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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (223788)	3/13/2005 11:21:43 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572711

Perhaps, that is George W. Bush's greatest asset. He is not diligient enough to be very exact. He does not go into any subject very deeply. He is willing to turn a blind eye to things he does not want to deal with. By turning a blind eye, he really is encouraging policies he can't come out and favor. The prison abuse situation could perhaps fit into that category. You're FOS. This paragraph is at odds with everything we know about Geo Bush through legitimate media accounts. I recommend you clear your head of anti-Bush thoughts and go read the accounts of, for example, Bob Woodward, instead of hurling uninformed insults.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (223788)	3/13/2005 1:05:11 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1572711

Mary, A lot of people compromised their beliefs and suspended their beliefs in order for him to win. I'd say that's more so with Democrats. Like you said, politics isn't an exact science, but the conventional wisdom is that Bush won the last election by playing to his core constituency. Meanwhile, no one could quite figure out what Kerry stood for, and as a result he was portrayed as a "flip-flopper." Tenchusatsu

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (223788)	3/13/2005 3:04:23 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572711

It all depends on whether you just want to feel good about what you beleive in, or you want the greater good to occur. Yup. Its the dirty side of politics.......the practicalities that come with running for office. There will never be the perfect candidate. Just the person who has it mostly right and is enough of a politician to get elected. I didn't agree with a number of Kerry's positions but he would have been a 50% improvement over Bush and the country would not be in the danger it is now. People have got to get over the small stuff and look at the big picture. ted