[Torie]

he had sold $848,560 of Harken stock on June 22, 1990, just weeks before the company filed a quarterly report revealing that it had hemorrhaged $23 million during that period. Bush had sold his stock for $4 a share

Yes, that would be illegal if Bush knew that when he sold, and it was not public knowledge, despite any subsequent stock price recovery after the interim dip. That would be a classic insider trade. A more cautious man would have sold coincident with the 10Q. But is there any evidence Bush knew?

[Dales]

Who needs proof when you can use innuendo and demagoguery?

Of course, the public has generally shown a remarkable lack of interest in listening to political posturing from the dissenting side in recent years. Reagan was the teflon President. Conservatives (like me and like most of us here, I would imagine) were frustrated constantly that the public kept giving Clinton a pass.

I think the Democrats are going to find the same lack of traction.