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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wayners who wrote (611501)	8/26/2004 4:52:14 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Cambodia was a stable country until we started 'defending' them. The Khmer Rouge may not have been able to take over if we'd left them alone, because the country had a stable, well-liked leader and government. The Vietnamese did not support the Khmer Rouge's extreme 'utopian' society, and finally were the ones that brought an end to their nightmare. The communist Vietnamese did not impose the same brutality on the South when they took over.

To: Wayners who wrote (611501)	8/26/2004 5:38:55 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I personally find any effort to limit free speech repugnant. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Bush Calls McCain About Anti-Kerry Ads More: Kerry Refuses 'Specifically' to Leash Any of the Pro-Kerry 527 Groups LAS CRUCES, N.M. – President Bush wants to work with Republican Sen. John McCain to pursue court action against political ads by "shadowy" outside groups, the White House said Thursday amid growing pressure on the president to denounce attacks on John Kerry's war record. "The president said if the court action doesn't work that he would be willing to pursue legislative action with Sen. McCain on that," Bush spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to New Mexico. McCain, R-Ariz., has called on Bush to condemn the anti-Kerry ads, even as the war hero popular with many independent voters is actively supporting Bush's re-election. The senator welcomed Bush's gesture. "I'm very appreciative of the president's effort to do that," McCain said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I want to emphasize if I could that we're not saying that 527s should be abolished. We're just saying they should live under the same campaign finance restrictions [as hard-money groups] because they are engaged in partisan activity." McCain added: "I've said before I would like for the president to specifically condemn that ad, but the president has said John Kerry served honorably and also the president is now committed to acting to try to bring 527s into regulations that are appropriate." Bush called McCain from Air Force One, and the two had a brief discussion about the matter, McClellan said. newsmax.com