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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (47450)	9/27/2002 5:32:04 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 281500

Not so fast Karen. What makes you so sure that they didn't suggest it in the first place? As for respect for Clinton. That is certainly a personal decision. ;) M

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (47450)	9/27/2002 5:44:30 PM
From: Rascal	Respond to of 281500

The problem with Bush is he can be trusted to execute the communication strategy. Rummy, Rove and Cheney must go nuts! He strayed off the reservation this week when he said Dems didn't care about security and gave them the shot they needed after Gore drew the lines. Ted's speech today was very good, logical, truthful, nice analogy to President Kennedy and the COld War Crisis. By the time Bush was speaking in Houston he had morphed into a Diplomat Extrodinaire: "Hey, I'll give peace a chance." He said to the crowd! Maybe Rove can find a catchy tune to go with his new lyrics! Rascal@toobadI'mtheonlyonekeepingscore.com

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (47450)	9/27/2002 5:55:08 PM
From: aladin	Respond to of 281500

Karen, Everything else said and done, Blair is the leader of the Labour Party, often affiliated with the Democrats. Outside of Foreign Policy he probably has little in common with Bush. On Bush - given his approval ratings, half of those who voted for Gore now support Bush - specifically with regards to the War and on Foreign Policy in general. On Clinton - I detested the man's morallity and behaviour, but it would be intellectually dishonest to say his Presidency was a failure. The part that a lot of us disliked was the blatant pandering to the special interests at the end - Kyoto and all the last minute Green initiatives. Nothing that would pass in the Senate, but timed to be used against the next administration. To his credit, Bush could have dumped Kyoto on the Senate. Bush didn't start his presidency focussed on FA or terrorism and I would bet any President of any party would take a hard line on Iraq (exception - Jimmy 'you can hold our diplomats hostage, we will talk forever' Carter). Clinton's support of Blair on the Iraq issue speaks volumes to that. If Clinton wanted to rehab his rep here - have him mediate the compromise resolution in Congress and stand by Bush afterwards. Not doing the cheap thing and declare that we need to exhaust all possible alternatives. John