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Re: Bush to wage war with Iraq to win Election

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From: Stupendous Man
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 05:10
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In article <8106.20716@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM>, lpb@florida.swdc.stratus.com writes:
> In article <holly.135@mailhub.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com> holly@mailhub.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com (Holly Wise) writes:
>>
>>How many of you netters think Bush will wage another war with Iraq (in the 
>>guise of protecting Kuwait) in order to win the November election?  Seems 
>>like it's the only way he can win since he doesn't seem to be doing much 
>>about the USA's economy.  
>>-----
>>holly@mailhub.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com
> 
> Of course IMHO. King George was quotaed as saying he will "do
> anything necessary" to get reelected. Starting a war is the
> perfect thing as historically it has been shown (i think..)
> that voters will vote to keep a war-time president...and if he

	Yeah, just ask Truman and Johnson.

> were to do this he could also invoke a national emergency,
> activating the list of executive orders one of which cancels
> the election (someone correct me if I'm wrong) 

	He could pretty much rule as a dictator...for a while.  But George
isn't that way.  He's too indecisive to carry through that kind of policy.

> ...and voila...we have King George in his record
> breaking 4th term!!! Why 4th?? He was vp for both Reegan
> terms......I believe it was Bush who called the shots...not
> Ronnie Raygun.

	Record breaking?  Hardly.  Forget about "President for Life" Roosevelt? 
And if you think Bush ran the Reagan Whitehouse you are sadly deluded.  Mr.
Baker probably had the most say of anyone during the past 11 1/2 years.

Brett                                                      
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From: demon@desire.wright.edu (Stupendous Man)
Date: 6 Aug 92 00:10:59 EST
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