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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (58136)	11/3/2000 2:20:15 PM
From: microhoogle!	Respond to of 769667

Meet the Press, 11/21/99 TIM RUSSERT: If someone came to you and said, "Governor, I'm sorry, I'm going to go public with some information." What do you do? GOV. BUSH: If someone was willing to go public with information that was damaging, you'd have heard about it by now. You've had heard about it now. My background has been scrutinized by all kinds of reporters. Tim, we can talk about this all morning.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (58136)	11/3/2000 2:47:04 PM
From: Frank Griffin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Bush has shown superior character. He has always disclosed there are things in his past his is not proud of. He has always said he drank too much in the past. He has been forthcoming. Even in this he readily admitted it was true. He elected not to be specific but general about the fact he has past sins. The fact he received a ticket in 1976 should not be germane to his present good character. He didn't attempt to use the great influence and power his father could have utilized to have released him from the fine and license revocation. He, like a real man, accepted his punishment without attempt to manipulate the law. Bush is a good man. To see how people handle adversity I now want to see how gore handled the recent arrest of his son driving 100 mph in a 45 mph zone. Did his son pay a huge fine and serve any jail time? That severe a violation should demand both. Was his record expunged or dismissed? I think we need to know. Agreed?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (58136)	11/4/2000 12:26:21 PM
From: Joseph F. Hubel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

<should insist on candid and truthful answers to questions about past misconduct. GW has made character the most important issue in this campaign so voters should know everything that reflects on his character.> ************** I'm quite behind in reading here so perhaps this has all ready been addressed But to my point.... I hear what you and many others are saying in deference to a candidates past indiscretions and the demand they be laid out for all to inspect. That is one side of our problem. The other side presents when you then turn to complain a country this size must be able to field better candidates. A look at the first instance makes clear why we have the second instance. It's fine to attack someone's current positions and weakness but with all the muck raking and mining to unearth any blot in a persons life, you might wonder why we have any candidates at all? There are occasions when data banks provide us with too much and the trees obscure the forest. We have many excellent potential candidates who must think "It's just not worth it" It's unlikely Thomas Jefferson would be a glowing part of our history were his dalliances with a slave been widely publicized for the populace to chew and salivate over. But let's not concern ourselves with "might have beens", just pass the shovel. JFH