On 04-08-98, ROBERT CRAFT declared to ROBERT PLETT:
RC> RP> Well, lessee... Bush Sr. virtually destroyed Reagan's
RC> RP> legacy by the end of his first term. It was Bush who
RC> RP> pushed the idea of a Republican "big tent", the fruits of
RC> RP> which we see still ripening. Both Bush Sr. & Bush Jr.
RC> RP> pushed for continuing party support of pro-PBA candidates,
RC> RP> as did Dole, BTW. Near as I can tell, Bush Jr. is just
RC> RP> like his Dad.
RC>::sigh:: There is a considerable difference between
RC>"supporting" someone and refusing to ban them. Let's not
RC>confuse the two. Just because I don't agree to the
RC>deportation of Jesse Jackson hardly means that I support
RC>his platform. It just means that I believe he's entitled to
RC>the same due process as someone with whom I do agree.
Nice spin, but let's be clear about what it was they lobbied for,
Robert.  It wasn't about banning someone; they lobbied for continued
party funding and support of political figures who favor the PBA.  The
resolution they opposed did not involve kicking anybody out of the
party, merely the withholding of support, an action more mild than the
party's actions with respect to David Duke and others like him who have
cropped up since.  As far as I'm concerned, there's a real moral problem
with leaders who cannot comprehend the PBA as at least equal in outrage
to racism, a failing not just of the Bush family, but the entire
Republican party leadership as reflected by the RNC vote they lobbied
to achieve.
RC> RP> IMO, we have people like the Bush family to thank for the
RC> RP> Republican party's retreat from conservatism and its turn
RC> RP> to embracing ideas long fought against.
RC>Hyperbole and histrionics. Were the Bush's crowned?
Your response is more hyperbole and histrionics than my statement.  Read
it again.  I said people *like* them, not just them.
Perhaps you're a proponent of Bush's "big tent", embraced from the start
by the Republican leadership, and find contentment with the track the
Republican party is on, but I sure don't.
Bob     /\-/\   - proud Ilk   homebody@galstar.com
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