>Hi mark,
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>I'm not trying to heat this up. I'm only a foreigner expressing his view on the situation in the US..... Nothing more, nothing less..
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>>>From the local news I understand that Bush accused Gore about being a bad loser. Well I want to see him if he was in the same position. I think Bush would be even a worse loser. Give me a break.
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>>Not by a long shot. Typically in this country, the Democrats play the race cards, use fear tactics in their speeches, perpetuate class envy, target the right people for tax relief, etc. Bush rightly thinks all people are the right people. Be careful who you blame for being divisive.
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>I have no info on that kind of information, but it seems to me that any democrat would express an entire other view...
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>hmmm, about tax relief, Do you remember: "Read my lips, No more taxes" ??

And he paid for it by being defeated in the next election. This is irrelevent with regard to his son's campaing.

>>>Besides this, many of us europeans don't understand why Bush is that popular:
>>>- He did nothing of any importance before he was 40.
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>>Nothing was made of Gore lying about smoking marijuana well into his 20s. Gore has done nothing in the private sector so one could assert he is clueless about living in the real world. He was raised in Washington DC while his dad was a US Senator. Contrary to popular belief Government does NOT create jobs. All Gov't can do is create an atmosphere conducive to economic growth.
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>Well in this case the US would the only country in the world that does not create jobs.....

Philosophically, no gov't creates jobs. They may hire people to perform gov't functions, but, to clarify, gov't does not create private sector jobs, their policies only affect the atmosphere for job creation.

>>He no longer drinks any alcoholic beverages. See Gore marijuana problem above.
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>I must have missed that one....
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>>>- He was being rude at a journalist in public
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>>Not true. He was talking in private to his Vice-Presidential running mate when someone intruded on and overheard the conversation. His right to privacy at that moment was infringed upon.
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>But it sure shows his true color...

No, just his opionion about a particular person who was behaving poorly. Just because I comment to a collegue that someone is being a jerk does not make me a bad person. You are painting with too big a brush.

>>>- He can't seem to get the words out right
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>>And he pokes fun at himself about his faults and sincerely tries to correct and learn from his mistakes. Gore denies all his.
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>Gore denies bushes mistakes ??

Gore denies Gore's. Please...

>>>- He does not have the intellect, intelligence and experience Al Gore has.
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>>He has the experience of governing a State that if it were its own coutry would have one of the top 10 [I believe 5th] largest economies in the world. I judge the abilitiy of a person to govern by their ability to unite and surround themselves with the highest quality advisors and Cabinet members. Gore and the Democrats have preached the politics of envy and divisiveness. Bush has campaigned [and practiced in Texas] the politcs of uniting and inclusion.
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>>>- He is a forestander of the death penalty though it is proven that are numerous cases where the prove of guilt is at least doubtfull and the judgement seems to be based on race or other ethnical status.
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>>No. Race or other status has nothing to do with whether or not someone committed murder.
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>That's true. But the getting the death penalty for it certainly does...

Another ridiculous arguement. You get the death penalty if a jury of your peers determines you are guilty of murder during the commission of another felony [at least in Texas].

>>That is a totally ridiculous arguement perpetuated primarily by race-baiters who are typically Liberals looking for media coverage.
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>That are your words and not mine. Neither you or me can give an object view on this one. I expressed my view, you did yours. I guess the majority has to decide who's right. However from the news we get over here, I think I can safely say that most europeans find the death penalty discusting, epsecially if there is any doubt about the fairness of the juridical system.

I will take the fairness of our legal and appeals systems over anyone else's any day. Overall, this country is too lenient on criminals and gives them too many chances to avoid prison time.

>>There has been no credible offering of reasonable doubt of guilt or valid proof of the innocence of anyone executed in Texas. There have been many causes blown up in the media by celebrities and special interest groups, but none could produce credible evidence. They only played upon people's emotions.
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>Again this your view on this, not mine.
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>>As the highest elected official of the State, Bush is legally sworn to uphold ALL the laws of this State, not just the ones he likes. The same can not be said about our current President and Vice-President.
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>Another biased argument, I don't see facts here. For every fact you could bring up here, a democrat could get a counter one. Don't get me wrong, I don't even know the big differences between democrats and republican, and I sure can't tell to what party Reagan, Bob Dole, Carter, Nixon etc. belonged to. Sure is that i've seen quite a few scandals of Us presidents and I don't believe they all were democrats. I'm merely arguing about the persons themselves.

No. That is a fact. We call it the Oath of Office. Usually the highest court judge swears in the Governor or President. This has nothing to do with political party. Every Governor and President has to swear [promise] to faithfully uphold and execute all the laws of the land.

>>>From our standpoint, this only can happen in the US......
>>... God Bless America! I would live no place else.
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>God bless America, let it stay at the other end of the ocean !
>No kidding, Sure I respect anyones opinion, but let's not drive on emotions.

I am not driven by emotion here. I have plainly stated numerous facts typically based on our laws.

>Walter,