IT'S OFFICIAL. POPPY PARTY IS NOW COMPLETE WITH TWO TEXAS
OIL MILLIONAIRES, BOTH EX-MEMBERS OF DAD'S ADMINISTRATION
In a flag-drenched campaign pep rally of cheering students in the confines of the Burnt
Orange Room at the University of Texas's basketball stadium, the Frank Erwin Center,
George and Laura Bush officially welcomed Dick and Lynne Cheney to the Bush campaign
for the presidency. Since Cheney is a well-known hawk and ex-Secretary of Defense, it's interesting
to note that we have yet to hear a word from Bush's non-hawk foreign policy adviser and aspirant for
the key role of White House adviser, Condi Rice. Those who have checked in on the Poppy-led
nomination have called Cheney an experienced conservative who knows how to get along with
people.
They were less forthcoming with their evaluations of Cheney's wife, the controversial
Reaganite ideologue, Lynn Cheney, whose ambitions became clear when, early on in the selection
process, Cheney actually recommended her to Junior as a candidate for the vice-president slot. E-mail
news on the net is focused on questions of insider trading, since Cheney unloaded $5 million of his
company's stock less than two months ago when the price was highest. According to today's NYT, it
was then that Brent Scowcroft, Poppy's foreign policy adviser, told a surprised President Bush that
Cheney was interested in being vice-president in Junior's administration. --Politex, 4 p.m. et, 7/25/00
(Image by the Wizard of Whimsy)
Source: Bush Watch