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

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (433339)	7/25/2003 10:50:39 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The economic costs of the spewing of economic ignorance such as Patsy McKee's over just the decades since WWII are in the trillions...

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (433339)	8/1/2003 6:40:59 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

2). To overcome the after-effects of past slavery and discrimination - in-so-far as areas such as college admissions may be helpful in achieving true equality of opportunity - if preferences in admissions are needed... then they should be based only on TWO factors: intellectual achievement, potential (grades, test scores, etc.), and character & economic deprivation. Skin color or ethnicity should not be a factor at all. We should be a 'color-blind society', judging people by their achievements and the 'content of their character'. What wrong with excellence? Do you want an "economically deprived" surgeon operating on you or one who knows what he's doing? An "economically deprived" lawyer defending you or one who knows what he's doing? This is not that mythology called Communism. "Equality" means equality of opportunity and equality before the law, not equal outcome. You earn the outcome. To hell with them and the horse they rode in on. >>> Eh? That should have been Does "affirmative action" increase or decrease them? Should it be stopped? Yes. Racism is racism. When the civil rights movement started (which I initially supported), the supposedly were after EQUAL rights regardless of race or skin color. I have no problem with that. Then they slipped the mickey in: preferences and quotas based on race. That's when I went over the side. To hell with them and the horse they rode in on. GWB vs Al Gore? Admittedly, with near zero enthusiasm, I voted Bush. Libertarians would be great- -if they could actually win. Dole vs Clinton (1996)? Dole. Reluctantly. Bush I vs Clinton (1992)? Libertarian. A mistake. Bush was correct: the economy was recovering. George Bush I vs. Michael Dukakis? (1988) George Bush I Reagan vs Mondale? (1984) Reagan Reagan vs. Carter? (1980) Reagan Carter vs Ford (1976)? Neither. Third party or write-in. Ford lost it with 2 pardons: Nixon, then Patricia Hearst. Nixon vs. McGovern (1972)? Neither. Either third-party or no vote. The stench of Watergate was already in the air by election time. Nixon vs. Humphrey (1968)? Nixon. Johnson vs. Goldwater (1964)? Too young. Worked in Goldwater's campaign as a volunteer, though.