Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.comment From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: The kinder and gentler decline and fall of George Bush Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 14:12:10 EST Message-ID: Lines: 32 \SE F;COMMENTARY;EDITORIAL;LETTERS \HD The kinder and gentler decline and fall of George Bush Frank Gaffney and Samuel Francis have it right in their Nov. 10 columns - President Bush lost it, "that man" didn't win it, and yes, Ross Perot took votes from Mr. Bush. I wholeheartedly echo all that Mr. Gaffney conveys, but I'll go further and say that Mr. Bush began to lose it in 1988, when he misconstrued Peggy Noonan's phrase "kinder and gentler America." The phrase didn't mean conciliation and compromise with the opposition, nor was it to be a repudiation of Ronald Reagan, both of which seemed to be Mr. Bush's interpretation. We must not allow the media to continue to promote the idiotic notion that Mr. Bush performed - or even intended to perform - as a conservative. I'll go even further than Mr. Francis. The purpose of the Perot candidacy all along was merely to beat Mr. Bush. I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but the only way to make sense of Mr. Perot's behavior is to assume that he made a deal with the Democratic Party even before "that man" was its candidate. Wait until the Perot backers understand that. ARCHIE B. HOPKINS Bel Air, Md. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM