The Publisher's Page BY HAROLD T. BECK

SEPTEMBER 23 - SEPTEMBER 29, 2000

SEPTEMBER 29, 2K          

What they think out here

After nine hours of driving we settled in at the Holiday Inn for the night. I was bushed and needed a drink. We found our way down to a cozy little bar and began to unwind.

Columbia, aside from being the State Capitol of South Carolina, is the home of Fort Jackson, a large Army training center for new recruits. Yesterday was graduation day. The hotel was full of uniforms and shaved heads.

The bartender was busy trying to find the FSU - Maryland game and the two tables behind me were talking politics. She joined in the conversation and made a particularly unkind remark about George Bush.

"I don't know where all his patriotism comes from. He isn't any better than Clinton. He's a draft dodger, too."

"Wow," I thought to myself. "That's a good way to get a bar room brawl going." 

But nothing happened. It seemed the two tables agreed with her as did other tables behind them. The gun issue popped up. Again someone blasted Bush.

"How is this guy leading in the polls?" I asked myself.

"He's saying what his father is telling him to say," one woman added. "He isn't smart enough to keep the thought."

When I looked at Sharyn it was as if she could read my mind. "Stay out of it, Bud," she said to me.

I assured her that I would. "This is great stuff for tomorrow's column."

She reminded me that with all the new readers from all over I should take the middle ground and be politically correct. 

Me politically correct? Get real!

The man to Sharyn's right looked over at me. "I hate politics," he said. "I wouldn't even vote if that guy wasn't running. I have to vote just to vote against him." He went on to explain that he was from Florida. "It seems like him and his brother, Jeb, are in a contest to see how many they can kill." He was referring to the death penalty.

The waitress joined in and agreed with him.

"I agree with capital punishment, but he is out of control. He has killed more people than anyone else in this country and he wants us to make him our President. Something is wrong."

I really couldn't believe what I was hearing. Not even in the Bradford Hotel did they have grass roots political conversations like that. It was unbelievable.

"What do you do for a living?" the bartender asked me.

I explained that I wrote a daily internet column, had several web sites, sold books, and published a quarterly magazine. 

She gave me that old raised eyebrow and I knew I had better watch my step with her.

"What are you doing in town?" she asked obviously not trusting anyone even remotely associated with the media.

"Just passing through," I said. "We are on our way back to Pennsylvania."

Then I caught: ".......the guy's a drunk. He's admitted it."

Then I finally joined in: "I only hold it against him that he admitted it. He has put a whole lot of pressure on the rest of us!"

I got a laugh. I really got a laugh! And it made the bartender smile, too. I felt more comfortable. 

Instead of going into the dining room to eat, we ordered a bunch of appetizers and some ribs at the bar. Sharyn and I listened to the banter about Bush and Gore. There didn't seem to be a Bush supporter in the room. And before it was over, we were feeding some of the new graduate warriors the munchies we had left over. As usual, and as usual lately, my eyes were much larger than my stomach.

For some reason I was unusually funny last night. I got a few great lines in and got some good laughs. People seemed to like me. Even when we left, they wanted us to stay for one more drink.

I thanked them all and shook their hands. I told them I had to get up early, answer my mail and write. I wished them all well and left by giving them a famous salute.

"Peace through superior fire power!" I said throwing my arm out in Richard Nixon style. And as I did the room clapped.

"Gosh," I said to Sharyn as we walked back to our room. "They liked me." Then it dawned on me and I immediately told my wife what I realized.

Imitating Nixon in my best Nixon voice I said to her: "Sharyn. If I had it to do all over again, I'd burn those tapes."

"What?" she asked.

I just laughed and about that time we were at our room. I began reciting his farewell address and shaking my head pretending I had the jowls he had.

"You've been gone from home too long," she said. "Two weeks is too long for you to be off the hill. You're getting weird."

And to that I replied: "Weird Harold. That has a ring to it. Maybe it will catch on. We can change the name of the column to Talking with Weird Harold. I love it."

"You're too much," she said. I had to agree. 

