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To: stribe30 who wrote (128335)	11/12/2000 8:08:31 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 1580463

Scott, Bush's lack of knowledge or lack of interest in foreign affairs and the isolationism he appears to want to take... as well as stating he doesnt want to get involved in incidents such as Bosnia that may be the moral thing to do, but instead only if it involves american self-interest. I find that view appalling. America must stay involved in world affairs. The lesson of the last century has been that if you ignore European conflicts long enough, they will come find you. Scumbria

To: stribe30 who wrote (128335)	11/12/2000 11:38:30 PM
From: david_langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580463

Scott, I'm not sure if Bush's DUI was a felony. In 1976, there was no MADD and DUI's not involving accidents were treated very leniently by today's standards. No published report that I've found states that it was a felony. His punishment was a 2-year license suspension and $150 fine for a first offense which I would consider a tough penalty for those days. I think you've confused his reluctance for foreign adventurism with isolationism. In the debates (did you watch them all?), the only country he would have refrained from entering was Haiti. He didn't want to engage in nation building. Bosnia would have had more European involvement. I believe the hand count injunction attempt could be a ploy, a bargaining chip. They filed on a Sat. knowing that a judge wouldn't rule until Mon. at the earliest. They may drop the suit in the interest of the country tomorrow. The law states that the hand counts must be finished by Tues. evening and the Dems are filing for extensions to the time limit. They will look like they are dragging the election out after the Republicans drop their suit. All this is only my opinion of course. BTW, I knew that about Canada. It has been in the 1 or 2 position for sometime.

To: stribe30 who wrote (128335)	11/12/2000 11:49:41 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580463

Stribe, RE:"By the way.. back to Bush; 1 thing I do worry though about as a Canadian and a neighbour is Bush's lack of knowledge or lack of interest in foreign affairs and the isolationism he appears to want to take..." Stribe, sometimes it's hard to believe you are serious.\The US and Canada are and will always be the greatest of friends. To the US...Canada is hardly a foreign country. I have from time to time run into Canadians that hate the US. I really don't know why. Each year we get a bunch of Canadian snowbirds overwintering in FL and Arizona. The main complaint I hear that that they are "cheap". Maybe they don't have much left after paying all their taxes. They do seem to enjoy using the facilities my tax dollars have paid for though. BTW, ask your parents if they remember who Diane Jones was... Jim