The regs were initially proposed by the Repugs, under Eliz Dole's Secretaryship at Labor, during the reign of Bush I. --jks >though I don't want to get into this Nader/Gore >debate, it must be said that Clinton handled these >executive orders in his characteristically cute >and opportunistic way. He waited until the >election was over, so as not to upset donors, >then rushed the ergonomics and forest protection >rules through to protect his "legacy." Had >he put them in place a year before, the Repugs >couldn't easily have overturned them. You can't blame >Nader for this. > > Ellen > >Brad DeLong wrote: > > > >>Yet another blessing we have received from Ralph Nader... > > > >No, from Al Gore. If as many self-identified Democrats had voted for > >Gore as self-identified Republicans voted for Bush, W would still be > >governor of Texas. > > > >Doug > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com