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As I sit down to write this warm Thursday morning, 
I am still at St. Pete Beach, Florida. The sun isn't up yet. It is  4:44 A.M. and the waves of the Gulf are beating on the shore outside our room. I want to welcome our new readers - a half million of you, to our on line commentaries. You'll get used to my early hours at the computer. It is great to have you with us today.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2K          

You can’t have it both ways

Good morning from sunny Florida. We head on over to Daytona Beach today and hope to have dinner tonight with some loyal readers and former Bradfordians. It is truly interesting traveling around and seeing what is out here.

For the benefit of our new readers we live in a relatively small area. The City of Bradford really isn’t a city, or it shouldn’t be. You need ten thousand in population to be a city and in 1990 they counted the prisoner population at FCI McKean (actually located in Lafayette Township) to make it. And then the entire county, McKean County, is just a tad over 48,000 people. There are way more trees than people.

We had our heyday when oil was king and the timber industry was unrestricted. The big oil companies have since sold off their interests and moved away. Independent oil producers still remain, and they make a decent living, but the days of big oil are gone. Now a lone, independent refinery remains taking the pure Pennsylvania paraffin based oil and converting it into motor oil.

As a result, not much new industry comes to town. Outrageously high taxes and elected officials who pay lip service to economic development stand in the way of anything new or good for the area.

We were in Birmingham, Alabama the other night. Sharyn was attempting to describe where we lived to a young man who was tending bar at our hotel.

“Oh!” he exclaimed. “You must have a Wal-Mart and half the town works there. Small towns love Wal-Mart.”

“Not exactly,” Sharyn said. And she went on to explain how Wal-Mart wants to come to town but one of the County Commissioners is standing in the way.

I made a joke out of it. I laughed and explained that they literally wanted to build the new store in his front yard.

“Oh,” the young man said, immediately understanding the lay of the land. “Put it in someone else’s front yard, not mine.”

“Exactly,” I said. I went on to explain that the County Commissioner who is fighting Wal-Mart was spouting all kinds of words for new jobs and more business when he was running. Now he claims he is a private citizen when he is opposing Wal-Mart. I wondered aloud how you can do that?

“Sounds to me that this guy is a real liar and a phony,” the young man said.

“You got it,” I said. “That is exactly what Jim Weaver is.”

Wal-Mart makes the news all over the nation. In yesterday’s paper there was a story about a town in Minnesota suing them because their prices were so low other stores couldn’t compete. I wondered if they built their store a little too close to a county commissioner’s house? Or, did one of the officials own one of the stores affected? I am sure there is a story similar to ours to go with the short I read.

Anyway, Sharyn and I began accumulating some information on Wal-Mart. As we were, one of our readers sent us exactly what we were looking for.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: Newsstand: Economic Impact
• Economic Impact Information Fiscal Year Ending 01/31/2000 for the State of
PENNSYLVANIA

WAL-MART STORES 47
SUPERCENTERS   27
SAM'S CLUBS 18
DISTRIBUTION CENTERS   3
ASSOCIATES EMPLOYED   30,800
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT   $4.7 million  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
•IN-STATE SUPPLIERS   3,343
TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT WITH IN-STATE SUPPLIERS/VENDORS   $2.4 billion  
TOP 5 IN-STATE VENDORS:  
Warner-Lambert Products
Parke-Davis
Tone Brothers
Rose Art Industries, Inc.
Jerry Leigh

• TOTAL STATE AND LOCAL TAXES PAID       $43 million  
• SALES TAXES COLLECTED AND REMITTED   $159 million  

Notes:
1. Total state and local taxes paid include real estate, personal property, other taxes and license, unemployment, use, and state income taxes.  
2. Sales taxes collected and remitted are state and local sales tax collected by Wal-Mart and remitted to government authorities.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc: Newsstand: Wal-Mart at a Glance
Wal-Mart Data Sheet
• Last update: August 31, 2000

Wal-Mart Stores   1,749
Supercenters           825
SAM'S Clubs            469 clubs
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets 12 stores
Wal-Mart International 1,037 units
Distribution Centers 62 locations
Sales: For the month of August $14.5 billion - 11.6% increase over the same period last year; same store sales were 5.7% for August.  

•Community Involvement

In 1999, Wal-Mart gave more than $163 million dollars to Children's Miracle Network hospitals, United Way agencies and local non-profit organizations.

