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

To: jhild who wrote (70474)	11/11/2000 6:22:05 PM
From: Mike 2.0	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Believe me, I've often longed for the Falwells and the Sharptons, the Dworkin's and Schlafly's, the gun nuts and the flag burners, the Ralph Reeds, the David Dukes and any Timothy McVeigh sympathisers, etc. etc., to all be sent to a desert island and fight it out to the death, while the rest of us resolve the problems that currently divide our nation. Wishful thinking I know ...

To: jhild who wrote (70474)	11/11/2000 6:41:43 PM
From: DOUG H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I have a problem with anyone who seeks to polarize one against the other. But I have never heard of Ralph Reed saying that Non-Christians are an impediment to the success of Christians. Jesse Jackson has made a career of convincing black citizens that white citizens are an impediment to their success, and that he is the knight in shining armor. I believe at this point in history, he is doing his people more harm than good. I've made a point of talking with black folks I've met in business about this issue and almost to a man they agree. They found that when they shed the mantle of the "victim in need of redress", the doors of oppurtunity swung wide open. A person's attitude is a far greater determinant of succes or failure in today's society than skin color.