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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 (5513)	11/11/2000 11:50:17 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

ROFL You never fail to amuse. When Scalia was confirmed there was deference to Executive choices- I suspect that time is gone. I hope to see long and bloody fights in congress over each and every choice- no matter who ends up in the white house (of course Bush has already crowned himself, but we really don't know yet, do we?) Private organizations (like the boy scouts) that use property with federal or state connections (like schools) or want federal money- have a nexus with the government- and thus are subject to discrimination regulation. If they want to be exempt from federal and state reach- they should forgo the benefits of that nexus.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (5513)	11/11/2000 12:28:35 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

And just as you worry about a women's right to abortion, some of us worry even more about Gore's assault on our right of association. Ron, perhaps you can answer a question I have about your boy, Dubya. Since we met before this thread, I know that you have a head on your shoulders. Your strong partisanship may be eating away at your brain, but I trust it's still largely intact. So I'm hoping you can explain the inexplicable to me. When Dubya says that Gore trusts the government and he trusts the people, I cheer. But I also grit my teeth because it seems he means that when it comes to money. And also regarding association, as you say. But when it comes to people's most personal life experiences, your boy doesn't trust people to make their own choices at all. I don't get it. I don't want to start a debate about abortion. I'm pro-choice but I understand that the woman's interests aren't the only ones at stake and why people get so exercised over abortion. Abortion is too complicated to use for illustration. But what about other personal choices? Death is the single most private and personal moment of anyone's life. Why would the government not trust individuals to handle that as they see fit? I would hope that, by the time my time comes, the government would respect my wishes to go at my own time and in my own way. Dubya would deny me that choice. Can you explain why he would champion my choices of how to spend my money and who to have in my club but deny me choice in my most personal moments? Can you provide a reasonable explanation. All I can see is hypocrisy. Karen