• United Way
Since 1983, Wal-Mart and SAM'S Club have been in partnership with the United Way. Through the Wal-Mart Foundation, associate contributions are matched dollar for dollar, effectively doubling the total contribution. 100% of the money associates contribute goes to their local United Way including the match amount.

In addition to matching associate contributions, Wal-Mart and SAM'S Club support the United Way in other important ways. At each Wal-Mart or SAM'S Club grand opening, a check is presented to a local United Way agency. Wal-Mart and SAM'S also share a special tie with the Salvation Army as a national sponsor of the holiday kettle campaign. The Salvation Army collects millions of dollars in front of Wal-Mart stores and SAM'S Clubs each year.

United Way agencies also receive funds throughout the year through the Community Matching Grant programs. And local American Red Cross chapters receive financial help from Wal-Mart and SAM'S Club during natural disasters.

• The Community Matching Grant Program
The Community Matching Grant Program is the largest program funded by the Wal-Mart Foundation. This program involves fundraising efforts by a 501(c)(3) organization at their local Wal-Mart or SAM'S Club with the participation and support of the associates and partners at that location. After approval for fundraising, Wal-Mart will match up to $2,000 of the funds raised at the Wal-Mart or SAM'S Club location.

Organizations qualifying for the Matching Grant Program are 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations or organizations that are exempt from needing 501(c)(3) status, such as public schools, churches, and government agencies.

To learn more about receiving a grant from your local Wal-Mart or SAM'S Club, please see the Community Involvement Coordinator at the location closest to you.

• Habitat for Humanity
Under this program, associates volunteer their time and know-how to communities where Wal-Mart stores are located. In addition, Habitat receives support from Community Matching Grants and Volunteerism Always Pays. Over 1997 and 1998, Wal-Mart provided the funding to build 40 homes in local communities.

• Disaster Relief
During times of natural disaster, the Wal-Mart Foundation provides community disaster relief funds to our locations to grant to the local American Red Cross chapters. Wherever there is a Wal-Mart or SAM'S Club location, the Wal-Mart Foundation will provide a cash donation to the American Red Cross for immediate relief for our customers who we serve in disaster areas.

• Corporate Sponsorship -- In 1999, Wal-Mart gave more than $29 million to Children's Miracle Network, making the company the largest corporate contributor for the eighth consecutive year. Wal-Mart also pledged more than $20 million to the United Way.

• Economic Development -- Wal-Mart, through its Sam Walton Business Leader Awards, American Hometown Leader Awards, and Economic Development Grants program, contributes more than $3 million in grants annually to support communities across America.

• Education -- Wal-Mart awarded approximately 3,000 scholarships in 1999 to deserving high school seniors totaling more than $8.4 million.

• Environmental -- Wal-Mart gave more than $1 million in Wal-Mart Environmental grants to community recycling and environmental education programs in 1999.

Then he added:

In closing, by now you are aware that many of the above listed Community Involvement programs potentially could integrate/supplement with our existing programs in place in the Bradford area.

I hope I shed more light on a subject that could hit close to home.....

Areas like ours that have little shopping to speak of, that have no tax base left, thrive when a Wal-Mart comes to town. When elected officials like Jim Weaver vocally oppose anything that is good for an area it is a travesty and not in the best interest of all the people.

You can’t have it both ways. You can’t represent the people only part of the time and yourself the rest. There is no such thing as wearing a County Commissioner cap and a private citizen cap at different times. When you are elected you wear that cap twenty-four hours a day and there are no excuses when you don’t. You aren't a State employee any more. You supposedly work for the people.

Jim Weaver needs to get with it, or get out.

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Good morning. It is 77 degrees at 5:57 A.M. in lovely St. Pete Beach, Florida. The sun isn't up yet and the waves of the Gulf are beating on the shore outside our room. Sharyn and I are still on the road having a ball. I want to welcome our new readers - nearly a half million of you, to our on line commentaries. It is great to have you with us today.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2K

One big party

When we checked into the Sheraton in New Orleans we stopped at the desk of Concierge. Sharyn and I have found that they are very helpful when it comes to finding places in the particular city we are visiting. Last Thursday was no exception.

