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To: LindyBill who wrote (26225)	1/25/2004 9:28:03 AM
From: Rascal	Respond to of 793801

Bush learned from everybody's mistakes but his own and Nixon's. He is isolated now. Cheney's Davos speech after Kaye's remarks to the press shows how out of touch they are. Halliburton,Wilson,Frit's Purloined records,theConde-Thing, Budget Scrutiny. The hits will just keep on coming. Rascal @AllDownHill.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (26225)	1/26/2004 12:31:38 AM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

The Clinton comparison raises a puzzle. Clinton closed the deficit, ended the federal entitlement to welfare and won enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement. On the issues, Republicans should have liked the guy. Instead, they hated him with a sputtering fury. Bush provokes similar anger among the liberals who cluster in the states that Al Gore carried in 2000. Since television election maps colored these states in blue, we might refer to the Bush-haters as "blue-hots." Why all the heat? For one thing, many blue-hots think Bush cheated his way into the White House, just as many right-wing Republicans thought Clinton had won atop a cavalcade of lies. And pre-emption itself is a source of anger. Party loyalists really do develop a sense of ownership about issues, and they resent it when the other side grabs their turf. More important, though, triangulators depict the other party as beyond the pale. Clinton repeatedly referred to Republican leaders as extremists. He loved to maneuver them into positions where they would reinforce this image. Excellent analysis IMO. --fl