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

To: ColtonGang who wrote (50749)	10/22/2000 10:27:36 PM
From: Frank Griffin	Respond to of 769667

You are right. I would be very sad for America. How could any thinking person vote for a person that will lie to Congress, foreign heads of state and the American people?

To: ColtonGang who wrote (50749)	10/22/2000 10:30:03 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

SF chronicle.......... Our choice: Al Gore EXAMINER EDITORIAL WRITER Oct. 08, 2000 In the race for president, there are two strong candidates, but one of them stands out as the leader America needs now IF WE were to design the perfect leader for the United States, he - or she - would be a strong advocate of a woman's right to choose, of gun control, of closing the gap between the poor and the rich, of protecting the environment, of education reform, of human rights, of protecting national security and of keeping the economy strong. He or she would also be a person of integrity, a leader who could pilot America's voyage toward a stronger, more humane future. Two major candidates applied for the job of president. Al Gore, the vice president, and George W. Bush, governor of Texas, bring impressive talents and resumes to the long-lasting national employment interview. Gov. Bush intrigues us, as he does many Americans. He possesses a force of personality that makes people feel comfortable, included and confident. We believe he would prove to be a pragmatic leader rather than an ideological stooge. But we also recognize that, in many ways, he does not see the world as we do. He is anti-abortion rights, no matter how much he tries to mask or neutralize that fact. He does not believe in strong gun control. He has not been an enthusiastic environmentalist. His tax plan favors the wealthy, and his economic prowess has yet to be tested. He has strong education credentials but his support for school vouchers is mistaken. Gore, along with his running mate Joseph Lieberman, provides a more glove-like fit for our views (although we'd like to educate him on why capital punishment is a crime against society). He is unstintingly pro-choice. He backs the sternest gun control measures, including the licensing of handguns. If Gore isn't an "environmental president," no one will be. His plan for tax cuts returns more money to the people who really need it. He would not drain public End of Column 1education for risky reform schemes. He would fight for the rights of gays and other groups historically left out of the power structure. And his record on the economy is best summed up by the answer to the question: Are you better off than you were eight years ago? Yet Gore is not perfect. His stiff, sometimes patronizing manner is off-putting. He waffles. He seems too rehearsed and his predilection for exaggeration is mildly worrisome. But, as we should have learned by now, we're not electing an entertainer-in-chief. Substance matters immensely more. The Democratic foreign policy has suffered from being episodic and perhaps resorting too quickly to force when solid, sustained diplomacy might have produced longer lasting, and less bloody, results. As president, Gore should sign the international treaty banning land mines. In domestic affairs, the White House has tended toward hit-skip intervention, discovering a crisis and then quickly abandoning it. As he raises campaign funds, we hope Gore finds his misplaced "controlling legal authority." It's crazy to think that either Gore or Bush would be a runaway success while his opponent would prove a dismal failure. But Gore will protect Roe v. Wade, while there's good reason to think Bush will not. Gore will not open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration; Bush says he will. Gore is more likely to lead the country toward economic justice. He is against Bush's monstrously large tax cuts, which even Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan says we don't need. Big rebates could throw the economy out of whack by accelerating inflation. George W. Bush has a bright future as a national political figure, but Al Gore is the best candidate to lead the United States over the next four years. The issues favor him by a wide margin. Give him your vote. End of Column 2