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 From: dci@cheetah.mess 
  
 On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:17:06 -0700, Jafo  wrote: 
  
 >As viewed from alt.california, Bush in "Fantasyland" wrote: 
 > 
 >>"Jafo" wrote... 
 >>> Bush in "Fantasyland" wrote: 
 >>>>A vote for Bush is a vote for an American disaster. 
 >>>>The worst liar since Nixon. 
 >                     ^^^^^ 
 >>> You misspelled "Clinton". 
 > 
 >>So, Clinton's BJ is worse than Bush's Iraqi disaster? 
 >>He, he, NOT! 
 > 
 >So when you think of Clinton, or when somebody mentions Clinton, 
 >all you can think of is a blowjob?  That was his main accomplishment? 
 > 
 >Come to think of it, I guess I see your point.  :) 
  
  
 One matter, or maybe a couple more, that some voters forget: there is 
 a carry-over from one administration to the next, particularly where 
 there is a change of party, that requires the new administration to 
 carry out or complete. The newly elected president must operate under 
 the "old" budget for the first nine months of his "new" term in 
 office. He must also overcome the one or terms of administering the 
 annual budgets. The annual budget, passed by June/July, takes effect 
 on November 1st. The new term of office takes effect in the following 
 January (20th). Specific spending programs, contractual or remaining 
 portions of spending bills signed into law by the prior 
 administration, also must be completed. George Bush was debriefed by 
 Clinton on all matters related to programs and budget, foreign affairs 
 and the status of intelligence gathered at tat time. The key is the 
 status of intelligence as of January, 2001. 
  
 George Bush's administration was still under the budget of Bill 
 Clinton's administration when "9/11" (2001) took place. And the 
 programs, such as the intelligence (all departments that developed 
 homeland and foreign information) and military funding were initially 
 under the penmanship of Clinton's administration. The George W. Bush 
 administration was barely off the ground. It had been widely known 
 that the intelligence capabilities of the US government had been 
 curtailed, modified and/or weakened to the point that Bush could only 
 react, not anticipate what was ahead for the US's involvement and 
 commitment. 
  
 In this election, John Kerry is talking of what he will do and doing 
 so in not so clear terms, but he will do it on the Bush 
 administration's budget. When he claims to have a plan, that so-called 
 plan would not be in full force until well after November of 2005. He 
 knows it just as Bush knew what he had in the Clinton budget when he 
 took the oath of office. If anyone wants to place blame, take a look 
 at the eight years of the Clinton administration's programs and 
 projects and how the administration passed the "baton" to Bush and 
 what condition it was in when it was passed. 
  
 To draw an analogy of what George W. Bush had to deal with, he was 
 given a debriefing description of the world's condition by Bill 
 Clinton. It like small waves washing ashore on US land, the US 
 embassies, the US Cole, the 1993 World Trade Center, while the unseen 
 storm roiled in the distance, some eight months away: 9/11. 
  
 George Bush did not want the a 9/11 Commission formed because it would 
 have broadcast to the world, allies and enemies, just what a sad state 
 of affairs existed in the then intelligence capabilities of the US. 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
  * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)