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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mwright3 who wrote (5921)	11/13/2000 9:07:36 PM
From: Dan B.	Respond to of 10042

Lol, damn city Yokels. Dan B

To: mwright3 who wrote (5921)	11/14/2000 6:43:24 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

LOL! So you're just another LHSP sucker, aren't you? Well, I told friends about a quarter ago that LHSP was in for a "BAAN scenario".... Remember that Dutch ERP star? The dust settled after the two Baan brothers (who founded the company) took a backseat --and eventually quit the company.... Anyway, talking of "what's really going on", let me hammer it in, once more: The Bilderbergers vs. W.Bush's black Kissingers.... 06/21/00- Updated 08:33 AM ET A dynamic duo for Bush team Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell could be the one-two punch of George W. Bush's national-security team if the presumptive Republican presidential candidate wins the November election. The possibility that Bush might make Rice his national security adviser and Powell his secretary of Defense first began bobbing above the political horizon a few weeks ago. It's not clear whether this idea is rooted in the Texas governor's thinking, or is a product of the overactive imagination of journalists on the prowl for a story with legs. Either way, Bush would do well to treat the idea seriously. Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who did a White House stint as Ronald Reagan's national security adviser, has a quiver full of credentials for the top Pentagon job. Likewise, Rice has an impressive résumé. Fluent in Russian, she was a Soviet and Eastern European affairs specialist on the National Security Council from 1989 to 1991. As the White House's top Soviet expert, she played a major role in shaping U.S. policies toward the former communist state - policies that some think helped speed up the Soviet Union's collapse. Rice and Powell would be a great pairing and a remarkable first: the first time African-Americans would command the twin peaks of our national defense team. While neither wants the focus to be on his or her race, it's impossible to ignore. Both are moderate Republicans who instead of transcending race have built bridges across the great divide separating blacks from whites. An important qualification Like most successful African-Americans, they have figured out how to navigate this nation's social, political and economic mainstream adroitly, without cutting their ties to the bog that traps millions of black folks in poverty. If you think this doesn't add to their qualifications for Bush's top national-security positions, you're seriously mistaken. The flash points of future conflicts that cannot be ignored by the next president will be in Africa, not Europe.() As tensions between nations of a once-divided Europe dissipate - and countries once in the orbit of the Soviet Union clamor for NATO admission - it's on the African continent that armed conflicts rage. The decision to intervene or blow off these disputes will have a serious ripple effect in our domestic political arena. Powell and Rice, among Bush's current cadre of national security advisers, are best able to gauge how such foreign-police decisions will play at home. Sources of credibility* The two also bring something else to a Bush presidency that one will be hard-pressed to find anywhere else among black Republicans: credibility with a broad cross section of African-Americans. They both support affirmative action and have maintained close ties to inner-city blacks as they've moved closer to the GOP's center of power. That makes them a valuable bridge between a Bush White House and this nation's mostly Democratic black political leadership. "I'm an affirmative-action baby and believe in preferences at hiring," Rice said in June's George magazine. "If a history of discrimination has made it difficult for certain Americans to meet standards, it is only fair to provide temporary means to help them catch up and compete on equal terms," Powell said in his 1995 autobiography, My American Journey. That kind of talk won't get them membership in the Council of Conservative Citizens - the citadel of right-wing Republicans - but it will give a Bush presidency two credible voices in black America. Choosing Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell to head his national defense team won't win Bush absolution for the things he did early in the presidential campaign that offended many African-Americans. But by tapping them to lead his national defense team, Bush can salve those hurt feelings while naming two of the best-qualified people the Republican Party has to offer to manage the defense of this nation. _______________ usatoday.com (*) Well, it appears that the article's author doesn't have an accurate grasp of geopolitics.... To state that US troubleshooting missions are gonna get aimed at Africa DOES NOT rule out Europe since France is a major African stakeholder --whence a potential "tug-of-love" between Europe (read France) and the US for the custody of the African baby....