From: ipser@solomon.technet.sg (Ed Ipser)
Subject: Face it, Republicans, Bush doesn't DESERVE to be reelected!
Summary: Don't throw your vote away on Bush just because he's not a Democrat.
Organization: TECHNET, Singapore
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 05:03:49 GMT

In article <1992Oct15.095005.16829@hemlock.cray.com> rja@mahogany126.cray.com (Russ Anderson) writes:
>
>        BUSH DOES NOT MERIT REELECTION
>        by Arthur B. Laffer 
>
>  George Bush has not earned the right to be reelected.  His performance
>  has been poor across a wide range of presidential tasks.  It's time
>  for a new broom to sweep the country clean.
>
>  In my opinion, the issue is not whether Bill Clinton did or did not
>  misuse the Selective Service system or whether he had an affair or
>  whether he smoked marijuana.  Any cursory review of U.S. presidents
>  demonstrates beyond the shadow of a doubt that their prior behavior
>  has no bearing whatsoever on their performance as president.
>
>  Jack Kennedy as a senator and congressman wasn't very good.  And yet
>  he was a truly great president because of his tax cuts and strong 
>  defense posture.  Lyndon Johnson went the other way.  Ronald Reagan,
>  the biggest tax increaser as governor of California, was unquestionably
>  the best president of this century because of his tax cuts and "Star
>  Wars" defense program.  Right-winger Richard Nixon opened up Red China,
>  raised taxes and put on wage and price controls.  The record is full
>  of presidential suprises.
>
>  The biggest suprise of all is George Bush.  Based upon what he had
>  accomplished, he had to be a great president.  He had the best resume
>  in town and turned out to be a dud.  Who knows what Clinton will be
>  like?  The record is full of suprises.
>
>  But what we do know is what Bush will be like.  Once the pattern has
>  been formed, presidents don't stray very far.
>
>  With the performance of the economy going the way it has, you would 
>  think that maybe one of his economic advisers would have been replaced 
>  in the past four years.  But Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady, Budget
>  Director Richard Darman and Michael Boskin, chairman of the Council of
>  Economic Advisers, still reign supreme.  Jack Kemp, who really does
>  have good ideas, has been silenced at the Department of Housing and
>  Urban Development.
>
>  If the truth be known, the Republican ticket would be greatly improved
>  if Dan Quayle had dropped Bush.  Dan Quayle is good, but has been 
>  miscast by the Bush people.
>
>  One of the silliest things I've heard coming out of this campaign is 
>  that Darman was correct when he told Bush in 1988 not to make the
>  "read-my-lips" pledge.  The pledge was the right thing to do.  Not 
>  keeping that pledge was the wrong thing to do.  Bush still doesn't
>  get it.
>
>  Lots of other issues can be enumerated, from the collapse of the 
>  economy to Saddam Hussain's continued rule in Baghdad.  Sure, Bush has
>  had some bad luck as he had at the state dinner in Tokyo.  But, all
>  in all, Reagan gave him a beautiful economy and a world order where
>  the United States was No. 1.  It was Bush's opportunity to lose.  And
>  he really lost it.
>
>  As governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton was above average.  He had an
>  undistinguished career, but never came close to being as bad as, say,
>  Jim Florio of New Jersey or Lowell Weicker of Connecticut.  Clinton
>  should do a far better job than Bush has done.  But, then again, that's
>  not saying much.  
>
>  The final point is that, if Clinton screws up the country, you'll get
>  a great GOP president in 1996 the likes of Kemp or Quayle.  If Bush
>  wins you'll get a rotten four years and by 1996 you'll still have
>  nothing to look forward to.
>
>  ---------
>        Arthur B. Laffer, a member of former President Ronald Reagan's
>        economic policy advisory board, is chairman of a research and 
>        consulting firm.  He wrote this article for Newsday.
>        Reprinted in Minneapolis Star Tribune, Thursday October 15, 1992.
>
>-- 
>Russ Anderson    |  Disclaimer: Any statements are my own and do not reflect
>------------------              upon my employer or anyone else.  (c) 1992
>EX-Twins' Jack Morris, 10 innings pitched, 0 runs (World Series MVP!)


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