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

To: PartyTime who wrote (49716)	10/20/2000 10:45:07 AM
From: Futurist	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 769667

Mr. Bush may be competent enough for a lot of the people on this board, but he sure isn't for me. And he ain't for independent minded people like Bob Kerry from Nebraska. Kerry is no friend of Clinton's or Gore's so his comments below are worth paying attention to: Senators Bluntly Question Bush's Competence After watching the three presidential debates, several prominent Democrats on Capitol Hill bluntly questioned Gov. George W. Bush's capacity to lead yesterday, reinforcing a theme that surrogates for Vice President Al Gore plan to voice repeatedly in the final days of the campaign. "The governor is a high-risk choice," said Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska in a telephone interview. "I've got concerns about whether or not he's up to the job." Several senators told Mr. Daley that the debates had convinced them that an effective political argument should be made against Mr. Bush's capacity for presidential leadership. Steve Elmendorf, the chief of staff to Representative Richard A. Gephardt, the House minority leader, said leaders in each house would question Mr. Bush's leadership in news conferences, floor speeches and media interviews. "As people have watched these debates, they have come in with a real sense that this is something we've got to talk about," Mr. Elmendorf said. Like Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Elmendorf said House members would not question Mr. Bush's intellect. "Being president requires a lot more than brains," Mr. Elmendorf said. "But particularly when you put him up against Gore, you can question his experience and ability to lead." Mr. Kerrey, who is retiring from the Senate early next year to become president of the New School University in New York, said in the interview that "competency is an issue and there are serious questions about Governor Bush." He added: "When I hear him answer a question about the Middle East, I don't hear experience talking. I hear: `I was a governor. I've got a vision. And I stick with my friends."' Mr. Kerrey said he was particularly concerned about Mr. Bush's ability to handle complicated trade, defense and foreign policy matters. "Many of the answers in the debate indicated to me that on foreign policy and defense issues he's going to have to contract out to get other people to advise him," Mr. Kerrey said. Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, also speaking in a telephone interview, made a similar point by noting the complexity of the annual negotiations over appropriations bills. "I read where Governor Bush doesn't like meetings of more than 15 minutes and one sheet of paper kind of things," Mr. Leahy said. "These negotiations get so complex that the president really needs to know the details." Mr. Leahy added: "It isn't simply saying I work with Democrats and Republicans in a statehouse where the governor has very little authority anyway. This is a much different thing, and at least listening to him in the debates he seems to have an aversion not only to the details but to policy making as well."

To: PartyTime who wrote (49716)	10/20/2000 11:10:35 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

When I was watching the debate live I also thought that George had no clue how to answer the question you cited. GWB is a jingoist, not a thinker. I love it when he says, "After I'm elected you'll be in a world in which ..." Scary.

To: PartyTime who wrote (49716)	10/20/2000 11:31:41 AM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 769667

Compared to (sigh) Gore's lies, selective non-responses, interruptions, blurts, painted face, rule-breaking, physical intrusions on Bush's space, "humphs", and arrogance, I thought it was o.k. Not to pick on just one point, because there are so many, but one I especially like is how Gore deliberately misleads people into believing that he's proposing a new $10,000 college tuition tax deduction, when in reality it's an $800 increase of the already-existing $2,000 tax credit, and which millions of people won't even be eligible for.