We were looking for a good seafood restaurant. What we got was more than we hoped. We got a great seafood restaurant! And it was the lady working at the Concierge desk who made the recommendation.

She had given us several choices but when I asked her which one she preferred, she highlighted her favorite.

 

Located inside the French Quarter on Conti is Andrew Jaeger’s HOUSE OF SEAFOOD. It is an informal and very warm restaurant. You get that feeling the moment you walk through the door and are greeted by Colin Tyler, the manager. Attired in a tuxedo and black tie, the tall handsome young man generates the warmness that typifies the whole establishment.

The HOUSE OF SEAFOOD is owned by Andrew Jaeger, the son of a German father who always wanted his own beer garden and an Italian mother who tolerated the alcohol as long as they served food. He grew up in the food business and in his autobiographical cook book (New Orleans Seafood Cookbook, $19.95 ISBN 1-58008-064-2) he recalls that he grew up in a playpen in the restaurant and believed all children had waitresses walking by tousling their hair. Andrew is the lead chef in his restaurant and cooked for us two of the three nights we dined there.

From the moment you are seated you are treated to excellent service and fine music. Ellen Smith is backed up by a three piece band that is as good as you will find anywhere.

And do they put on a show! When Ellen sings Shine the whole house rocks.

Now keep in mind that when Sharyn and I find a place that we like, we work that place to death. We did it last year in Lancaster and Ocean City, and our trip to New Orleans was no different. We dined, partied, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves at the HOUSE OF SEAFOOD on three consecutive nights – Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The food is outstanding – as good as you will find anywhere. Most are original creations by Chef Andrew Jaeger and I am hungry now as I remember how good they were.

One of the highlights of the entertainment is the staff at the HOUSE OF SEAFOOD. Aside from keeping track of customer seating, helping out with drinks, carrying trays and hundreds of other unnoticed tasks, Colin Tyler also sings. He did just that when he got up and sang on Saturday night and got the place going.

            

He was joined by Sherry Legaux, a miniature Dianna Ross who brought the place to its feet. And did it rock on Saturday.

Back for the second night in a row was a group from Hustler Magazine, in New Orleans attending the IA 2000 Convention. Terry Flynt feasted as the crowd admired some of his loveliest models. Binaca and Bunny were two of them and they got up and partied with the rest of us.

Colin took the time to introduce Terry Flynt and Hustler Magazine. He also introduced a photographer from Rolling Stone. Later, after the introductions, Penthouse Magazine entered and sat to our immediate right. Believe me, there was no comparison. While the Penthouse ladies were pretty, they stayed at their table and did not join in with the rest of the crowd. That group from Hustler made the night for everyone who was there.

At first no one realized the group of men in the back of the restaurant were having a bachelor party. Todd Bradshaw was going to be married in a week. When the girls from Hustler were told what they were there for they went all out and gave him one heck of a time. If his future wife could have seen him. Oh boy!

Binaca was magnificent. Strikingly tall and beautiful, she was also warm and friendly. Sharyn commented over and over about how nice she was.

Here she is having some girl talk with Ellen Smith. Terry Flynt is to their right.

And she knew how to party, too.

She was accommodating and very lovely. A genuine and wonderful lady for sure.

It was a night for beautiful women, great music, and exquisite food.

Only in New Orleans and especially only at the HOUSE OF SEAFOOD.

Would I go back? You bet I would. I wouldn’t miss it for the world. This is the best of the best and on Saturday night, it was memorable and I will not forget it soon. Your comments are welcome at editor@mlrmag.com.

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SEPTEMBR 26, 2K

The world is out here

Good morning. It is 78 degrees at 5:34 A.M. It looks like another perfect day in paradise.

You don't have any idea what it is like sitting here and reading The Bradford Error. It is laughable. Really laughable.

Aside from the Error itself, the news could almost be a segment on a weekly comedy show. The two major headlines on line today are: Jubelirer: Slocum won't be effective legislator;and: Water authority not pleased with contractor. Pretty important news.

You may have noticed that I have stayed out of the Slocum fray. I have done that because I don't see it as anything of any major importance. Slocum, Scarnati, it really doesn't make any difference. If Slocum would win, Jubelirer would be the first one welcoming him back and don't kid yourself that he wouldn't. If anyone has divided the vote and handed the seat over to Joe Calla, it is Jubelirer and the other Republicans. He is a phony and a hypocrite just like the rest of them. On the other hand, you really have to respect Emory Mahan, a really good guy in his own right, for staying the course with Slocum.

