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

To: American Spirit who wrote (72019)	11/12/2000 10:42:58 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Bush also said he would back away from the suit if Gore would withdraw his request for a hand recount. In other words,"Quit doing that and I'll quit telling you to stop". The character of Bush and his supporters is becoming clear from this first of crisis. Even his vacation could not help in his attempt to grow a spine. I expect him (or more properly his handlers) to determine a strategy that will allow his millions of dollars to work for him. So far in this crisis he has had to rely on brains, and has come up sorely lacking. TP

To: American Spirit who wrote (72019)	11/12/2000 10:51:34 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 769667

Bio of Judge Middlebrooks, who will hear the case tommorrow, FWIW. District Judge; Florida, Southern 301 North Miami Avenue Sixth Floor Miami, FL 33128 Born 1946; appointed in 1997 by President Clinton EDUCATION: University of Florida, B.S.B.A., 1968; University of Florida College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1972 MILITARY SERVICE: Captain, Air Defense Artillery, United States Army Reserve, 1972-79 PRIVATE PRACTICE: Akerman, Senterfitt & Edison, 1973-74; Partner, Steel Hector & Davis, 1977-97 GOVERNMENT POSITIONS: Government Assistant, Asstistant General Counsel, General Counsel, Office of the Governor, Florida, 1974-77 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Designated Director (1980-81), Director (1981-84), Director (1985-90), President-Elect (1990-91), President (1991-92), Florida Bar Foundation; Palm Beach County Bar Assn.; Dade County Bar Assn.; Florida Bar; A.B.A.; American Judicature Society; American Bar Foundation; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Circuit Committee; Member, Advisory Committee, Volunteer Lawyers Project for the Southern District of Florida PRO BONO ACTIVITIES: Director, Volunteer Lawyers Resource Center, Inc., 1988- 92; Director, Florida Bar Children's Fund, Inc., 1989-present; Director (1977-79), President (1980-81), Florida Legal Services, Inc., 1977-81 OTHER ACTIVITIES: Palm Beach Yacht Club; Florida Supreme Court Historical Society HONORS & AWARDS: Executive Editor, Univ. of Florida Law Review, 1971-72; President's Award, Florida Bar Foundation, 1984; President's Award of Merit, Florida Bar, 1990 PUBLICATIONS: Reporter's Notes: Handle with Consistency, The Calumny Report, Vol.2, No.3 (1986); The Law of Defamation in Florida, Hampton Seminars, Inc., (1986); Florida's Children: Lawyers Cannot Remain Silent, 64 Florida Bar Journal 10 (1990); Florida's Primary Objective Must Be Healthy Children, St. Petersberg Times, (April 16, 1991); Can We Talk? Cops in Different Cities Can't, The Palm Beach Post (1995) END OF DOCUMENT