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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 (3766)	10/28/2000 2:28:06 PM
From: Ben Wa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

actually, the controversial daisy ad is more truthful than most people would like to believe. the link between China money, Lippobank and Clinton/Gore is hard to ignore. Now, uhh...where did that hard drive go? In addition, there is no need for hate crime legislation. If somebody is murdered, the law should be tough enough for the guilty party or parties to get their punishment. In addition, defacing places of worship is a crime and those penalities should be tough enough to dissuade people from doing such stupid things. Hate crime legislation will slow down the legal process and enrich lawyers. I was reading a story this week about a black man who killed a white child and witnesses said that he was spouting off anti-white statements. Yet, the media were not told that part of the story. For the murder, he should get the death penalty or life in prison with no chance of parole, but not because the kid was white, but because he killed somebody. How about racial profiling? If a member of the border patrol stops a Mexican at the California Mexican border for interrogation, is that racial profiling? The Gore/Lieberman racial profiling thing is a moot point becaue racial profiling is currently illegal! A cop must have just cause to detain you, and in the case of the border patrol situation, just cause would be seeing somebody running toward the US from Mexico. Do you have any idea how attorneys would love to have the opportunity to claim that the interrogation of a suspected illegal alien was prompted by racial profiling? The main points of the Gore campaign aim to divide Americans among racial and economic lines and to create an "us" vs. "them" mentality and emotional state. Inclusion should be the direction of anyone in government, not separation. Hate crime legislation divides America into many tribes. In fact, I we should start a fund to back somebody who challenges affirmative action if they are discriminated against by an employer giving the job to a supposed minority if and only if: the person who is not given the job or demoted attacks the affirmaive action decision by claiming that they - the person demoted or not given the job are a minority or more of a minority than the person given the job. For example, my ancestors are Russian and Polish. I think Polish Americans are discriminated against. If you go back in time far enough, ALL of our ancestors came out of Africa or the far east. So, all of us are either African-Americans or Asian-Americans. So, what is all this crap about affirmative action? In my opinion, there simply have not been conservative attorneys who are bright enough to use the arguement I have outlined above. And finally, when asked a question by Ron Brown, what did Bill Clinton have to say? A: If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3766)	10/28/2000 3:26:56 PM
From: brutusdog	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10042

Ron, your post is typical of a person who has rationalized a vote for Bush. I assure you it is quite different with Bush and Gore. These people are trying to buy the Presidency for Bush, not because they think Bush will be a good President but because they know that they can control him. I watched this happen in the primaries. McCain energized people in a way that has rarely been duplicated in American politics. To prevent McCain from winning the nomination, extremely wealthy Bush supporters began carpet bombing McCain. Lying about his record and creating whatever revisionist history they needed. They practically invented the automated phone bank method of dirt campaigning. All of this after the Bush campaign promised "compasionate conservatives" and an administration that would work with Democrats to solve this countries problems. This was lies. McCain just recently campaigned for Bush on a very limited scale. McCain STILL hates Bush for his behavior in the primaries. His campaign for Bush was only out of loyalty to the political party to which McCain has dedicated his life. As a man of true character, McCain lent Bush a helping hand. Bush has not 1% of the character possessed by McCain. Gore is not perfect. Politics get dirty. However, what you have accused Gore of, selling America to the Chinese, Bush is doing to a few rich, powerful people in America. It seems like it is the pot calling the kettle black. I am far more fearful of what these Bush "supporters" will do to this country than I am afraid of the Chinese. I can see the Chinese coming and fight them with the best miltary in the world. The people behind Bush will never be seen, it will only be the effects of their control over Bush that will be felt by 250 million Americans. This should terrify all American. If you are truly an American and believe in Democracy you CANNOT vote for Bush.