As for the Water Authority not being pleased, so what? Stewart Mechanical is cleaning up someone else's mess. Why was the authority using someone outside of the area in the first place? But isn't that so typical of Bradford!

The world is out here and it is wonderful!

Today is Kim's birthday. She will be twenty-four or twenty-two or something like that and we are going to a little party for her at noon before everyone goes to work. Here is a picture of Kim and Sam Stone goofing around last night.

The point is that when you move away from a picture you can see it all. Unfortunately, all too many people back in Dogpatch don't understand that one simple concept. They are there staring at one tiny part of the picture and missing everything else. And while the local people who read me every day call what I write as negative, the former local people long since moved away who read me understand. So many of them write and tell me that nothing has ever changed and they doubt that it ever will. I am inclined to agree.

As long as the lines of authority are kept in place and no one dare cross them, the system works properly. Larry Shields can shut off everyone's water and you know what - it doesn't affect the rest of the world. Out here no one cares. Only in Bradford!

Here everyone is still talking about the Bucs losing to the Jets in the last sixty-two seconds. Here they are talking about the election. Al Gore was in Tampa yesterday and in spite of Bush's brother being the Governor, Gore may take this state. That just goes to show that people are what really count, not the party bosses who are out there trying to think for us and convince us that they know best. Today is Kim's birthday and that is what is really important. After that the great Darrell Dodge is singing. What more could you have to worry about?

And people agree with me, too. One reader wrote:

 Hats off to you, Bud.  The first President I voted for (Republican or Democrat) was Jimmy Carter.  The year was 1972 and it was my first election (I was 20)  I voted for him because he was cleaning up the environment and for people my age that was big!  He was for the poor people and I was one of them.  Then, I voted for several other Presidents, mainly Republican, because I lived in rural Pennsylvania where the Republicans ruled (just like you said).  I liked voting for winners, even if I didn't believe what they stood for.

But, I moved out of the area and saw that there was another whole world going on.  There were even people more poor than I and after teaching in a school where there were 67% on free breakfasts and they had to take them to buy shoes for their feet, I realized that not all of the Americans were big oil industry silver-spooners.

Jimmy Carter was just in Jacksonville two weeks ago.  Campaigning?  No, he was building Habitat houses.  In fact, they built a record 100 houses in just three days.  The news showed our ex-President in his blue jeans in the hot, Southern sun with sweat running down his brow and a hammer in his hand.  His wife was with him with a hammer, too.

Will you ever see George doing that?  I doubt it!  His brother, big Jeb, is the Governor of Florida and I haven't seen him in his blue jeans, either.  Jimmy was there but not Jeb.  Daddy wouldn't ever allow that to happen.  Neither was Aunt Nancy Reagan.  Not on your life!

Thanks for letting me get it off my chest.  Stay Democratic.  It is the
people's party.  Anyone who is a Santa Claus has to be Democratic.
Santa gives shoes in some cities.

Thank you. Your letter is on point with what I am saying. It really doesn't matter now, does it? Slocum can win or Slocum can lose. Big deal. People count and no one up there has got it. I wonder if they ever will?

Regardless of who is elected State Senator up there in the woods, it ain't going to affect anything down here in paradise or any place else. Actually, it won't affect Dogpatch either. That is what they don't understand. They don't matter to anyone except themselves. They really don't. That's why there will never be a four lane 219 or a Continental One or anything else up there. The people who really count want it just like it is and that is the way it will stay. The world will pass them by and they will be too close to the picture to ever know. Too bad.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2K

Endorsing a candidate

Good morning. It is 77 degrees at 6:58 A.M. We left New Orleans yesterday and drove to St. Pete Beach, FL. I will tell you about that later in the week. It makes for an interesting story.

In the meantime I am going to have a contest of sorts. I will give away an autographed three volume set of Cornplanter Chronicles to the first person to send me an e-mail  and properly identify the lady who Sharyn is standing with in this picture.

