Reply #100: This is far from my original point but...... [View All]

[kori]

It is a little bit of an exaggeration to state Prescott Bush's business assets were seized under the Trading With the Enemy Act over 60 years ago. If I remember my history correctly it was his one share of the Union Banking Corporation that were seized not his entire business assets. Prescott Bush did not have a lot of money until he married the Walker daughter (George senior carries his mothers family name). The Walkers were all tied up with the Harriman family, originally of the Union Pacific Railroad and the hunter of Butch and Sundance. They along with other financiers bankrolled the re-industrialization of Germany after WW1. Anyway, off the point slightly, and since I am doing this by memory I must state that there were also German interests that were seized in several other corporations that the Walkers, Harriman and thusly Prescott Bush were involved in or helped manage, but the assets of US investors were left alone. Should it all have been seized, maybe, however this same group helped with the industrialization of America in World War 2. Money loves death and destruction. I figured when I originally read the account of these seizures that they were let off the hook by rolling over on other German investments to the American intelligence machine of the time. That is just my speculation. Ironically this same group helped revive the Soviet oil industry prior to WW2, but I do not recall anyone accusing them of being communists.

I have read a number of times on this site that Gore should have done this or done that to keep the election fight going. I wish I did not have to but, I disagree. First if you remember at the time he was losing support, Americans do not like Sore Losers. That was how it was being played. Beyond that however, the legal remedies were very limited after the Supreme Court 5-4 decision. The Republican legislature would have certified the Republican electoral slate. The Democrats could have put up their own slate for the Federal legislature to certify, however since that also was Republican I think we can assume which slate would have been certified to cast the actual electoral ballots. Could Gore have continued to speak out? Yes, and for that silence I find fault. However that said, I do not know what his own state of mind was. So I find fault with him for his silence, but frankly not much.

Prior to the actual election of 2000 I did not mind the Green Party run with Nader as their candidate. I wanted a dialog on the environment. Although I would not pull their lever their right to run a candidate was not a problem to me then. My original point was, before I found out I was outside DU rhetoric, for Nader NOT to repeat the same mistake again AND for the Green party not to make the same mistake. IT is to important this time. We need to stay focused and united and not rip pieces off of the liberal block this election. What Kerry will or will not do about Iraq is important, but to me it is more important to stop Bush's crowd NOW before we find ourselves in Syria or Iran or God knows where in this new "Generational War" they are so fond of.