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To: tejek who wrote (195908)	7/26/2004 3:20:44 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572924

Ted, For the rest of us, its pure, unadulterated hell! The Democrats turning up your "misery index" again? That's funny, considering how they're sticking to a "positive message" in Boston this week. By the way, seems like I was wrong about the press trying to cover for Kerry. His wife's "shove it" comment is all over the news. Touchy people, these reporters ... Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (195908)	7/26/2004 3:22:40 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572924

"after all, you had Bush as governor for 4 years" 5. We had him for 5 years. Then we managed to palm him off on the rest of you. It was that, or have the state declare bankruptcy. It was touch and go there for a while... And the way he left the state government gut shot after the tax cut is something Texas won't have recovered from for years to come. The universities in particular are struggling. The state just decided that grad students no longer qualified for state subsidized health insurance. So they were going to charge us more than $600 a month to insure our family. Given that by state regulation, we can't make more than $900 a month when we work for the university. I don't regard having Bush as a leader in any way, shape or form 'normal'. But as anyone who has read The Weapon Shops of Isher can tell you, people get more or less the type of government they want. If they are unhappy enough about it, they either move or do something about it... If The House or Senate winds up selecting the next President, regardless of who it is, there are going to be some major changes in this country as to how certain things are done. And if Bush winds up being selected because of the Supreme Court the first time and the House or Senate the second, that very well might be the straw that causes a Constitutional Convention to be called. And change might be what is needed.