----- Original Message ----- From: "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:32 PM Subject: RE: [Brin-l] Re: Attack Iraq, Alone If We Must
> And this is different from the attacks people made on Bill Clinton during > his term, exactly how? Like how he had Vince Foster killed and other > patently absurd claims... I fully agree that the claims that Bush will start a war with Iraq for purely political reasons is about at that level. I've heard lotsa right wing idiots claim that Bill had a hit put on Vince Foster and ordered the plane carrying Ron Brown to crash. But, I don't remember JDG writing that. Now, to make a more nuanced statement; given the fact that Bush and the Republicans honestly believe that we need to go into Iraq, one might still say they are politicizing the process. If Iraq is not an issue in October, then the economy will be. That would favor the Democrats. So, it still behooves the Republicans to get as much political mileage out of Bush being the Commander in Chief as possible. Indeed, even someone as pure as Carter used foreign affairs for domestic political reasons (the Rose Garden strategy was used to keep from debating Ted Kennedy). Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
