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

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (258696)	5/26/2002 1:50:52 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

flapjack, it's easy to point barbs at others and hire marketing people to come up with catchy focus group spin phrases these days. The hard part is building a consensus, and showing the leadership to be "for" something instead of against everything. The last thing the nation needs right now is more tax dollars going from individual Americans to the federal government. To the dismay of liberal Democrats the tax cut is working to stimulate the economy just like Bush's team predicted. Granted, we need to reign in spending. But, I don't see the Democrats leading the charge to cut spending in any way shape or form. The farm Bill led by leading Democrat Senator Dashle was full of pork of the highest order. Lieberman is a phony. He shifts position on a dime depending on the latest focus group results. His "conscience of the Senate" schtick is a figment of the liberal press establishments desire to find someone who can press forward the liberal agenda of higher taxes, more regulations, and greater federal spending. Your respect and admiration of his latest catch phrase makes sense given his agenda.

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (258696)	5/26/2002 11:33:38 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Lieberman Booed Over Bin Laden-gate Claim Saturday, May 25, 2002 3:38 p.m. EDT newsmax.com Sen. Joseph Lieberman , D-Conn., was roundly booed on Friday after claiming he was completely clueless about reports that the Sudan was ready to hand over Osama bin Laden to ex-President Clinton way back in 1996. Appearing via phone on the "Imus in the Morning" radio show, Lieberman began by saying that he wanted an independent commission to probe the "really important question" of "what [President Bush] was told and when was he told it" about intelligence that could have forewarned of the 9-11 attacks. But Imus, who was broadcasting from New Hampshire before a live audience, also wanted to know if Liebermann was interested in probing allegations that the previous administration passed up chances to avert 9-11. IMUS: Is there any truth that during the Clinton administration the Sudan offered to turn over Osama bin Laden and the Clinton administration took a pass on it? LIEBERMAN: I don't know. But that would be a ... (Live audience erupts in boos) IMUS: Of course you know. LIEBERMAN: Of course I don't know. (Reacting to the boos) Hey, who's up there? Who's in that audience? IMUS: You might want to rethink that New Hampshire primary. LIEBERMAN: I've got a feeling those may be Republicans. We're going for Independents and Democrats. (End of Excerpt) Lieberman said that questions about the Clinton administration's role in failing to deal with the al-Qaeda threat could also be examined by an independent 9-11 commission. But he suggested it wasn't likely that Clinton had passed up an offer to nab the terror chief, noting that the ex-president had signed an order authorizing U.S. forces to "go after Osama bin Laden personally."