Matt G wrote: >> Perhaps someone wants to argue that GWB >> should *not* have to endure a half-hour >> with her, and maybe even that he's not >> accountable to her (or even the public).
Dan Minette wrote: > Why, because of her views, is half an hour > with her more important than half an hour > with her other son, or his father (both of > whom seem to think his death is a nobel > sacrifice). How about all the others within > a first degree of kinship (parent, child, > sibling)? Don't they have an equal right > to half an hour? That would be more than a > full time job for a year. *Her* views drove her to camp out in TX, which I don't recall anyone else doing. That has to have earned her something. There definitely should be some minimal show of resolve by those without the power to force an audience. Automatically assigning limited time to all comers is oviously not a practical solution. Do you really want to argue that since GWB doesn't have the time to see everybody, then he should see nobody? > He certainly seems to be acting that way. > He is accountable to the public; that's > what elections are for. He clearly won > the last one. So are you saying that the only time and place that a politician should be held accountable for his decisions is in the voting booth? Come on, you can do better than that. USA politics already don't work that way. Also, while we're at it, he won by what, 2% of the popular vote, at most? Isn't that a pretty good statement that total public support is tepid? It's certainly not a 65%+ carte blanche "mandate" to do whatever he wants. > Republicans also gained > seats in the House and Senate in 2004; > which indicates that the voting public > had a preference for the Republicans. > If that is changing, the 2006 elections > are only a little more than a year away, > and intelligent Republican congressmen > and senators should have a feel for which > way the wind is blowing. You would think that a sitting president would also be able to gague those same winds. GWB should have done something more than just avoid her, if simply to keep from geting his image tarnished too badly. He didn't have to be on the hook for anything, All he had to do was let her meet with him and then pretend to listen to and understand her grievances. Early enough and it could have defused her emotionally, he could have spun himself as being a compassionate politician, and deflated the political football we have today. -- Matt _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
