The Language of Betrayal

[Nancy Bauer/Dennis Perrin]

Leo Casey wrote:
>
>Since the defeat of Gore and the Democrats was an
>important political goal for you, which Bush policy do
>you look forward the most to see implemented:
>
>1. A constitutional amendment banning abortions?
>2. An end to affirmative action?
>3. 15 minute reviews before sending convicted
>prisoners to their deaths?
>4.  A generation of Scalias and Thomases on the
>Supreme Court and the federal bench?
>5. Reactionary, anti-labor hacks running NLRB, OSHA,
>etc.? Anti-public education hacks running the
>Department of Education? And so on.
>6. Replacement of federal aid to public schools with
>voucher money for private schools?
>7. Refusal to add "sexual orientation" into
>anti-discrimination and anti-hate crime laws?
>8. Tax breaks for the wealthy?
>9.  Massive additional spending on the military?
>10. An end to federal spending on the arts?

Well . . . under President Gore, we'd probably see implemented numbers 2, 3,
4, 7, 8, 9, 10 (this one would be VP Lieberman's fav). Under President Bush,
perhaps the same number, if not the same numbers. But Leo, please toss your
NARAL pamphlets that I'm sure you received before the election ("Emergency!
Emergency! Vote Gore Or Start Bending Your Hangers!"). Number 1 ain't gonna
happen; and if it does, you should rejoice, for that will begin the
destruction of the Republican Party. 

DP