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

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3722)	10/26/2000 11:11:15 PM
From: Frank Griffin	Respond to of 10042

by George W. Bush: Top Ten Changes I'll Make In The White House 10. To save taxpayer dollars, calls to winning sports teams will be collect 9. New rule at cabinet meetings -- you can't talk until you ride the mechanical bull 8. Goodbye boring presidential radio address -- hello "Dick Cheney Spins The Hits of the 80's, 90's and Today" 7. Make sure the White House library has lots of books with big print and pictures 6. Just for fun, issue executive order commanding my brother Jeb to wash my car 5. First day in office my mother's face goes up on Mount Rushmore 4. Look into hiring a security guard for our nuclear secrets 3. Will not get sick on Japanese leaders like other President Bushes I know 2. Give Oval Office one heck of a scrubbing 1. Tax relief for all Americans -- except smart aleck talk show hosts And now for something equally amusing... Why does Al Gore say one thing, when the truth is another? Take for instance Gore's attacks on the Texas record. Looks like he had a different opinion in a White House press release. Look what Calvin Woodward of the Associated Press had to say about Gore's stand on the Texas record: "After all the bad things Al Gore has been saying about the state of George W. Bush's Texas, it seems conditions there are on the mend after all. Says who? The Clinton-Gore administration. The White House has a Web section listing "Clinton-Gore administration accomplishments" state by state. Some of the headlines for Texas sound like a campaign ad that could be run by Gov. Bush, the Republican presidential candidate, and not at all like the Texas that Gore is describing in his Democratic campaign. The White House says of the state: -"More high-quality teachers with smaller classes for Texas' schools." -"Crime falls 15 percent in Texas." -"496,746 fewer people on welfare." -"Health care for nearly 50,900 uninsured Texas children." -"More toddlers are being immunized." -"Child support collections up 178 percent." -"2,005,800 new jobs." -"Homeownership has increased in Texas." -"11 toxic waste sites cleaned up." -Calvin Woodward, Associated Press THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT TO REMEMBER: 12... days until the election. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS! Sincerely, Jim Nicholson Chairman Republican National Committee

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3722)	10/27/2000 12:19:24 AM
From: fuzzymath	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 10042

Curious: just 36 hours ago all the message boards I visit were noisy, loud, stampeding places: both Zogby and Gallup had Gore ahead! Now, with Gallup reversing itself (it's the jumpiest poll of all!) and putting Bush ahead by 5%, then 7%, the mood seems subdued. CNN tells us not to worry, though -- their poll (the Gallup) isn't telling us how people will vote, it's just saying what people think today. And the race really is tight, just like it was yesterday! So don't worry! Thanks, CNN. We were worried there for a moment, yes... Today's final fuzzymath.com Consolidated Tracking Poll numbers: Gore 40.5%, Bush 45.5%, based on the opinions of 5878 voters. Bush had a 4.8% lead before Debate #3. Wednesday morning it was down to 3.6% (which had me worried). Unless Zogby is right and everyone else is wrong, Gore needs a big closing rush. Clinton and the press are trying their hardest to help, bless their hearts! fuzzymath