IP: RE: ^ 2 Bush might spell trouble for economy, tech policy (12-15-2000 )

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

I strongly suggest we take Dave's approach and carefully monitor the 
appointments and actions of the new President . If he and his party behave 
to heal the country GREAT. If they move toward the right wing of the 
republican party then I for one will serious doubt their dedication to such 
healing.

Lets hope Dan is wrong and Dave is right, a short time will see which.

Dave


> From: "Dave Winer" <dave () userland com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>,
> Subject: Re: RE: Bush might spell trouble for economy, tech policy 
> (12-15-2000 )
> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 13:04:38 -0800
>
> Let me be one of the (respectful) voices that disagrees with Dan.
>
> So many of Dan's arguments are conditional. If Bush does this then he sucks.
> He hasn't done any of those things yet.
>
> This is an excellent time to form opinions about people other than our newly
> elected President. I'd question anyone can be so negative after coming
> through such a difficult period. What do you really want Dan? What should we
> do? Get rid of Bush? Hey, Gore supports the death penalty too, and he
> entertains Silicon Valley VCs who file tons of business method patents.
> Reserve your passion for things that can we can do that give us more choice
> next time, so our political power means more.
>
> We're at a very fluid point politically in the US. Perhaps one of the most
> fluid points since Nixon resigned, almost 30 years ago. Which way do we want
> to go? Do you want to support our government, as a whole, and fix the
> problems that lead to the mess in Florida and then the Supreme Court? That's
> what I want to do.
>
> I voted for Gore, but I didn't support what he did to try to win the
> election after the votes were cast. I did support his concession, and I now
> support our President-elect. Give him a chance.
>
> At the same time I think we can do a lot better with the election process,
> if we want to. It's still our country, every couple of years we re-elect one
> whole house of our legislature, and every four years we elect a new
> executive branch. Four years isn't that much time. If anything the last
> month has given *us* the mandate to re-take our government. It would take
> four years for us to get that to happen.
>
> Dave



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