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

To: Rollcast... who wrote (164192)	7/24/2001 11:03:39 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Roly-poly: Re: "Should give you a few hours to indoctrinate him with more left wing propaganda ..." Actually, both of my children have taught me a few things about politics, compassion, life in general. My son attended a Bush rally last summer here in Cincinnati -- as a spectator, not as a participant. He said the most memorable moment of the rally wasn't Boy George's canned speech, but rather the Republican thugs who roughed up the female demonstrator standing silently at the back of the crowd carrying an anti-Bush sign. You came up with some nice jingoistic phrases in your post, i.e., "full fledged Clintonista." Did you lift that phrase from Rush Limbo's monthly newsletter or think of it all by your lonesome?

To: Rollcast... who wrote (164192)	7/24/2001 11:06:14 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The Angler: Bush goes anti-ballistic By Anthony B. Perkins Red Herring July 24, 2001 President George W. Bush may be holding steady with a 57 percent approval rating after his first 180 days, according to a recent Gallup Poll, but in San Francisco I am hard-pressed to find a single supporter. Part of the problem could lie in what The Wall Street Journal on July 20 called Mr. Bush's "media shyness." As the president continues his trip through Europe, let's look at how he can create more support for his policies. Like any CEO, our president needs to articulate his case. Part of what I appreciate about Mr. Bush is his confidence. As a member of his High Tech Council, which has met quarterly for the past 18 months, I have seen him operate, and he is very decisive. It's always obvious who is in charge. But sometimes he is a little quick to the trigger, and forgets that he needs to set up his constituency before he makes his grand proclamations. One example was his response to the Chinese government, when the U.S. spy plane was forced to make an emergency landing. He showed surprising naïveté about how slowly China operates due to its entrenched governmental and military bureaucracy, challenging the country's pride and thus making things more difficult. The second is his diplomatic handling of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, which he was tearing up in public before he got even a semblance of international support. SKYROCKETS IN FLIGHT The August 1 cover story for Red Herring is titled "Revolutionary War -- the U.S. military looks to Silicon Valley for innovative technologies." This is a well-timed piece, given Mr. Bush's current trip to Europe and the concern in some quarters about his new missile defense initiative. Another cover story on missile defense, this one in the July 21 edition of The Economist, gives good counsel to the president: "[B]ecause America is a democracy, and aspires to lead a coalition of democracies, its chances of success will also depend on winning the moral argument, and convincing people that it is acting in good faith." Missile defences: What are they really for? (The Economist) According to The Economist, the moral argument for chucking the ABM Treaty and developing anti-missile defenses is that "the ABM Treaty was designed for a bipolar world -- not for today, when the capacity to build rockets, and tip them with deadly warheads, is spreading fast." The article used the example of Iraq, which launched Scud missiles at American bases and Israeli cities back in 1991. The article adds that Mr. Bush needs to send the world a message that he will "work energetically to cut nuclear weapons and to seek stability through international agreements" in order to sell his anti-missile technology. Well, as I flipped open The Wall Street Journal this morning, I was pleased to see an encouraging headline: "Bush and Putin agreed to tie missile-shield plans to talks on arms reduction." It was almost like the president had read The Economist over the weekend. In a world where satellites and fiber-optic cables are rapidly linking a network of computers and other communications devices together, world leaders can now speak to the world in real time. Just as Mr. Bush can leverage new technologies to create a safer world, he can also use technology to be a better communicator of his logic. As an armchair diplomat, the Angler provides this encouragement in all humility, keeping in mind the words of another decisive, confident American president: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again ...; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. -- Teddy Roosevelt