The "character issue" is almost a joke. Bush's activities in the seventies has been eclipsed by the media and as far as what Clinton did, JFK and Lyndon did more. Bush accusing anyone of being a liar is the pot calling the kettle black. His characer references are specious at best.

The problem with finger pointing is the old adage, point a finger at someone and two fingers point back at you.

McGrath, you are right. Bush is not your nice guy next door. There may be a note of cynicism here, because he may purposely employ gramatical errors to appeal to those who pride themselves on this kind of ignorance. He's a Yale guy, the son of a well-heeled former president from Amherst and not the real Texas cowboy that he claims to be. Whose lyin' now?

I think that Bush runs a negative campaign not in the way he attacks Gore but by virtue of not offering any concrete ideas as to how to govern. He would govern by absentia. He'll destroy the public school system by cutting off taxes to pay for it, pull our troops out of other countries that are not in his national interest, throw the surplus to the military (back to $200 toilet seats) and a costly anti-ballistic system, help his oil buddies by reducing their taxes, set civil rights and affirmative action back, sabotage Roe Vrs.Wade, ignore the demands of gay people, and probably encourage the states in the death penalty to execute innocent black young men.

The question you have to ask about Bush's plan for education is "Is our children learning?"

Gore bumbled through the so-called debate but at least has a cogent agenda. His expertise in foreign policy has been developed through experience in Washington.

Frank