The facts don't support your conclusions. GW, by his own words, does not
read. He does, however, vacation. That is a skill he's honed through years
of hard effort and energy.
If you feel the procedural vote relating to amending the constitution was
more than a trivial vote then I am surprised. The outcome was known well in
advance; even John McCain voted against it. Kerry and Edwards have made it
clear where they stand on this issue. They, along with a majority of the
House and Senate, feel this is a state-by-state issue. GW forced this issue
only as a sop to his religious right that have been getting upset.
This begs the question though. The Drudge Report has a very poor track
record of accuracy and has a reputation for flamboyant and biased articles
that rarely survive the light of the next day. This article is just one
more in a long string of heavily biased and inaccurate reporting. Michael
Moore's movie Fahrenheit 9/11 is just as biased in the other direction for
example, but in Moore's case he tells the truth.
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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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From: Open discssion among iSeries Users
Date: 07/19/04 17:56:41
To: Open discssion among iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [CPF0000] Great quote - awesome stats :-)
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:44:48 -0400 (EDT), booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This Drudge report was written in response to the issues of GW Bush being
> on vacation for over 40% of his Presidency. 40% of GW's time has been at
> Camp David, Crawford, or Kennebunkport. This does not include his time
> off the job while he's been campaigning and fund raising.
Hold on here -- the whole idea of the President EVER being on vacation
is ludicrous. He may be in Crawford or Kennebunkport, but he is
getting briefed, making decisions, reading, etc. Better in Crawford
on the ranch than on the ski slopes cursing out Secret Service agents
or in a White House closet with an intern.
> So far as Kerry's remark of "You're going to find us working for
> America" we need to recognize that Kerry's most important work for
> America is to be a good and viable, hard-working candidate for President
> so that we have a balanced choice in November.
I disagree. His most important work is the work he was ELECTED to do,
to represent the people of Massachusetts in the Senate.
But, if he really believes that is the case, he should resign his
Senate seat so that the people of Massachusetts can have someone whose
most important job is to represent them. Oh yeah, the Governor of
Massachusetts is a Republican, so instead he shirks his elected duty
to pursue his (well-documented) personal ambition. Better to have
Massachusetts represented 20% by a Democrat than 100% by a Republican.
Kerry is being a hypocrite, pure and simple.
>
> His presense for silly and trivial votes of the Senate has no value for
> America, none at all. Kerry has been present for all of the meaningful
> votes.
Oscar Meyer!
How frequently have you heard the idea raised that the whole reason
for the FMA being brought up in the Senate, where is stands 0 chance
of getting 2/3 vote, was to force the legislators to
And it worked. The procedural vote went down 48-50. And who were the
two missing . . . Kerry and Edwards. But, now their opponents can't
say they voted against it in areas where it has strong support.
Weasels.
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Tom Jedrzejewicz
tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx
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