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lsg@xroads.com (Lester S. Garrett) wrote:


>In fact the Republican claim to support the return of power to the
>states is little more than a mask for restricting federal government
>action in areas of their own preference while at the same time
>improperly supporting the expansion of federal power over the states
>in areas they want restricted irrespective of whether that restriction
>properly belongs at the federal, state, or local level.  In sum these
>self-same Republicans have no principled position whatsoever.  The
>good news is that Bob Dole will lose in no small part because the
>voters sense this hypocrisy, the bad news is, of course, that Clinton
>will be reelected.
>
> -={lsg}=-

  lester.. I think you're being too hard on the GOP.  At some time in
any process of analytical thinking one must come to some bottom line
of their personal value system.  The GOP hardly has a lock on
hypocracy... Look at how Clinton set himelf up as the high moral
ground, while abusing White House staff, doing cocaine, and shacking
up at the Wash,DC Mariott by coming thru the underground parking lot.
  He is the epitome of hypocracy. Thats why dozens of his cabinet
members have quit or resigned in disgrace. Their rhetoric didnt match
their standards. Stephanopolous will not serve again, neither will
Janet Reno, nor Leon Pannetta, perhaps because they dont want to have
their careers ruined by the Clintons. 
  Sure.. the GOP tries to restrict Federal Govt intervention in areas
where they believe the Feds have no business, like surveillance and
control of the Net, interference in a whole host of business areas,
some areas of environmental regulation, not to mention campaign
finance reform, etc.. just like the Democrats tried to implement their
ideas and restrict interference with massive and historically
corrupted and immensely wasteful social programs, welfare, food
lunches, federal housing, etc..
  I disagree with you completely that the GOP has no principaled
position whatever.. One need only listen to Gingrich to see how fair 
and articulate he is and how really good a politician he is to be able
to walk the fine line and try to satisfy both sides of the fence.  
  I got a personal letter from him today addressing the issue of HR
3396, The Defense of Marriage Act which Clinton  signed into law on
21 Sept 96, and which passed the House by a vote of 342 to 67. 
  I had written him about the report of a homosexual dance part which
was held in a Federal office bldg. He replied that it had taken place
far from federal property at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Wash. 
  Anyway.. HR 3396 allows the states to decided for themselves whether
homosexual partnerships should have the same legal standing as hetero
sexual marriages.  
   In view of his sisters lifestyle, I think he showed remarkable
restraint and sensitivity to this issue.. its a sensitivity I have not
seen nor ever heard of from the Clinton White House, which has lied to
us from day one.  I support completely the GOP attempt to keep control
of the House... its our final line of defense before becoming a police
state.  Bill Griffin - Roswell, Ga