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To: HULA who wrote (224713)	2/3/2002 9:57:17 PM
From: Nikole Wollerstein	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

President George W. Bush's controversial choice to join the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights once dismissed affirmative action as ''racist'' and ''a colossal failure.'' The views of Peter Kirsanow, a Cleveland lawyer, are contained in an article titled ''The Affirmative Action Experiment Has Been a Colossal Failure.'' The article, written in May 1995, appeared in the National Policy Analysis, a publication of the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research. ''Affirmative action in its current form is racist, demeaning and repugnant to the most fundamental tenets of democracy,'' wrote Kirsanow, a Black conservative. After noting that African-Americans have made ''impressive gains over the last 30 years'' in corporate America, Kirsanow asserts, ''...Contrary to the claims of its champions, these improvements are not perforce the result of affirmative action. Indeed, as noted by Farrell Bloch, author of Anti-Discriminatory Law and Minority Employment, 30 years of affirmative action has done virtually nothing to improve Black employment and advancement prospects.'' counterpunch.org

To: HULA who wrote (224713)	2/4/2002 11:16:31 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769669

Gore who? Al Gore returned to the political fray Saturday night, attacking President Bush's domestic policies during a speech in Nashville, but some Democratic members of the U.S. Senate indicated they are less than enthusiastic about making Mr. Gore their presidential nominee in 2004. North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan "laughed uproariously" when asked about supporting Mr. Gore again, New York Times reporter Richard L. Berke writes. "Al Gore lost North Dakota by 28 points," Mr. Dorgan told the reporter. "The entire ticket went down with him in North Dakota. When you lose by 28 points, that's a mega-landslide." Louisiana Sen. John Breaux said of Mr. Gore, "Things change. In politics, it's here today, gone tomorow. It's a whole new scenario right now. You have to be likeable before they can vote for you." Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, who is said to be close to Mr. Gore, also demurred when asked by Mr. Berke whether he would support a Gore candidacy again. "We have to see what the lay of the land is," Mr. Harkin said. "It would be harder for him because he's not the sitting vice president." In addition, Mr. Harkin expressed doubt about Connecticut Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman's pledge not to seek the Democratic presidential nomination if his old running mate, Mr. Gore, enters the contest. "It's easy to say that now," Mr. Harkin said of the Lieberman pledge. "But when the fever hits you, you don't know." washtimes.com