From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: George Bush's STRONG message
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Date: 10 Aug 92 19:31:13 PST
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One of my liberal friends (I don't hold that against him :) called me on the
phone the other day.  He told me "Dan Quayle is going to be on C-SPAN for 1.5
hours and we (his roomates) are going to keep a count of the times he sticks
his foot in his mouth.  Should be GREAT comedy..."  So, I told him I would
watch, too, and call him later to see what his response to seeing Quayle
in person instead of a soundbyte or comedian's hate-sketch of him was.  When
I called, he told me he turned it off because he got bored.  Gee, Quayle didn't
stick his foot in his mouth even once? :)  Talk about an open mind... hmm?
I personally listen to Ted Kennedy speak when he does - or George Mitchell,
or most anyone...  I may not like what I hear :)  but I LISTEN.  The more IN
context, the better, IMO - hence my watching of 450 hours of C-SPAN in the
last year alone ...

Anyhow - to the thrust of this post!  Before the C-SPAN show started, they did
a 15-minute segment on George Bush and also showed TWO Ross Perot campaign ads
that were never aired.  The bulk of the Bush segment was excerpts from an
earlier televised C-SPAN taping of an interview he gave to USA Today.  And they
also showed TWO Bush campaign ads.  Bush is now campaigning for real - and he
has a compelling and powerful message that will get him elected...

From his interview segments, he made it clear that he is simply confident he
will beat Clinton (or Perot) - so much so that he hasn't felt the need to
campaign so far.  His words were "I am a fighter - I will respond to the
challenge."  His record of 30+ vetoes demonstrated to me his willingness to
fight (for the better or worse is debateable...).  He also promised to not
fight a sleazy campaign - if he can help it.  He did point out that it is
OK for Clinton and Gore to PILE IT ON and any kind of attack on their record
is seen as slinging mud.  He also pointed out that the American public IS
aware of the piling on that is going on - and judging from some of the recent
posts to this group, people ARE aware...

Bush HAS A STRONG MESSAGE, folks!  Congress is certainly going to have a huge
turnover - and frankly, this works in Bush's favor.  He is claiming to be
the element of change, along with the changed congress, that people seem to
be asking for.  He easily pointed to the several economic growth bills,
education reform bills, welfare reform bills, etc., that he has proposed and
that never got passed.  My 450 hours of C-SPAN (I watch the House in action,
mostly) supports his claim.  His message: "Now that you are giving me a new
congress - one with a mandate - I can get my good things done" is a compelling
reason to vote for the man - like it or not.  When he presents his already
existing plans to the public (this is something he MUST do) and asks the
public to give him a congress that will pass the plans, it will be hard
to deny him.  Of course, this is my opinion, and is reinforced by watching
the congress work - live, unedited, uncensored, without prejudiced media
comments and opinions interjected, etc.

In case you missed it...  Perot's two commercials were 60 secs and 90 secs long.
They were produced by a SF advertising firm.  The content and imagery was pretty
much the same:  pictures of people (particulary a BLACK man, btw) grabbing a
Perot for President button and putting it on.  Many of the images were simply
of tables full of Perot bumper stickers, buttons, and the likes.  And the ads
featured interview-like testimony by typical Perot supporters...  The appeal was
certainly to the "grass-roots" nature of the whole Perot phenominon...

The Bush commercials had two different looks to them.  They did not at all refer
to Clinton.  They spoke of Bush, the Man, Bush the President, and Bush's record
and qualifications.  Not an ounce of sleaze...  And for the record - I actually
saw one of the ads on CNN (a real-life-paid-for campaign ad) a few days earlier.

As for the Quayle segment - I did watch the whole thing.  It was Quayle traveling
through Ohio (coincidentally where the Clinton bus tour also went).  Wherever Quayle
went, he was cheered by thousands of supporters - equally as impressive as any
of the Clinton bus-tour stops.

Quayle gave a brief interview to one of the C-SPAN hosts on Air Force 2 on one
of the hops...  Of particular interest in the interview were two exchanges.  Quayle
was asked about his comments on the Larry King show - and Quayle said that he is
not pro-choice in any way at all.  He said that he hopes that the American people
appreciate his answering the hypothetical question with a hypothetical answer.
IMO, a TRUE politician would have dodged the question altogether...  And second,
Quayle was asked about his thoughts when he watches late night TV and sees the
kinds of (my words here) CRAP that is being said about him...  Quayle's answer was
that he and his wife actually laugh at the GOOD humor... but when the HATE "humor"
comes on, he just ignores it.  The job of VP is 2nd fiddle and the VP is always
going to be the butt of some jokes...

Look folks, I have no problem with people who feel Quayle is not qualified to
be VP.  I do have a problem with HATE crimes (yes HATE CRIMES) that he has
consistently been the target of.  I am saddened to see that sooo many people
accept these hate crimes and allow them to continue...  Again, this is MY
opinion...

To drag out some silly things that Quayle has said is fine humor - ALL great men
in history have many such silly things they've said.  But consider two great
baseball men: Dizzy Dean and Yogi Berra.  Both these men are Hall of Fame
members (among the top few hundred players EVER).  Both these men were far
less articulate than Quayle has been.  But being articulate isn't the only
qualification - nor the most important one (it did help Reagan significantly,
though).  To think that Quayle is a stupid person is like thinking that
Dean or Berra were stupid - I assure you that none of these men are stupid.
They may not put their brains in gear before engaging their mouths, though.
For the record:  Quayle is a college graduate and a graduate of a law school -
he is NOT stupid.

Watch for the Quayle/Gore debates.  Give BOTH men a chance - have an open
mind.  Listen to what they have to say!  Quayle is quick to point out many
similarities - both were elected to the house in 1976, both joined the senate
in 1984, both are the same age, both have similar family situations...  And
Quayle claims they are friends - they played basketball together at the house
Gym, etc...  Yet the DIFFERENCE between the two were their VOTING RECORDS
in congress.  I prefer the way Quayle voted FAR better than the way Gore
voted - Gore has a LOT to defend.

So, I have given you something to think about and to watch for in the
upcoming campaign.  Tell me if I am clairvoyant or what! :)

--
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Sega Genesis programmer of: Dick Tracy and Marble Madness.
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