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

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (177409)	9/4/2001 4:20:27 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

poor flappy, we are going to have to send you to sensitivity truth training school. Bush Promoting Campaign Vs. Harsh Talk By RON FOURNIER AP White House Correspondent September 4, 2001, 1:42 AM EDT WASHINGTON -- President Bush, who promised to change the tone in Washington, will help a new nonprofit organization launch a national campaign to reduce gossip and hurtful language. WordsCanHeal.org organizers hope to teach children not to bully each other, politicians not to demagogue and co-workers and neighbors not to gossip. With TV, newspaper and billboard ads, the group plans to promote "ethical speech," mutual respect, honor and dignity, campaign director Michelle Chandler said. "One phrase to a little kid in three seconds can mark that kid for life. Vice versa, the right word can change a life," said international chairman David Suissa. "With free speech, you can gossip, criticize, attack and nobody is going to send you to jail. But freedom of speech also gives us the freedom to enrich -- or the freedom to shut up," he said. The group is spending $300,000 on TV ads and billboards in Washington to get the effort off the ground. One newspaper ad shows two smiling girls, with one whispering to the other: "The new kid is nice. Pass it on." Bush plans to endorse the program later this month as part of a broader package of low-cost proposals designed to promote stronger communities, aides said. The president has begun slipping references to his values agenda into speeches. He told Wisconsin union workers on Labor Day to abide by "tried and true values," including "honoring your mother and dad and telling the truth, bringing integrity to whatever you do, and loving a neighbor just like you'd like to be loved yourself."' newsday.com tom watson tosiwmee