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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (125264)	10/4/2000 1:32:14 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570092

As it seems now, the media, most of which is liberally biased, basically is running the election. Right, Jim. The WSJ, Rupert Murdoch, and the GE honchos running NBC are all flaming liberals. To get objective reporting, you got to read Drudge or listen to Rush. Clearly Gore hogged most of the time last night, he got the first quesion, which he didn't answer,he got the last question, he thanked everyone, he continually rolled his eyes and hissed like a cobra, he continually acted like a kid, went over time. I guess that impresses some people. Clearly an objective and unbiased evaluation there.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (125264)	10/4/2000 1:41:55 PM
From: Windsock	Respond to of 1570092

Re:"Clearly Gore hogged most of the time last night" Lots of Bushies repeat this charge but it is not true. The measured time was Bush 42:30 and Gore 43:15. It is hard to imagine a much closer result. Perhaps the time for Bush seemed so short because he only had about 15 minutes of canned material that he repeated without regard to the subject. It is hard to fill 3/4 of an hour when you don't have a good working knowledge of the material or the speaking ability to diverge from the pre-set script. Dubya is a lightweight with little interest in policy and no real desire to learn. It makes you wonder why he runs for office. Gore on the other hand is a total policy wonk and a nerd.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (125264)	10/4/2000 2:41:29 PM
From: stribe30	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570092

John said: "Of course you are right but you had time to think about it and it wasn't a trick question." Uh.. no arrogance intended.. but it took me 3 mins to decide thats who it was. Some of us Canadians do know who the other leaders are in the Commonwealth that we belong to with Britain.. but I must confess that since Mr Howard recently spoke about Pierre Elliot Trudeau's death.. I did have a bit of a reminder that way. "My point is that one should look at the issues. As it seems now, the media, most of which is liberally biased, basically is running the election" Seems to me that it was Mr Bush who was the one who only wanted the debates shown on select media outlets -- this of course was when he had a large lead in the polls... He didnt WANT to debate Gore for too large an audience because he knew that debating issues was his primary weakness. THat being said.. I only caught snippets of it since I was still following the post Trudeau funeral epilogue, but it seemed to me Bush did ok.. and held his own.. much better then I'd have given him credit for.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (125264)	10/4/2000 3:11:27 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1570092

Case in point, (reported on FOX network by a reporter who was there), Cristiana Amanpor an international reporter for CNN, gave a speech at a large convention for reporters, wire services, news media and the like. After seaking for a while she came right out and said something to the effect that: "As reporters, how can we let someone with the qualifications of George W. Bush become President of the United States? Large applause followed..." Now Scott, if this doesn't make a light come on in you head you're seriously missing something. But, Jim, what if its you that is missing something? ted