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To: JDN who wrote (37252)	10/31/2000 2:11:53 PM
From: High-Tech East	Respond to of 64865

JDN - GW is not smart enough to tell a pimp-from-a-pump, a Compaq-from-a-compact or a jug-from-a-judge, yet his daddy felt he had to foist him on us as a real presidential candidate ... I have tried to stay out of this, but you guys keep going off-topic ... on and on and on ... ... for whatever stupid record this is ... I am enclosing the text from a memo I sent to friends all over the country yesterday ... Our choices for president are not great. Somehow, Al Gore was convinced early in the campaign that he had to change that plastic, wooden and stiff image. The changes have not been for the better. I believe that beneath all the personality change is a much more solid presidential candidate than he has shown us. I can not vote for George W, although it looks like Gore has handed it to him. I am convinced that George lacks the education, intellect and drive that is required. It is not that I disagree with his policy proposals (although I do) as much as it is that I am convinced he is not very smart. (what a difference in that area between he and Bill Clinton - too bad it is not Clinton vs George W - I would vote for Clinton in a flash) ... by the way, the reason Clinton is hated by the GOP so much is that he has been a much better Republican president than 'daddy George' ever was ... remember 'no new taxes' ... I thought Gore would totally put George W out of commission in the debates ... but, no, he debated just like he did against Bradley in New Hampshire - very poorly. Without the McCain factor in NH (with thousands of democrats crossing over to vote Republican), Gore would have had a significant loss there against Bill Bradley (who I worked for in NH). Instead, he became confident that the style that won in NH would carry the day through November 7. It has not and it finally caught up with him. I don't think that there are circumstances where I could vote for George W. I will vote for Gore who I believe still has the important core beliefs and values that will serve him well as president (underneath, I think they are still there - although I don't really know). I know Gore will say almost anything he thinks will win votes, and I really hate that. Two things for George W. One, he has been true to himself, his beliefs and his values in this campaign, and two, he can't possibly be as bad a president as I think he will be. Harry Truman was widely disrespected in 1948, but now is considered one of our great presidents. Maybe George W will surprise us all - maybe like Al Gore, he too is hiding 'the right stuff' underneath. Ken Wilson