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

To: Frank Griffin who wrote (46261)	10/14/2000 7:00:51 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

You mean President dyslexic Bush.

To: Frank Griffin who wrote (46261)	10/14/2000 7:36:23 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 769667

>>>Please refer to him as President elect Bush. s<<< Frank, don't you think this thread has enough humor? (LOL)

To: Frank Griffin who wrote (46261)	10/14/2000 7:41:31 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Just got this email. Comments? Subject: Why Would Any One Vote for George W. Bush? > > Interesting read. > > > > > Any woman who thinks she might give George W. Bush the benefit of the doubt > and vote for his so-called compassionate conservatism, should consider how > much compassion he showed Betty Lou Beets. > Most people have never heard of Beets. She was a hearing-impaired, learning > disabled, brain-damaged great grandmother who spent her childhood being > sexually abused by her father. She lived in poverty and violence, moving > from one abusive home, one abusive man, to another. > After years of physical and sexual abuse, and no help from law enforcement, > she killed her husband. Beets was convicted in a trial that was handled so > badly - by an attorney who sold media rights to her story for his fee - > that a federal district court judge ordered a new trial. The state of Texas, > however, persuaded the appeals court to reinstate both the conviction and > the death sentence. > Which brings us to Governor Bush. Texas law permits clemency on the basis of > certain circumstances, among them a history of the defendant being battered > by the victim. But clemency is not in Bush's vocabulary. So he ordered the > state of Texas to finish the job that Betty Lou Betts' father started years > before. > > If that doesn't give you pause, maybe you should consider his promise to do > for the United States what he has done for Texas: > Dead last in state government spending per capita; > 49th in state appropriations for the arts; > 46th in maximum monthly welfare payments for needy families, regardless of > size; > 45th in percentage of population graduating from high school; > 9th in percentage of children living in poverty; > 5th in toxic chemicals released into the air; > 2nd in prisoner incarceration rate. > Thanks to Bush's compassion, Texas gives many underdeveloped nations a run > for their money. > Texas has among the highest rates of AIDS, tuberculosis and teenage > pregnancy in the nation, and is scraping the bottom on immunizations. > A huge percentage of Texas families have no health insurance and the state > has failed to reach out to thousands of children who could be enrolled in > Medicaid. > Women in Texas are also slipping behind economically. Texas women make 75.2% > of what the Lone Star men make. Only 17.4% of women have four or more years > of college. > Nearly one in four Texas women lives in poverty. > And the state ranks 50th in economic autonomy for women. > But this election isn't just about numbers; it's about issues and attitudes. > On issues, George Bush opposes most pro-women policies from child care to > pay equity to abortion rights. And he would implement policies and appoint > judges and cabinet officers who would work to move women back to the bad old > days of no choices, no chances. > > > > > Perhaps most pernicious, though, is Bush's attitude toward women. As a > self-confessed party boy and libertine, Bush saw women in two roles - > Madonna (Laura and Barbara Bush, for example) or whore (feminists, for > example). > And although he claims to have had an epiphany at the age of 40 when he > stopped drinking, found God and reformed himself, there is clear evidence > that he continues in this worldview. > At the 1988 Republican Convention (two years after Bush's supposed > conversion), George W. was talking to David Fink of the Hartford Courant. > "When you're not talking politics," Fink asked the then vice president's > son, "what do you and [your father] talk about?" > "Pussy," replied the man who now wants women to trust them with their lives > and futures and make him the next President of the United States. > Finally, there are two words that should guarantee that no woman (other than > a masochist) would vote for George W. Bush. Clarence Thomas. That's who W. > named as his most admired Supreme Court Justice. And if Shrub makes it to > the White House, he could wind up appointing four more just like Thomas to > the Supreme Court. and last but not least, HE IS STUPID to boot. > And keep in mind-this is not a state of poverty like Louisiana, this is > supposedly the Great State of TEXAS. > > > > ************** > > > > Jackie Miller, Ph.D. > > > > Assistant Professor, Statistics Education > > > > Department of Mathematics and Computer Science > > > > Drury University, Springfield, MO