[Miss Marple]

Yes, that farm bill is the disaster for the nation, nevermind that Reagan signed one as well. CFR...well, he selected a strategy which may well be the best answer.

I distinctly remember you telling me that the appeal to the Supreme Court was a losing strategy during the Florida recount. You might not always be correct about things.

[holdonnow]

I don't udnerstand the defensiveness. I'm simply providing my opinion as you are. And if I don't agree with you, there's no need to get personal. Let me suggest that you're not as comfortable with your position as you suggest. And, by the way, all my statements about Florida, etc., have been published and posted, and were pretty right on, IMHO. But that's far off the point, don't you think? The President and his administration have been terrible on Israel. There's a clear breach within the administration between the State Department and the rest of the government and, for instance, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld). The President continues to try to straddle the fence, rather than put his foot down. This is more of the same, but with one difference. Now we have the President saying Arafat must go, and the Secretary of State recently saying that Arafat is the legitimate leader of the Palestinians, who the U.S. and Israel must deal with.

[holdonnow]

And shame on you for the cheap shots against Ronald Reagan. I have to leave, or I'd deal with this directly.