From: sunder@altair.crhc.uiuc.edu (Srinivas Sunder)
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Subject: Re: Sen Gramm's Bile-Inducing Speech
Date: 20 Aug 1992 19:37:10 GMT
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In article <20AUG199213195948@zeus.tamu.edu>, mcs4041@zeus.tamu.edu (SHARAT SHEKHAR writes:
|>      As an international student here at Texas A & M Univ, I have absolutely 
|> nothing of cosmic significance at stake in this presidential election. I was, 
|> however outraged at Sen. Phil Gramm's tasteless keynote speech at the Repub-
|> lican National Convention at Houston on the 18th of August. I am specifically
|> referring to his statement that, Quote "...in any hut in any village on
|> this planet, one world leader is honored and loved above all others.
|> Spoken in a thousand dialects. His name is still George Bush" Unquote.
|>      Come on !!! This is the most egregious kind of right wing garbage that
|> the Republican party is notorious for spewing out in nauseating amounts. 
|> Let me assure anyone obtuse enough to beleive this nonsense (and beleive me, 
|> this campus has a plethora of smug uncritical Republicans who would quite 
|> fit the description) that there are several millions of "Third World Hut-
|> Dwellers" who couldnt give a damn if your president jumped off the Washinton 
|> Monument and smashed his thick skull.

Have you ever heard of hyperbole? I guess not. And how is the above "right-wing?"
Simply because it is spoken by a right-winger? Just asking. And how is the part
above tasteless? Boring, yes. Exaggerated, yes. But Tasteless? That part
about Presidents smashing skulls fits the description, but I didn't hear
ole Phil say that. 

Boy, you must really hate the guy! I guess though that there will be plenty of 
other Gramm-ites in Aggieland (I am not, being an ex-Longhorn).

|>      Moreover, for the Republican administration to be taking such a large
|> chunk of the credit for the downfall of communism in the Soviet Union is
|> as ridiculous as Boris Yeltsin taking credit for making George Bush
|> finally concentrate on domestic economic issues.

Maybe you ought to ask the Russians who THEY think deserves the credit. Sure,
Yeltsin will be on the list. But so will Reagan, and Bush. And where has Bush
been concentrating on domestic issues? Did I miss that?

|>      It is inappropriate for a respected senator to make such absurd statements
|> even at as partisan a forum as his party's Convention. Yes, Dr Gramm is an 

Youse obviously missed the Democratic Convention where Reagan and Bush were 
blamed for everything with the possible exceptions of JFK's and RFK's
assassinations. When one party goes to one extreme, expect the other to go
to the other extreme. It is not inappropriate. In fact, it is exactly what
they have conventions for -- toot your own horn, take credit for things that
you did or did not have any hand in doing, blame the other side for all that's
wrong, etc.



|> 					- Sharat Shekhar.

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Srinivas Sunder                                         sunder@crhc.uiuc.edu

If my employer shares these views, I'd be most surprised.
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