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

To: goldworldnet who wrote (168715)	8/7/2001 10:53:46 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Why are all the press whining about the President in Texas for a month. The Media's Unhappy Texas Vacation The press has done a pretty good job of beating up on President Bush for spending the month of August in Texas -- so much so that a majority of those surveyed by one pollster said they thought he was taking too much time away from the White House. In fact, nothing would please reporters more than forcing Bush to make his first presidential summer vacation in Texas his last. But it's not because they're concerned that the Commander in Chief is away from his post. Or really think Bush is lazy for taking four weeks off. Reporters know the White House travels wherever the president goes these days. The real reason journalists are bashing Bush's vacation is that they don't want to spend three more Augusts in the sweltering heat of Crawford, TX, pop. 671, where the food offends their haute cuisine palates and the nightlife is nonexistant. One NewsMax.com reader who was traveling through Bush country Monday shared this revealing anecdote. "We stopped at a nice local restaurant for lunch.... The board outside read, 'George, Laura -- Come in for lunch.' "Several of the press corps at the restaurant were complaining about having been sent out to Texas to cover the president's vacation -- the hot weather, the small town and they could be in other parts of the world covering other stories." Our reader surmised that the press is miserable covering Bush's vacation -- not only because there's not much to do in sun-baked Crawford -- but because they're surrounded by Texans who love the Bushes. "Now they're in Mr. Bush's court, surrounded by people who, for the most part, support him. So in order to prevent this uncomfortable situation from recurring, they're badmouthing him." newsmax.com tom watson tosiwmee

To: goldworldnet who wrote (168715)	8/8/2001 1:44:56 AM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 769667

I think we as a nation (the people on the whole, not the government) are willing to fight, but only after we've figured out that the bad guys are going after us next. We have so many different views and tolerate so much debate that many opposing forces are free to grow. We don't believe in "Speak softly but carry a big stick." We believe in "Peace at all costs." Until, that is, somebody wakes us up like Japan did in 1941. Then it is crystal clear that we're next that we can't deny it. Then we're willing to fight. Fortunately for us, enough people learn from our mistakes of the past that they make sure we have a strong military even though most of us don't have the stomach for it.