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

To: amadeus who wrote (57225)	11/2/2000 9:47:10 PM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 769667

Bush's character was strengthened and improved by a personal experience that fortunately hurt no one. And note that the charge was DUI, not DWI, by the way. Gore, on the other hand, seems to have learned absolutely nothing from his repeated brushes with illegal campaign fund raising, secret illegal agreements with foreign powers, and a habitual pattern of embellishments, lies, and distortions about his own experience and life. He continues to deny them. We already know more about Bush's personal life than we do about Gore's, because Gore has woven an intricate tale of deceit about his past. If Bush needs to tell more, so does Gore -- about his bong-athongs, Vietnam service, college and graduate school grades, and more. Bush isn't proud of his indiscretions and doesn't highlight them, but doesn't lie about them, as far as I can tell. Clinton just says, "Don't ask, because I ain't tellin'." Bush ought to emulate Bubba on this issue, lest we return to the times of discussing Jimmy Carter's hemorrhoids over cocktails.

To: amadeus who wrote (57225)	11/3/2000 6:54:38 AM
From: Joseph F. Hubel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

I think the incident says a lot about Bush's character. Most would hire a lawyer, challenge the evidence, pull a few strings and get the ticket reduced to a minor infraction. Not Bush, he plead guilty and paid his fine. Rather fits his belief of taking responsibility for ones actions. Quite refreshing. Can anyone visualize Clinton doing that? I know most lawyers would say it was foolish for him to plead guilty, but it fits a man willing to accept responsibility rather than weasel out of it. He not only talks responsibility, he's demonstrated he walks it too. I'm even more certain of him now. JFH