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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (4973)	7/16/2001 6:40:45 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Small potatoes stuff. IMO, it was more about the politics of failing than it was about health care. Uh, what's that sound like in English? I think there were certain members of Congress that were determined to kill any health care proposal that came out of Hillary. Good or bad it didn't make a difference. There is no plan that could have been created that wasn't subject to criticism, even honest criticism. So that helps. I recall that prior to the health plan, there was at least a public perception [a pretty accurate one] that lobbies have more impact on legislation then is particularly healthy. So Hillary took a tact in the health care initiative to isolate various lobby interests from the drafting of the plan. That tact, logically, I agree with. Politically it was a disaster, because it was turned around on her that the plan was prepared in secret. Prepared in secret is a "bad thing". Actually, nearly all legislation is drafted in secret; we just don't like to acknowledge it. Gore won those. And lost the election. Definitely true. But I'd still rather start off with them then not. There is a current article floating around that address the Administrations consideration of an amnesty program for illegal Mexican aliens; the article cites the political advantage of implementing such a program. Boosts the likelihood of ethnic Mexicans voting GOP[not the aliens]. It doesn't guarantee a win. But from a winning view, I'd rather have the votes in my pocket, than not. No problem. Our teams are down there stealing 2004 right now. Great! Which team is yours? Now HERE'S a novel concept! The Veep picking the Prexy! That was tongue in cheek. I didn't think the brackets would allow you to overlook it though. It wasn't until a month AFTER the last election that a winner was determined and you want to do it NOW??? Just a thought. <s> I did enjoy the British elections, just 5 short and sweet weeks of campaigning. It was a real relief. And very few campaign commercials at that. No one that I heard, in the electorate complained that they didn't get enough information or that it wasn't a long enough campaign season. jttmab