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To: Bruce L who wrote (147466)	10/9/2004 9:04:31 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

Hi Bruce, Headed out for the weekend and taking a break from SI. I have two topics to talk briefly about for my fan club. (g) 1. Debate was a draw in terms of gaining/losing support. Kerry is probably the best debater i have ever seen in pres debates. But its all style and little substance and total disregard for the truth--not as in bush exaggerating wmds or not--its a larger issue for kerry--he may be the best debater i have ever seen but he is also totally without conviction. He is like terry mccaullife on meds. I wont be watching the last debate. I decided last night to roll the dice and stay with the guy who i have been with for so long now. I will vote for bush and i will not discuss this election publicly anymore. At least i will try. I will just stay off the internets. (g) NOT. 2. Dulfer report. When in doubt about presidents course of action in iraq read dulfer. Saddam would have become a greater threat over the next several years as sanctions officially went away and the issue of inspections became moot. No saddam would never have admitted having wmds--hell he was afraid of the persians--but with a wink and a nod to our great allies, eventually Kofi and Hans and co. would have stopped pushing and saddam would have free for his second coming. Imagine a world in which both iran and iraq were moving toward nukes at the same time. Now that would be fun. If iran had the lead, perhaps they would have done an israel on the iraqis--perhapst they would have used nukes on them. If iraq was behind maybe saddam and osama could have worked a sunni/arab deal against persian/shia infidels? Who knows but certainly not a safe world. The democrats continue to be devoid of conviction and totally opportunistic. Am i 100% happy with bush--nope but the alternative--that pompous ass with his brahman way and the phony policy on iraq about getting france and germany to send troops just makes me ill. Have a good weekend all. Thanks for listening. mike

To: Bruce L who wrote (147466)	10/9/2004 11:14:38 AM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Wow, you really have me figured out. Especially how you managed to determine my religious beliefs so accurately when I haven't touched on the subject once. So accurately...not. [sarcasm off] Clearly your own conclusions have been coloured by something - perhaps its dogmatic conviction or simple intransigence - but whatever the basis, its distorting your perception of simple common sense and logic. That matters not to me. I'm only interested in parsing the events of the day with an objective eye to look for the simple patterns which infect human endeavor and behavior. If I am passionate about anything it is getting to the truth of the matter.