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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (1231)	10/4/2000 1:37:42 PM
From: Frank Griffin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

Gore is a congenital liar. I don't think he can even help himself. It is being discovered today that he lied about going to Texas during the fires in 1996. He nearest visit to Texas was in 1998 and had nothing to do with the fires. He lied about the young girl in Sarasota. Reporters talked with the Principal of the school and they said she was a transfer in and the first day there was not an extra desk but the next day there was a desk for her. The reporter inferred there are other areas they are investigating. Gores claims regarding Bushes tax cut is one area. The other might be the older lady who picks up cans but has a nice home, a new car, and a Winnebago. I really think Gore is a congenital liar. It could be very dangerous in his dealing with foreign leaders and our leaders of Congress. Plus, the people will never know what the truth really is. One thing that nearly everyone seems to say about Bush is he is straightforward and honest. I thought his conduct last night exemplified that fact.

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (1231)	10/4/2000 2:54:10 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

how about Jesse Ventura?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (1231)	10/4/2000 4:12:41 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

(requires campaign finance reform) The problem I have with campaign finance reform is that most proposed reform amounts to a limitation on freedom of speech. Arguably that might be ok for the candidate himself, but IMO any individual not running for a political position should be able to say whatever they want about any candidate (as long as is not fraudulent or libelous) and ask for money from others to help get there message out. The 1st amendment is not limited to political speech, but political speech is the heart of it, and probably the biggest reason it was included (I doubt that the founders wrote the 1st amendment thinking "we better have some protection for pornography"). If such independent campaigns becomes a loophole allowing candidates to get around campaign finance laws so be it. In my opinion freedom and following the constitution are more important than controlling campaign finance. Tim