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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (4389)	8/28/2003 1:43:52 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 10965

10 Questions for Howard Dean _________________________________________ Wednesday, August 27, 2003 from IndependentsforKerry.com: Ten Questions For Howard Dean 1. Why did you support sending Vermont's nuclear waste to the poor, mostly Hispanic town of Sierra Blanca, Texas, 16 miles from the Mexican border -- a plan described as "blatant environmental racism" by Paul Wellstone? 2. Why did the Dean administration increase funding for Vermont's state colleges by only 7% while you increased funding for prisons by 150%? 3. Why did IBM, the leading polluter in Vermont, receive your Environmental Achievement Award nine times? 4. What did you mean when you said, "I've had 40 or 45 private meetings with IBM since I've been governor. And IBM has gotten pretty much everything they've asked for"? 5. When you talked about moving the retirement age to 68 or 70 which was it? (Check Source) 6. Why did you wait for the courts and legislature to bring about the civil union bill before you supported it? Why did you sign the bill in private when you finally did sign it? 7. Why do you oppose the Israeli Labour Party candidate for prime minister Amram Mitzna's call for unconditional peace talks with the Palestinians? 8. While you acknowledge that you "haven't condemned Congress for passing the Patriot Act," Bernie Sanders from your own state of Vermont is leading efforts in Congress to overturn the Act. Why are you not supporting Bernie Sanders' efforts and condemning Congress for its attack on civil liberties? 9. How do you respond to Annette Smith of Vermonters of a Clean Environment who says: "Dean's attempt to run for president as an environmentalist is nothing but a fraud. He's destroyed the Agency of Natural Resources, he's refused to meet with environmentalists while constantly meeting with developers, and he's made the permitting process one, big dysfunctional joke. EP under Governor Dean meant Expedite Permits, not Environmental Protection"? 10. Since you pride yourself on your "fiscal responsibility" why do you refuse to even consider any decreases in the bloated Pentagon budget? *** Interesting questions to say the least. I'm not sure where I stand on all of these, but as the new "frontrunner" Dean owes an answer. // posted by Ben @ 8/27/2003 05:35:50 PM hoypuhloy.blogspot.com

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (4389)	8/28/2003 1:50:12 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10965

<<...I see too much similarity between Clark and the bete noir of California politics...>> Ray, IMO you are jumping to conclusions about Clark...He is Mr. Integrity and THE ONLY 'non-politician' that will be running...He has got the strongest foreign policy experience and can stand up to Rove and his dirty tricksters...NONE of the candidates are perfect and they all have baggage that the GOP spin machine will dig up and use. The question will soon be who is the best candidate to go up against Bush and Cheney and beat them decisively...? I still think Clark can appeal to the broadest range of voters (especially the crucial Independents and Swing Voters)...Stay tuned...The next few weeks will be interesting. -s2