore was set to run on Monday, but then Wen Ho Lee was released and he filled up the front page." "I hope everyone here has learned a lesson," said the source. "We can’t hold back news." drudgereport.com