From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Don Hills"  wrote in message
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> In article , "Gary Britt"

> wrote:
>>Another brilliant and highly inspirational speech.
>
> Who do you think is going to win the next election? Consider this:
> Bush can't stand. Normally, the VP would stand but Cheney has already said
> he won't. The party currently has no credible candidates coming up.
> Bush knows full well that the party is unlikely to win next time, so he's
> pushing his and his cronies' agenda through regardless and leaving the
> long-term consequences to be borne by the next administration. Party time
> for now but you're going to wake up after the next election with a hell of
> a
> hangover, having trashed your country, economy and international goodwill.
>
> It's pretty clear that Bush is on a mission to spread democracy as widely
> as
> possible by whatever means necessary, including military force. In what
> way
> is this different from the old USSR's mission to spread communism by
> whatever means necessary, including military force? (Let's leave aside
> debates about the relative ideological merits of democracy versus
> communism
> for now.)
>
> --
> Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
> It's ironic that people who are too smart to engage in politics
> are governed by people who are not as smart.

I disagree on the credible candidates. I expect there will be several
within the party ( None that I would like). I mean in 96 would
anyone have considered George Bush to be a credible candidate ? There will
be some serious problems to be addressed though. Domestically the debt,
Medicare etc

I wonder if the conservatives are as interested in spreading Democracy so
much as increasing our influence with lip service to democracy.

Bob Lewis

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