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

To: Scumbria who wrote (153235)	6/14/2001 2:25:28 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

How ridiculous. The process of coalition building isn't predicated on one or two meetings in a 6 day period. Like most smart leaders, first you build relationships built on trust, this will take some time. Then you provide the vision around which the followers become enrolled in the process. Bush laid out his vision in clear images and challenged European leaders to "think beyond the cold war days". Next he will foster coalitions binding on common ground. This will no doubt take some time, but to suggest he has already failed is ridiculous. The process hasn't ended. And that writer should know it, if he wasn't such a biased ideologue. For EIGHT years Clinton couldn't get an agreement and forge the kind of relationships necessary to improve the worlds ecosystem. Why? Because he was not trustworthy. He couldn't separate his radical left wing environmental pack dollars and forge a balanced approach with those abroad and at home who had to agree with his approach. And now, even his advisors have gone on the record and stated he and Gore were wrong about the Kyoto Treaty. Bush is showing leadership where Clinton failed. If your concern is for the environment and our fiscal budget. You've chosen the wrong team to lead you there. Fiscally, the Demolibs in congress continue to want to spend and spend us into oblivion, and environmentally, they couldn't muster the dialogue and trust to put together a balanced approach regarding our environmental stewardship. Clinton was so out of touch with the people he needed to build coalitions with, they embarrassed him and voted 95-0 against the treaty he negotiated. In the end, he couldn't get ONE Democrat to support his plan. Can you comprehend how much of an indictment that was on his environmental leadership? Can you imagine how the press would have reacted if a Republican President (such as Bush), negotiated an environmental treaty that failed in the Senate without a single vote!