From: crosmun@crosmun.rtp.dg.com (William Crosmun)
Subject: Re: The Bush Lexicon (was: Re: The Clinton Lexicon)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 21:01:38 GMT
Organization: Data General Corporation, RTP, NC.

In article <1992Oct11.033647.15838@news.ysu.edu> ae642@yfn.ysu.edu (Kelley Miller) writes:
>
>In a previous article, crosmun@crosmun.rtp.dg.com (William Crosmun) says:
>
>>Inspired by a cartoon in Reason Magazine.
>>
>>What he says.                          What he means.
>>
>>The rich must pay their fair share.    I'm going to raise taxes.
>>We must invest in America.             I'm going to raise taxes a lot.
>>I have a plan to revitalize America.   I'm going to raise taxes so high it'll 
>>					  make your ears bleed.
>>The Republicans are raising that       I haven't figured out a good story
>>   issue because they're desperate.       to tell yet.
>>
>
>OK, now Bush...
>
>	...what he says...			...what he means...
>
>Read my lips, no new taxes...			The second highest tax 
>						increase in history.
>
>Bill Clinton should come clean with the         I have no record to run on... 
>American people...
>
>Bill Clinton is the failed governor of a        I _REALLY_ have no record to
>small state...					run on.
> [etc.]

Fair enough.  Let's talk about the Bush record.  Seems to me that the Bush
record consists of 
  a) The Budget Agreement of 1990 
  b) The Clean Air Act
  c) The Handicapped Rights Act
  d) The Civil Rights Act of 1991
  e) The "No Net Loss of Wetlands" Policy
  f) The war on drugs
  g) The Gulf War/Middle East Peace Conference
  h) The Thomas and Souter nominations to the Supreme Court

a) The Budget Agreement.  Bush had a choice when coming up with his 1990
budget.  Since Defense and Social Security were off limits to Gramm-Rudman
cuts, he had to either raise taxes or cut the rest of the budget by 40% in
order to comply.  He chose to raise taxes.  I think he made a mistake and
should have cut spending, but I'm a conservative Replublican who believes
that government spends too much already.  What's your problem with it?

b) The Clean Air Act.  The most sweeping environmental legislation since the
original Clean Air Act.  Not only that, but it even tries a radical approach
to regulation, by allowing companies to sell pollution permits among each
other, letting those who can reduce pollution most effectively do so, and
reducing the cost of pollution reduction.  I think this was a mistake that
gives us 10 pounds of cure for a 1 pound problem, but I'm a conservative
Republican who believes that we have too much regulation as it is.  What's
your problem with it?

c) The Handicapped Rights Act.  Another case of sweeping legislation that
will require every business to take steps to allow access to handicapped
customers, and employees.  It mandates handicapped access to every area of
American society.  I think this was a mistake that requires business to 
spend a lot of money creating accesses on the off chance that a handicapped
person might need them, and that this is just an invitation to litigation, but
I'm a conservative Republican who thinks we are too suit happy as it is.
What's your problem with it?

d) The Civil Rights Act of 1991.  Remember, before this act passed, the
courts were moving away from the "disparate impact" theory of racial
discrimination that made it more difficult to prove discrimination and to
collect damages for it.  I think this was a mistake requiring business to
hire by quota in order to avoid litigation, but I'm a conservative Republican
who doesn't believe in quotas.  What is your problem with it?

e) The "No Net Loss of Wetlands" Policy.  Defines 90% of the US as a wetland
and engages the EPA to protect it.  I think it's a mistake that defines too
much questionable land as a wetland, and abuses the right of property owners,
but I'm a conservative Republican who believes we have too much government
interference in property decisions anyway.  What's your problem with it?

f) The war on drugs.  No one can deny that drug abuse is a big problem for
drug addicts, and that the crime associated with the drug trade is tearing
this country apart.  Bush has tried to bring the power of the Federal
Government to bear on eliminating this problem and making life better for the
rest of us.  I think it's a mistake that has been more of a war on civil
liberties than on drugs, but I'm a conservative Republican who believes that
what you do in the privacy of your own home is no business of Washington.
What's your problem with it?

g) The Gulf War/Middle East Peace Conference.  We all know how we feel about
the Gulf War.  I think he made a mistake by ending it when he did, but he
refused to leave the allied armies in harm's way after his objectives had
been met, but I'm a conservative Republican who expects Saddam to re-occupy
Kuwait during the first week of a Clinton presidency.  What's your problem
with it?

h) The Thomas and Souter nominations.  Bush has tried to find judges who will
be approved by Congress and who will refrain from legislating from the bench.
Thomas has a better record on this than Souter but both leave much to be
desired. On the other hand, we can blame the Senate Judiciary Committee for
creating a situation where only mediocrities stand a chance of being
confirmed.  I'm a conservative Republican who believes that Thomas was a good
choice, Souter a bad one, and the that the system sucks. What's your problem
with them?

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From: daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 15:42:29 GMT
Subject: Re: Amazing Grates (WAS Re: A Technical Request)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA