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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (493761)	11/17/2003 12:24:39 AM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

re: Today's republican conservatives are more racist then today's Democratic liberals really? how today is today? Even right now republicans are introducing civil rights bills that are opposed by Democrats. Quantify your statement? What was the highest office held by african american during clinton administration and how does it compare to Powell's office?

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (493761)	11/17/2003 12:29:06 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

DES MOINES, Nov. 16 -- Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) said former Vermont governor Howard Dean is vulnerable to Republican attacks that he is not tough enough to keep the United States safe in the age of terrorism, despite rising opposition to President Bush's handling of the war to stabilize Iraq. Vilsack's comments, which came in an interview shortly before an Iowa Democratic Party fundraising dinner Saturday at which Dean and five other presidential candidates spoke, highlighted the unease that exists in some parts of the party over Dean's candidacy and the importance the Iraq war is playing in the campaigns for the Democratic nomination. The Iowa governor, who has not taken sides in the nomination battle, said if Dean becomes the party's nominee, Republicans could charge that "he wasn't tough enough to pull the trigger" against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and will have to show Americans that he has the strength to deal with tyrants and terrorists. "That's an issue that Howard's going to have to confront," Vilsack said. "He's going to have to overcome that, he's going to have to convince people by force of personality, by his response in debates, by plans he comes out with. I don't know how he's going to do it. He's going to have to reassure Americans that he's just as tough as George Bush, but he's tougher in a smarter way." Speaking with reporters Sunday morning, Gephardt noted that Dean had said he would not make the war a political issue against other Democrats and accused Dean of inconsistency, saying that in 1997 the then-governor had said he believed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. "I don't know that this is consistent with all of those views," Gephardt said. "But whatever it is, I'm going to do what I think is right. People have said, 'What if this hurts you in the election?' Nothing I can do about that. I don't care. I'm going to do what I think is right."