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

To: Sly_ who wrote (3364)	10/21/2000 10:07:24 PM
From: ksuave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

If there turns out be irrefutable proof to the abortion charge, will it really matter who is behind its revelation, Sly? Why would Bush's hypocrisy on abortion have any less significance than any of the slurs on Gore's character he has used repeatedly so far in this campaign? Why is it that "character" would only be an issue when examining Gore, but not Bush?

To: Sly_ who wrote (3364)	10/21/2000 11:57:22 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10042

This election is too close to its conclusion for Flynt to have held off on anything concrete for that long. These kinds of stories require time for the momentum to build. And besides, even if true, Bush can surely dismiss it as none of anyone's business. After all, the last thing pro-choice folks want is to start a witch hunt that will result in their being the ones who get burned at the "stake" in making something they claim to be private, a public issue. Everyone makes mistakes in their youth. And I've known very reputable people you absolutely regret their having been involved in having, or agreeing to, an abortion. Besides, if Flynt thinks that the Bush campaign doesn't have a counterstrike prepared to fling at Gore, they have another thing coming. The fact that Gore's uncle, AND political patron, is under investigation for drug smuggling would strike me as the ultimate retaliatory weapon to fling at Big Al... If folks don't think that the respective campaigns don't seriously negotiate with one another about how each will retaliate to specific attacks, they are fooling themselves. It's pretty much, "If you reveal this, then I'll reveal THIS about YOU...".. kinda stuff. But the Larry Flynts of the world sometimes are the loose cannons, and it's the Al Gore campaign that finds itself asking Larry to shut up. Which is quite embarrassing. Regards, Ron