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Politics : HOWARD DEAN -THE NEXT PRESIDENT? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (935)	12/11/2003 12:47:22 AM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3079

I think there is only one thing to like about Reagan and that was his "ushering in" of the free markets again and some of the union busting. Note that I am in support of unions now. But I can remember as a kid, this would be the 70s, literally every other week the grocery store checkers were striking, or the air traffic controllers or the garbage men, and many of them made more than my father did in a bad year (my dad was trying to be an entrepreneur and run a business). You just can't have a bloated labor establishment like that and expect any kind of inventions and consequently, Japan kicked our butt. So some of this, being Reagans doing more or less, was a good thing in my book. But then, you had all the contra stuff, yet more nasty foreign affairs deals under Reagan. So a lot to dislike, for sure.

To: Mephisto who wrote (935)	12/11/2003 1:19:48 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3079

Clark's Appeal..... I understand why men may admire Clark, but I'm not sure women would like him. I think women would have more interest in the universal health plans of Kucinich. Besides, Dennis is cuddly. <g> Seriously, Clark would be a perfect foil to Dean, covering Dean's purported (and GHP propagandized-about) "weaknesses" as a Northeastern Librul, and as someone who isn't quite as experienced in foreign relations. I think a strong ad for Dean, when the Repukes start running their ads against Dean's foreign affair capability, would be for the Mean Deanies to point out that Bush had no foreign affairs ability in the last cycle, and the result has been to get the U.S. stuck in two separate quagmires with (1) no end in sight at huge expense, (2) with ridiculous increases to the national debt and (3) most importantly, for no apparent gain.