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

To: ColtonGang who wrote (42307)	10/4/2000 5:58:38 AM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

From BBC news.........Governor Bush also hit out frequently at big government, "exploding" bureaucracy, and what he called time and again "Washington fuzzy math". His was a simple, classic Republican appeal. But time and again, Al Gore threw it back in his face. The vice-president's line - "I want to enrich not just the few but all of our families." The Bush tax cut, he charged, would enrich only the wealthiest one per cent. So the Democrat also stayed firmly on message - painting himself as populist crusader, man of the people, against the candidate of wealth, special interests, and big oil. On the biggest policy difference of all - as far as presentation goes - I think I'd call it a draw. Different experiences Where the balance began to shift was - predictably - in the field of foreign policy. Al Gore of course has years of experience to offer: in Congress, in the Senate, and for eight years in the White House as one of the most powerful vice-presidents the nation has known. George W Bush has background of course - his own father in the White House - but his experience of government is limited to Texas. When both were asked about Yugoslavia - how would they push Milosevic to relinquish office - Gore answered with more detailed analysis of the situation. Bush began more simply, saying "It's time for the man to go". And when both were asked how they'd dealt as leaders with unexpected situations, Gore spoke about his efforts to bring resolution to the conflict in Kosovo. Bush referred to floods back home in Texas. Both answers seemed telling, symbolic of the candidates' different levels of experience.