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

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (161232)	7/16/2001 9:52:10 AM
From: Bill	Respond to of 769670

As I said, comparing ANYONE to Clinton in the lie department is nonsense. Nixon was a paranoid schemer, but he couldn't hold a candle to Clinton when it came to lying.

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (161232)	7/16/2001 10:41:26 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769670

An historical perspective that the left has forgotten: 1) Richard Nixon edged out Hubert Humphrey for the presidency in 1968 with 44% of the popular vote and his Deep South base locked up by George Wallace. 2) In the ensuing four years, we suffered from the wrong-headed policies of his disgraced predecessor: inflation, energy shortages, bad stock markets, and a Vietnam policy that had the left wing press foaming at the mouth. 3) In 1972, Richard Nixon was re-elected with 53% of the popular vote, and took his Deep South base back from a fading George Wallace. The difference: A radicalization of the Democratic party that took them light years from the political mainstream, left them talking to each other, and resulted in the nomination of the most rabid pro-communist candidate since Henry Wallace: George McGovern. In 2000, George W. Bush edged out Al Gore for the presidency by an even tighter margin than Nixon/Humphrey in 1968. The Democrat party has become even more radicalized since they lost their disgraced president, and their "talking points" today make George McGovern look like a moderate conservative. The nation suffers from the mistakes of Bush's disgraced predecessor: a near-recession and a weak stock market, an energy shortage, and the left wing press is foaming at the mouth over everything George Bush does and says. The more things change...