<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> <FONT size=3>As soon as we here in Florida elected a Republican gov (Jeb!) to go with our Republican leg., Ward Connerly came down to talk to the powers-that-be about ending affirmative action. </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>I read in today's paper: </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>"Ward Connerly is having second thoughts about leading a campaign against racial preferences in Florida." To quote Connerly,"If I were to make the decision today, it would probably be no. It has nothing to do with whether or not we could win, but whether we thing this state wants our attention [good example of Talmudic reasoning here] and resources rather than others that would be less troublesome." Speaking of Jeb! and the state repub. party, Connerly said,. "I'm getting a little bit stronger 'no's' from these dudes than I expected."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>Dudes?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>frances </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>