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

To: Neocon who wrote (222386)	1/26/2002 9:39:19 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

OTOH, he's so obviously unbalanced that maybe it creates plausible deniability..... Gotta run, take care..... JLA

To: Neocon who wrote (222386)	1/26/2002 11:28:50 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Well, in Dallas, it is dog eat dog. What a story. All three candidates are Democrat, for some reason. The two front runners ran on a campaign on who was the most conservative. excerpts: In succession, the candidates stood surrounded by Republican leaders and flanked by a nearly life-size photo of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. "Here is the truth: Tom Dunning is a staunch Clinton-Gore Democrat," former state Sen. John Leedom told Ms. Miller's backers. More slinging in mayor's race Garcia says man's call is proof of Miller offer; she calls it meaningless 01/26/2002 Defeated mayoral candidate Domingo Garcia – who has accused Laura Miller of offering to pay his campaign debts in return for his endorsement – produced a tape Friday that he called evidence and Ms. Miller called meaningless. In the recorded phone message, a friend of Mr. Garcia told him that a prominent Miller supporter wanted to discuss a "specific tradeoff" for Mr. Garcia's support. The message from DART attorney Roland Castaneda contained no mention of money or of Mr. Garcia's campaign debts. And the election the other day, the winner didn't get 50%, so they will have a runoff. The third place guy endorsed the second place person, and says the first place person tried to bribe him to endorse her, and he has a tape to prove it, but the person that bribed him is not the candidate, and so Miller is blaming everything on her supporters. This article doesn't mention party affiliation, but they are all democrat (for confirmation see last link): -- Ms. Miller called the tape and Mr. Garcia's allegations "much ado about nothing." But Mr. Garcia – who endorsed Ms. Miller's runoff opponent, Tom Dunning – said the tape was evidence of an attempt by her to cut a deal. "Laura Miller already knew I was endorsing Tom Dunning, and now she had her money guy trying to call me to ... have a meeting to discuss tradeoffs," Mr. Garcia said. The Miller supporter who made the call to Mr. Castaneda was Forrest Smith, a former president of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce who has raised money for Ms. Miller's campaign. 'A total shock to me' Asked about the tape, Mr. Smith said he did call Mr. Castaneda, who he said is a friend. But Mr. Smith said that the conversation had nothing to do with campaign debt and that he was not calling on behalf of Ms. Miller. Mr. Smith said Mr. Castaneda had called him several days earlier to ask whether Mr. Smith wanted to try to persuade several key Garcia supporters – current and former City Council members – to come over to Ms. Miller's side. Mr. Smith said those council members, who include Don Hill and Maxine Thornton-Reese, are friends of his. "I had no idea whatsoever about any of these issues dealing with retirement of debt," Mr. Smith said. "That was a total shock to me, and it was never in my mind. It is simply not true." Mr. Castaneda did not attend Friday's news conference and could not be reached for comment. Start of controversy Questions about the circumstances surrounding Mr. Garcia's endorsement arose because a prominent Garcia supporter told a Spanish-language radio station before the endorsement that Hispanics intended to negotiate with Mr. Dunning's supporters to get help retiring Mr. Garcia's campaign debt. Mr. Garcia and Mr. Dunning denied making any deal, and Mr. Garcia said it was Ms. Miller who had offered him money. He said Ms. Miller told him Sunday: "The establishment guys are not the only ones who can help you with your debt. We can take care of that for you, too." Mr. Garcia said Friday that he did not have a tape recording of that conversation. Ms. Miller said Friday that she did not know about the conversations between Mr. Smith and Mr. Castaneda. And she again accused Mr. Garcia and Mr. Dunning of cutting a deal for Mr. Garcia's endorsement. "I want to be mayor because I am tired of dirty politics at City Hall and backroom deals, which is exactly what this was between the Dunning campaign and the Garcia campaign," she said. Mr. Dunning said again Friday that no deal was made for Mr. Garcia's endorsement. He accused Ms. Miller of continuing "to attack my integrity." He said he thinks that Mr. Garcia's charges are significant and that the news media "ought to be focused on this." dallasnews.com Conservative label entices candidates dallasnews.com Both candidates are self-described Democrats.