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To: LindyBill who wrote (93890)	1/5/2005 4:56:29 PM
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The Corner - RUN JEB, RUN [Rich Lowry ] An e-mail: "If Jeb Bush is the strongest candidate and best qualified to be president, Republicans must insist that he run. The "dynastic" issue is more of a mental block than a deterrent to actually being elected. I cannot think of a single person who would have otherwise voted for George W. except for his father's service, can you? If Hillary makes an even half-hearted attempt to seek the presidency, she will have the same criticisms directed at her. If the Dems come sniping after Jeb because of his family ties, how can they justify any degree of support for Hillary? Besides, George P. will be turning 40 in 2016 and he needs dad to smooth the transition to the next generation. Bush 2008! Bush 2012! Bush 2016 Bush 2020! Etc." Posted at 04:21 PM ANOTHER GONZALES WITNESS [Shannen Coffin] A faithful reader has provided further background on Dean Harold Koh, one of the key witness testifying for the Democratic minority at Judge Gonzales' confirmation hearing tomorrow. Koh has been a vocal opponent of military recruitment on Yale's campus, something I should have remembered from my days defending the Solomon Amendment against challenges by Yale's faculty in court. Similar to Admiral Johnson, Koh argued against passage of a broad authorization for use of military force and instead advocated simply prosecuting as war criminals the perpetrators of 9/11. He argued that federal courts should try Osama Bin Laden. Later, he pushed to have OBL and Saddam tried in the ICC: "[Bush] could have supported the International Criminal Court as a way of bringing the Osama bin Ladens and Saddam Husseins of the world to justice." (The Economist, October 30, 2003) Koh has also argued that the US had to seek authorization from the UN prior to deposing Saddam.