At 02:29 AM 11/12/00 -0800, petro wrote:
Bush winning is bad, AlGore winning is worse. This insane infighting over the spoils is too much to stomach.
I disagree. The House and the Senate will be Republican, or at least nearly so. Al Gore with a 100-vote Florida plurality would have an extremely difficult time getting things accomplished in that environment. (Considering what Al wants to accomplish, that's probably good, especially since first priority is It's Still The Economy, Stupid.) George W. with a 100-vote Florida plurality and a minority popular vote position (with Gore and also Nader to the left of him) would get no respect at all, but would have a Republican Congress to make it much easier to accomplish things. I don't *want* the military-industrial complex rebuilt (though Nader says that AlGore likes them as much as Bush does.) Other than small tax cuts, nothing I've heard Bush suggest doing sounds worthwhile, and he does plan to spend more of your money even though he acknowledges that it's yours. Also, Bush would be under immense pressure to prove he's not a wimp, so he'd go do something decisive and Presidential as soon as possible, which is not a good thing to have lightweights doing. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639