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

To: American Spirit who wrote (2488)	10/14/2000 8:48:56 PM
From: briskit	Respond to of 10042

You danced around (not missed)the point. The center and everyone I know is for the environment, women's rights, and civil rights. But it was, more to the point, the budget deficit and national debt which were the issues at stake when the government shut down. (Nanner, nanner, Gingrich was responsible, this goes nowhere). Those are precisely the points in question here. I said Clinton let the government be shut down. It was simply for refusing to give some date by when the budget would be balanced. He would not commit to anything in that regard. If he was interested in fiscal matters he could have given a date five years in the future, something, anything. He would not do so. Politics, pure and simple. That is the point at issue. Clinton won the ensuing presentation in the press (with the press) that Gingrich was the Grinch. Remember the Time cover? He preferred to play politics and roll the dice with the public. But the facts remained for those who paid attention. Clinton's victory was symbolic. He ended up signing 7 out of 10 contract items, then later claimed to be responsible for balancing the budget. He won a battle of perception, which is a hollow victory with the current populace. It is a public easily led from one thought to another, as we see in the balanced budget development. It would have never happened without the 94th Congress.