Bush To Meet With Clinton, Gore 

By TOM RAUM (Direct descendent of Joseph Stalin)
.c The Associated Press DECEMBER 19, 00:48 EST


WASHINGTON (AP) � President-elect Bush, who pledged in campaign speeches to restore ``honor and dignity'' to the White House, is meeting with President Clinton, a frequent target of his criticism.

(Translation: "Bush is a hypocrite, and we knew it!" - tha malcontent)

But Bush's first visit to Washington since the election has been met by overtures of cooperation and expressions of good will from both parties. And the meeting between the outgoing Democratic president and his Republican successor also seemed likely to be congenial. 

("Free Press", have you been ignoring the DemocRAT leadership in the form of Tom and Dick and their inability to refer to Bush as "legitimate"? - tha malcontent)

``We can come together to heal whatever wounds may exist, whatever residuals there may be,'' Bush said on Monday as he stood with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders.

(That would be the Republican MAJORITY leaders and the DemocRAT MINORITY leaders... hurts, doesn't it "Free Press"! - tha malcontent)

Clinton recently told reporters that he believed that Democrats ``will give him a honeymoon and an opportunity to get on his feet.''

(Is this a hint at a divorce with Hillary and a romp with the Barney Frank wing of the DemocRATic party? (apologies to that pillar of objectivity and SEE.B.S., Dan Rather! - tha malcontent)

Wrapping up a three-day visit to Washington, Bush was also to meet later Tuesday with Vice President Al Gore before returning to Austin, Texas.

(Bush was quoted as saying, "I can't believe with a great economy, relative peace times, a "Free Press" that all but told America to vote for you and a month of suing everyone and their mother, you still couldn't beat me?... I wasn't even that serious about this whole election thing Al!" - tha malcontent)

During his trip to Washington, Bush also interviewed Cabinet prospects, attended several meetings on Capitol Hill and had breakfast with Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

("Don't think we've forgotten about that lack of telling the American people we were out of the recession in March of 1991 Alan, you can be replaced!" Bush said in the meeting. - tha malcontent)

Bush planned to meet with Clinton at the White House for about 90 minutes, including lunch. 

``The principal purpose is to offer our assistance in making this an orderly and professional transition,'' said White House Chief of Staff John Podesta.

(Would this "professional transition" be anything like the "professional conduct" displayed by Willy-Jeff with an unpaid intern his daughters age while deploying troops on a conference call with two congressman, Mr. Podesta? - tha malcontent)

``I'm sure that they'll want to get to substance, especially in the foreign policy world,'' he added. 

Podesta said he expected they would also ``go over the issues that are confronting us in the last days of the administration and the issues that will be confronting the new president as he's inaugurated.''

(Issues like maybe having an economic policy before our system collapses due to a neglectful and incompetent Clinton/Algore Junior Administration! - tha malcontent) 

While in Washington, Bush was meeting with prospective Cabinet members. On Monday, he had private sessions with former Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., the current front-runner for defense secretary; Paul O'Neill, chairman of aluminum maker Alcoa, a prospect for treasury secretary; and Ann Veneman, former California agriculture director, a candidate for secretary of agriculture. 

New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman was also in town. She has been mentioned for U.S. trade representative or director of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(The EPA, one of the many ways the Federal Government collects revenue without passing spending bills per the Constitution! - tha malcontent) 

Bush met with the entire Republican House leadership, then held a meeting with the four top congressional leaders � House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.; Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss.; Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo. 

``This is a time for a new beginning, a new atmosphere, a new tone,'' Lott said.

(This is a time for Conservative leadership for the first time in half a century! - tha malcontent)

After the meeting with all GOP leaders, Rep. Barbara Cubin, R-Wyo., secretary of the GOP conference, was optimistic. ``His congeniality is remarkable. If anyone will be able to breach the chasm between the two parties, he will be the one,'' she said. 

Democrats appeared ready to give Bush the benefit of the doubt.

(Again, Tom and Dick cannot bring themselves to refer to Bush as legitimate! - tha malcontent)

``It's an opportunity for us to wipe the slate clean, to begin anew,'' Daschle said. 

But despite his overture to bipartisanship, Bush showed little interest in backing down from his $1.3 trillion, 10-year tax cut proposal.

(Here is the media defining "bipartisanship", it is when Republicans do what the DemocRATS tell them to! - tha malcontent)

``I campaigned on a clear view of tax relief, and that's what I'm going to bring to the floor of the House,'' he said. 

Democrats have said the tax break is too large and benefits mostly the wealthy. And even some prominent Republicans, including Hastert, have expressed reservations about trying to move the entire package at once.

(Don't include the arguments for the tax cut or the DemocRATS who support it "Free Press", that would be giving the people both sides and allowing them to make up their own minds on subject! - tha malcontent)

Meanwhile, public expectations for Bush's presidency are lower than they were for past presidents-elect, says a new CBS News poll. 

Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed, or 60 percent, expressed optimism about the next four years, compared with about seven in 10 who felt the same just before presidents Clinton, Bush, Reagan and Carter took office, according to the poll.

(Could we please read that poll question verbatim "Free Press"?  I bet it had a certain "slant" to it! "Don't do what you're polled to do!"�- tha malcontent)

About 42 percent expect Bush will be a good president, and 38 percent predict he will be average. By comparison, in 1998, 38 percent predicted Bush's father would be a good president, and 47 percent expected him to be average, the poll said.

(When America pulled the lever in 1992, only 43% of them elected Bill Clinton, 1% less than the previous DemocRAT lost by and 6% and millions of votes less than George W. Bush won this election by!  I'll take the votes cast over the "Free Press" poll's everytime!  One more thing AP, George H. W. Bush ran in 1988, not 1998... I bet you won't correct that little error! - tha malcontent)

The survey 1,048 adults was conducted Dec. 14-16 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

(And you don't need to know what the questions were, just trust us!  Anyway, too much information will make you go blind and become gay! - tha malcontent)


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