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

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (159586)	7/10/2001 4:04:53 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

It's truly a shame to see your mind brainwashed into believing all that gobbledegoop you spewed onto paper........if there more out there like you, our country is in for a rough trip the next decade.

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (159586)	7/10/2001 5:30:06 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Yes, and if GWB happens to lose in 2004, my advice would be for him to issue a LAST-DAY PARDON to EVERY SINGLE taxpayer in the country so that they could not be prosecuted for income tax evasion. So, in 2005, everyone could simply stop their withholding and not even bother to file the form 1040. He could even upstage the new president by making a speech about it during the new president's inauguration!

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (159586)	7/10/2001 5:54:53 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Thus Bush is in a position to set the long-term debate on issues that the liberals and their lap-dogs in the media hate: Social Security reform, tort reform, pro-growth tax reform, and a move away from socialized education Hate to tell you, Cyber, but the polls say the public -- especially the all-important "soccer moms" of the center -- are against Bush on most of these issues. Check the numbers from the Wall Street Journal poll of two weeks ago. Remember, Clinton won twice because he took the center away from the Republicans. Bush ran on one issue -- tax cuts. There was and is a limited amount of enthusiasm for this, but he got it done before he lost the Senate. We'll all see the consequences. The rest of his campaign was vagueness wrapped in gauze -- "compasionate conservative", "uniter not a divider", "I am a leader", etc. He ran an ok campaign, but only squeaked into office because Gore ran a miserable campaign. On issues alone, there was more support for Gore. I don't think Gore was hurt by obviously wanting to be President, but by the fact that he was a bad actor who seemed to be putting up one false front after another. I'm reminded of my favorite Reagan quote, which is "I don't see how anyone can do this job [be President] without being an actor." If Bush wants to move the center of country behind him on conservative issues, he's going to have to make a case for them. He hasn't done that so far. As of now, his administration looks pretty far right to most of the country (I know nothing looks far right to you, but take my word for this much -g-) and his poll numbers are sinking. People don't want a President who cares about nothing besides staying in office, but they do want a politician who becomes President to do something with the office and can articulate his vision. The "vision thing" or lack thereof, always hurt GHW Bush. We'll see if his son gets the hang of it.