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To: Dayuhan who wrote (61495)	12/13/2002 12:09:20 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Gore?s opinions, or was it just an attempt to bring in the loopie vote? I think Gore really believes it. I think you are right, he is a "Dead Man Walking." The problem is there is no "Clinton" in sight to move the party to the middle. So the Dems will probably run to the left, and that is a death sentence for them, IMO, barring a catastrophe by the Republicans. Gore could well end up as the Candidate in '04. The choices out there for the Dems look really bad. The quality of our air, our rivers, our water has been improved No doubt about it. However, that is the result of prosperity that makes the money available. (Hey, place stinks, lets clean it up!) It would have happened without the loonies. The movement today reminds me of the old "Communist Front" organizations. It is mainly composed of many well meaning people who love civilization and believe they are doing God's work, but it's Ideologues are a combination of fugitive Socialists who are looking for a way to keep running peoples lives, and a group of loonies who hate people, worship "Ghia" and think the Human Race should be cut back to a group of about 250,000 "Hunter Gatherers." Environmentalism will be a major issue for the Democrats in the next election, but I don't think you get elected President on it. according to General Singlaub Liked his Book. He was a great Soldier. His experience in France as a "Jedburg" for the OSS is one hell of a yarn. And He was in China right at the end of the war, which is fascinating. Those types tend to be Fundamentalists. less a function, IMO, of any inherent difference between those religions They both want to impose their beliefs on you, that's for sure. However, Christianity had a founder who believed in Pacifism, and Islam had a Warrior. The present day versions of both tend to end up with Muslims being much more willing to initiate the use of force. Ideologues of any type manage nuance very poorly, a good reason (one among many) for keeping ideologues out of office. We just had 8 years of a Pragmatist, and we had his refusal to face up to the tough choices. He could skate on them, and now we have to pay the piper. At least with Bush, I know which side of the Foreign Policy issue he is going to be on. Clinton did not like the Military and was always looking for a "No Force" solution. You need a guy that makes it believable to your enemy that you will use force if necessary. If he knows going in that you will back off, you are dead.