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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (47575)	12/14/2000 11:00:25 AM
From: marginmike	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I think Volitility does dry up at bottoms and is extreme at tops.

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (47575)	12/14/2000 11:04:50 AM
From: Box-By-The-Riviera™	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

As the world turns it eyes to Bush and sends him maps with big arrows Thursday December 14 8:06 AM ET Europeans Say Bush Must Now Prove Legitimacy By Matthew Tostevin LONDON (Reuters) - Europeans told George W. Bush (news - web sites) on Thursday that after sealing his U.S. election victory in the courts he must now prove his right to wield authority at home and in the rest of the world. ``The slenderness of his triumph will cast a shadow over his political legitimacy,'' commented Britain's Independent newspaper. The newspaper said Bush must reach across party lines to unite a country which actually cast more votes for Democrat Vice-President Al Gore (news - web sites), who conceded defeat on Wednesday after a Supreme Court ruling ended more than a month of legal rancor. ``At the end of its labyrinth, America finds itself with a president it did not elect. George Bush the younger has won the White House once occupied by his father without in truth winning the election, but by being led there, hand in hand, by the justices,'' said Italy's La Repubblica. ``From today he must begin a campaign to justify his victory which is more legal than real, and to put a halt to a decline in the status of the American presidency,'' it said. Britain's left-wing Guardian dubbed the 5-4 Supreme Court ruling that sealed Bush's win as illegitimate. ``This narrowest, meanest of results leaves Mr. Bush without a clear mandate, without momentum, and with very little authority. There will be no honeymoon for him. It is hard to imagine a less auspicious start to a presidency,'' the paper said. France's Le Figaro said: ``George W. Bush will enter the White House chosen by the judges rather than the majority of Americans.'' ``But the question now is not to know if George W. Bush was elected or not. It is rather to measure the power and authority that the new president can exert over such a divided country.'' Many in Europe remain unconvinced that the nature of Bush's victory will not affect his authority, despite Gore's assurance in his speech to accept defeat. ``The new president will see his room to maneuver somewhat diminished domestically,'' German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's U.S. policy adviser Karsten Voigt told Reuters. ``But not only because of the polarized battle over the election. It will also be because of the tight majority in the house and senate. It will be extraordinarily difficult domestically to push measures through congress. But in foreign policy he still has a lot of possibilities.'' JOKES APART, DOES BUSH CARE? Berndt Ostendorf, a political scientist at the University of Munich, said he expected European leaders like Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac to be cracking jokes about Bush's election for years to come. ``But it will not affect the professional relationships... Once the advisers and professionals behind the stage have been established, there will not be a loss of legitimacy but rather a mood of business as usual.'' As official telegrams of congratulation whizzed out after more than a month on ice, some Europeans were asking not only whether Bush really cared about their continent but even whether he had much idea what was going on there. Some European diplomats have been worried by a call from Bush's top national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, for U.S. troops to pull out of NATO (news - web sites) peacekeeping forces in the Balkans, though Bush has said he would not act without consulting the allies. The European Union (news - web sites)'s foreign policy chief and former NATO secretary-general, Javier Solana, said it was vital to keep close ties between Washington and the 15-nation bloc. ``A close transatlantic partnership has over the years proved itself an essential factor in the promotion of human rights, democratic values, security, stability and prosperity in the world,'' Solana said in a statement. ``We need to continue the existing close cooperation if we are to be successful in securing these, our common interests and values.'' Some Russian officials said it would be easier for Moscow to deal with a Republican administration not subject to second-guessing from a hostile right-wing Congress. ``The Democrats left much shrouded in fog. Sometimes Russia was a friend, sometimes it represented a threat,'' Gennady Seleznyov, Communist speaker of the State Duma lower house of parliament, told reporters. ``Under the Republicans, this won't happen. We know which aspects of foreign policy suit them and which ones don't.'' Danish Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen said he was convinced the new president would ``continue to pursue an active U.S. foreign policy'' and that America would ``still be willing to step in with the necessary means when international crises require it.'' But Britain's mass circulation Mirror tabloid lampooned Bush for alleged ignorance of world affairs, notoriously displayed when he could not give the names of some foreign leaders in a surprise quiz during a television interview last year. ``Bush, who's been abroad only twice -- both times to Mexico, is now the most powerful man in the world,'' said the Mirror. Splashed on the front page was a picture of a section of the earth from space with an arrow pointing to Britain and the headline: ``Congrats on becoming the president... P.S.: We are here.