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To: Selectric II who wrote (16100)	11/14/2000 2:27:10 PM
From: Voltaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Yes, I swear to God you have to love it. v

To: Selectric II who wrote (16100)	11/14/2000 2:40:09 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

on Florida absentee votes: opinion from army guy (majority Bush) just finished a mile swim at a nice club in Clearwater afterwards I went to relax in a warm pool off to side three grayhairs were talking, naturally about the election the guy was a retired Army veteran, three VietNam tours, one Korean tour gentle fellow very interested in talking and sharing he told stories about his 20 yrs at Fort Bragg in NoCarolina in the last few years he has been in Florida he hears stories of FtBragg having 21 fighter helicopters but 8 have been cannibalized for parts service men and women are really frustrated he claims this is true across entire military not only by lack of parts but lack of budget and lack of personnel service men & women are very frustrated with shorterm tours because of shortage, they are forced to make short tours in several semi-hot spots they are ALL very tired he hears stories of the USMilitary arsenal of Cruise missiles it is ALMOST EMPTY, and is not being replenished due to budget cuts the military does NOT feel supported by the Clinton Administration he says Gore has NOT convinced anyone of any imminent changes he concluded: "dont worry about Gore picking up votes from absentees... the bulk of the military bases will vote for Bush... they hate the Clinton/Gore team for budget cutbacks... and they also like Bush's choice of Colin Powell as SecyState" he expects a large response from military folks he says they are all interested in the vote FL absentees could be overwhelming for Bush I expect them to cut the legs right from under Gore gonna be fun / Jim