This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment MessageHi Alan, >> Bravo! Brilliant! Sadly, the people who need to read your comments, = thoughtfully, will not. And they know their arguments are bogus, anyway. = They just don't care about truth. Hatred blinds the terrorists. Hatred = blinds half our nation, too, it seems. That's the interesting thing. Usually political rhetoric *is* bogus -- = on both sides. The side out of power rails against the side in power, = using far-reaching statements that strain at the truth, if not = circumvent it altogether. Meanwhile the side in power chants a mantra = of far-reaching praises for their leader that are equally stretched. = What's more, both sides *realize* they are straining at the truth and/or = departing from it entirely. I've never seen an election year in which = this didn't happen -- until this one. As a friend of mine and I read through the very clever "Presidential = Resume," we were both struck by the facts that (1) as far as we knew, = nothing in it was untrue (* but anxiously awaiting Rob's rebuttal), and = (2) there were a few items we could think of that the author neglected = to include! It's truly amazing, when you add it all up! Yes, the = resume was somewhat redundant, perhaps stretching a list of, say, 35 = items to a list of, say, 50 items. However, nothing seemed incorrect = about it at first glance. While those discontented with the current leadership (including Dems, a = minority of Reps, Libertarians, all minorities, clergy, yada, yada, = yada) rattle off a series of understandable grievances, Bush supporters = shrug and say, "Yeah, but in times like these, I don't think anyone = could do any better." =20 Then do these Bush supporters spout off glowing praises of their = imperious leader? No. All they do is to grumble about Bush critics, = while muttering, "Lies, lies, all of it lies!" Tempered criticism of = those "damned Liberal Democrats" is about all I hear, if that. This is a very curious election year indeed. Other dynamics seems to be = surfacing -- those of guilt and good sportsmanship. Legitimate = criticisms of Bush are so glaringly obvious that pointing them out is = rather like hunting defenseless lions and tigers at the zoo. I think it = will be interesting to see how Kerry (?) plays his cards. He will of = course need to shoot those lions and tigers, but can he do it in a way = so as not to offend the people who cast their ballots for Bush in 2000? = I think there may be a sympathy factor for the defenseless animal caged = at the Whitehouse. Even though it may be a ravenous beast that has = killed thousands of people and brought ruin upon its captors, it may be = viewed with the same guarded sympathy as, say, Saddam Hussein. Remember = how pathetic that murderous monster looked as medics were examining it = for parasites? Bush is a quick learner and is using the same strategy = to garner sympathy, IMO. Remember how pathetic Bush looked when = defending his decision to invade Iraq? Notice the posture? The tilted = head? The tilt of his eyebrows? The tone of his voice? Brilliant! = Bravo! This may well evolve to be the first gentlemanly campaign in modern = history. Or it may be the same Jerry Springer slug-fest that prior = elections have been. This should be a *very* interesting election to = watch! Rob, as someone who values the truth, I would love to see what you found = about the claims on the resume. Dave, sorry about not deleting the lengthy text before replying. Very = bad form. I usually don't do that. Peace, Sarah Fiscal Conservative Social Liberal Independent Voter ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a2/5c/be/2b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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