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August 1, 2000

* The Republicans won't tell you that "compassionate" Bush is the nation's leading executioner.
*They won't tell you that Bush opposed hate crimes legislation in Texas.
*They won't tell you that he signed legislation to allow Texans to carry concealed weapons into churches.
*They won't tell you that Bush opposes laws that protect gays and lesbians from employment
*They won't tell you about Bush's appearance at Bob Jones University or his position on the confederate flag.
*They won't tell you that the man who wants to be the "education president" chose as his running mate a man who voted against creating the Department of Education.
*They won't tell you that Dick Cheney voted against affirmative action, against Head Start, against South African sanctions, against releasing Nelson Mandela from jail, against the Clean Water Act, against the Safe Drinking Water Act, against restrictions on cop-killer bullets, against restrictions on plastic guns that evade metal detectors, against the Equal Rights Amendment and against abortion even in cases of rape and incest.
*They won't tell you that Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has said that "Cheney's voting record was slightly more conservative than mine." You won't hear that from the stage in Philadelphia.

"Far too much weight has been placed on style instead of substance in this campaign. We've heard a lot about Dick Cheney's "moderate image" and George Bush's relative youthfulness. Dick Cheney may not look or sound like J.R. Ewing, but he's far more dangerous. And George W. Bush may not have been born in the "same generation as President Bush, but this is still his father's Republican Party.

"If Gov. Bush becomes president, you will see more tax cuts and corporate welfare for the wealthy and self-help speeches for the poor. We'll continue to spend more on prisons than schools. And we may get four new anti-choice, anti-affirmative action Supreme Court justices to rewrite the laws.

"No matter how much kinder and gentler the campaign may appear, if Bush and Cheney win, we're screwed."

(bulleting mine) Ebbie