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

To: DMaA who wrote (120073)	12/30/2000 9:42:35 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769667

Anybody know what the hell this means? An exchange between Barney Frank and Mary Matalin on Crossfire. FRANK...Bill Clinton deserves a lot of credit for being the first president to appoint people who were openly gay and lesbian. And I'm afraid that George Bush is just going to leave us out of his diversity mix; but I am glad he's doing what he's doing. MATALIN: Well, you know the camp -- in the campaign, there was a very broad and open unity reach out to the gay and lesbian community. FRANK: Well, that's simply not true, Mary. No, that wasn't true. MATALIN: No, it simply is true because I was a part of it. FRANK: Well, this is a new confession from you that I hadn't expected. I take you as diverse, but as a lesbian I wasn't ready, yet, to accept you... MATALIN: Lipstick -- I'm an official lipstick lesbian cnn.com

To: DMaA who wrote (120073)	12/30/2000 10:38:58 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Clinton was always a self-serving tool. But Light said Clinton would have been on firmer ground by only revoking the executive order into the future, and he suggested it was a mistake to lift the five-year ban for Clinton appointees, as well. "That has an edge of cynicism to it," Light said. "Administrations have to live by the rules they set." And when did they ever live by "the rules"? Even Wertheimer, a hard-liner on ethics matters, said an argument can be made that the five-year limit is too restrictive. But he said Clinton's latest move "is an act of hypocrisy and cynicism." washingtonpost.com I hope Bush plans to reverse most Clinton EO's.