I have e-mailed several of you and told you already. You cannot enter. But this is a wonderful and charming lady and I am curious as to how many of you can identify her.

The Presidential Election is heating up and we are all being bombarded with reasons why we should vote for Bush or Gore. Ralph Nader is out there as a Green Party candidate and I even caught a piece on the Libertarian candidate. I watched Governor Jessie Ventura elaborate on how McCain could have won as an Independent and now that Pat is the official candidate of the Reform Party we are really in the heat of it. But it comes down to two men and anyone who doesn’t know that is living in another country. As much as some of us hate it, this is a two party country.

On November 3^rd 1999 I became a Democrat. I did it because the Republicans in Pennsylvania were corrupt. And seeing how the Democrats allowed me to run on their ticket and represent them, I thought I just might join them even though I lost. Like many people who are Republicans, I had divided feelings on the issues that face us.

I am economically conservative just like the Republicans have claimed to be. I am opposed to higher taxes and I am definitely opposed to big government that only serves itself. That alone would make it reasonable that I be a Republican and for many years that was enough.

But as an elected official I saw another side. I saw the human element and I saw what was happening to our children and families. I was able to step out of our rural setting up in the big woods of Northwestern Pennsylvania and meet the people who were trapped in the inner cites of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. They gave me the opportunity to listen to their problems and they allowed me to understand. Because of that I realized there was more to it all than just being economically conservative. People had to be helped.

Watching the son run for President I can’t help but remember the father.

Sharyn and I were riding on Route 666 along Tionesta Creek in the Allegheny National Forest. Every now and then we would go out of the forest and pass a camp or a home. We stopped and visited with an elderly lady who was just getting by and she made a point of telling us the country needed a change in the President. “We need someone who knows the people,” she said. “One of us. That’s what we need.”

History has since proven that we got just that. We got one of us and Bill Clinton’s frailties certainly have mirrored the worst parts of our generation. But setting all of that aside, was Bill Clinton a bad President?

The answer to that is no. Under his presidency the nation has grown. It has flourished and on the whole people are better off today than they were in 1992.

As we left that woman I asked Sharyn: “Do you think George Bush even knows there are places like this out here?”

I was sure he didn’t.

Now eight years later we are dealing with the same thing except in reverse. The son is asking us to make him President. The son is telling us he is the best man to lead the nation. He says an awful lot and he makes a bunch of accusations when he is saying it, too.

But what is it really all about? Is it the military like he says? Is it tapping into oil reserves? Is it a prescription drug plan? I really don’t think so. What I do think is that what it was all about in 1992 still holds true in the year 2K.

IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID! IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE.

George W. Bush has said nothing on that and he is proving that the apple does not fall far from the tree.

We are riding a booming and healthy economy. We have seen prosperity almost from the day that Clinton and Gore took office. Jobless now have jobs and the American Dollar is the currency of the world. Welfare reform is slowly, and I mean slowly, becoming a reality. That is far far more than the Republicans ever conceived of or did.

A year ago I was inclined to support a Bush presidency. A year ago I did not believe that Al Gore was the man for the job. A lot has changed in a year.

Thanks to the women in his life we have been able to see the human side of Al Gore. Thanks to his daughter and his wife we are able to reach into the news pieces and the sound bites and take hold of this man who has been loyal to his President even when I am sure it was an extremely difficult task. We are able to see a man who genuinely cares about people, not corporations. We are able to trust him that we will have clean air and water. Can we trust George Bush? I don’t think so.

Impressions mean a lot. Bush does not come across as someone we can trust. Rather he comes off as the Republican answer to Bill Clinton – someone who will lie to us and make us believe it. Right now he will say and do anything to get elected.

Gore has held the course. His issues now were his issues then. Just watching the movie Erin Brockovich we are all given a dose of reality as to what corporations will do when it comes to pollution and killing people. Could we trust Bush to protect our interests, or would he be taking care of the polluters?

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The country is not ready for a Republican change. George W. is a cheap imitation of his dad and he isn’t half as smart. He is having trouble reading his own prepared statements and his meanness is showing through on a daily basis.

This will be the first time I am going to vote for a Democrat for President. I honestly believe that a George W. Bush presidency would hurt us and that the right choice is Al Gore.

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