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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (278111)	7/19/2002 7:37:59 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 769667

Cheney at Houston fund-raiser: Kirk not Bush supporter By JOHN WILLIAMS Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Political Writer Republican Vice President Dick Cheney said in Houston today that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ron Kirk's opposition to a Bush administration judicial appointment indicates that he wouldn't support the popular president from Texas. During a $1,000-a-plate luncheon fund-raiser for Kirk's opponent, Texas Attorney General John Cornyn, Cheney warned that Kirk's opposition to President Bush's appointment of Priscilla Owen to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals foreshadows future opposition to Bush's programs. Owen, a Texas Supreme Court justice, has been waiting 14 months for Senate confirmation to a seat on the court based in New Orleans. Opponents claim she is a conservative judicial activist who opposes abortion rights and is beholden to big business to the detriment of consumers. Her supporters point out that she received a unanimous "well-qualified" rating from the American Bar Association and that she was elected overwhelmingly in her state judicial elections. A hearing on her nomination is set for next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee. "John's opponent has already declared his opposition to Justice Owen even before she has that hearing," Cheney said during the event at the Hyatt Regency downtown. "Just this week, Ron Kirk said that he if were elected to the U.S. Senate, and I quote, `There will be many times, probably more times than not, that I will be supporting the president.' "Yet, the first opportunity he has to forecast how he will work with the president, he came out against the president's first nominee." Kirk spokesman Justin Lonon dismissed Cheney's criticism, repeating his candidate's position on the campaign trail about how he will support Bush in the Senate. Because Democrats hold just a one-vote edge in the chamber, much of the the campaign for the seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Phil Gramm has focused on supporting Bush. "Ron Kirk has said all along he will support President Bush when he thinks the president is right, and he will disagree with the president when he doesn't believe it's in the best interest of the people of Texas," Lonon said.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (278111)	7/19/2002 9:57:32 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Karen, what you don't understand is that if this type of accelerating market meltdown were occurring with Democrats controlling the White House and the House of Representatives, the GOP would not blame the Democrats or even entertain the thought of referring to the problem during the campaign. Rather, they would dispassionately explain to the American people that the market downturn it is just a cyclical phenomenon that politicians have, at most, a marginal impact on. Right guys?