Politics:
      Money
      Talks
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Jim-beau
      Liyeah
     
     
      STAFF
      GONZO
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      is
      March
      7
      today.
      To
     
     
      most
      Canadians
      it
      is
      an-
     
     
      other
      day
      closer
      to
     
     
      Spring.
      To
      Americans,
      it
     
     
      is
      Super
      Tuesday.
      Unlike
     
     
      Fat
      Tuesday,
      today
      is
     
     
      when
      the
      smack
      gets
      laid
     
     
      down
      in
      US
      politics.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
     
    
   
   
    
     
      13R
     
     
      in
      primarie
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nominees
      who
      will
     
     
      then
      vote
      for
      them
      in
     
     
      the
      final
      convention).
     
     
      These
      will
      decide
      on
     
     
      the
      two
      political
     
     
      heavyweights
      vying
     
     
      for
      the
      greatest
     
    
   
   
    
     
      epub-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      crown
      ofall:
      President
     
     
      the
      US,
      caretak
     
    
   
   
    
     
      es
      Campaign:
     
     
      John
      McCain,
      Senator
     
     
      from
      Arizona
      (and
      Viet-
     
     
      nam
      vet)
      and
      George
     
     
      W.
      Bush
      (former
      Presi-
     
     
      dent
      George
      Bush’s
     
     
      son),
      Governor
      of
     
     
      Texas,
      are
      slugging
      it
      out
     
     
      for
      the
      Republican
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      *1000
     
     
      Tete
      tel)
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      ur
     
     
      pharmacies
      or
      call
      |
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      crown
      (the
      Conservative
     
     
      wing
      of
      the
      US
      political
     
     
      spectrum);
      Vice
      President
     
     
      Al
      Gore
      and
      Bill
      Bradley,
     
     
      ew
      Je
     
    
   
   
    
     
      party.
      Now
      is
      when
      the
     
     
      orgy
      of
      political
      advertise-
     
     
      ments
      will
      begin
      as
      seen
      on
     
     
      TV,
      radio,
      and
      newspaper.
     
     
      Baby
      Bush
      had
      an
      esti-
     
     
      mated
      $70
      million
      cam-
     
     
      paign
      war
      chest
      when
     
    
   
   
    
     
      things
      began
      in
      January
      but
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1,000
     
     
      SCHOLARSHIPS
      OR
      RESPs
     
    
   
   
    
     
      rd
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      seems
      to
      have
     
     
      blown
      it
      the
      same
     
     
      way
      he
      blew
      money
     
     
      in
      university.
      Mr.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      treatment
      for)
      and
     
     
      evidently
      blew
      his
     
     
      long
      term
      memory
     
     
      as
      well.
      He
      seems
     
     
      to
      be
      the
      front
      run-
     
     
      ner
      but
      McCain
     
     
      shook
      things
      up
     
     
      with
      his
      surprising
     
     
      campaign
      (remi-
     
     
      niscent
      of
      the
      run
     
     
      Jean
      Charest
      gave
     
     
      Kim
      Campbell
      in
     
     
      1992).
      Both
      were
     
     
      pitted
      against
      the
     
     
      establishments
     
     
      “crowned”
     
     
      choice.
      If
      McCain
     
     
      doesn’t
      show
     
    
   
   
    
     
      taking
      on
      the
     
     
      Democrats.
      On
     
     
      that
      side
      it
      looks
     
     
      tight
      as
      well
      but
      Al
     
     
      Gore
      will
      prevail.
     
     
      Regardless
      of
      his
     
     
      showing
      tomor-
     
     
      row,
      which
      will
     
     
      probably
      be
      good,
     
     
      Gore
      will
      be
      lead-
     
     
      ing
      the
      Demo-
     
     
      crats.
      That
      is
      good
     
     
      if
      you
      are
      an
      envi-
     
     
      ronmentalist
     
     
      among
      other
      so-
     
     
      cial
      causes
      he
      ad-
     
     
      vocates.
      If
      Gore
     
     
      takes
      on
      Bush,
     
     
      expect
      the
      Demo-
     
     
      crats
      to
      prevail.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      Preston
     
     
      Manning
      touring
     
     
      the
      country
      hus-
     
     
      tling
      support
      for
     
     
      his
      CCRAP
      ven-
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ture,
      the
      Liberals
     
     
      used
      the
      budget
      an-
     
     
      nouncement
      to
      take
     
     
      the
      wind
      out
      of
      his
     
     
      il
      i
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      which
      were
      in-
     
     
      tended
      to
      pacify
      the
     
     
      right.
      He
      also
      an-
     
     
      nounced
      new
     
     
      spending
      initiatives
     
     
      designed
      to
      ap-
     
     
      pease
      the
      left.
      Any-
     
     
      time
      one
      tries
      to
      sat-
     
     
      isfy
      the
      180
      degrees
     
     
      of
      the
      political
     
     
      spectrum,
      no
      one
      is
     
     
      satisfied...
      until
      this
     
     
      year.
      The
      best
      indi-
     
     
      cation
      of
      this
      was
     
     
      the
      day
      after
      the
     
     
      budget,
      the
      opposi-
     
     
      tion
      returned
      to
      their
     
     
      daily
      BBQ
      of
      Jane
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ditionally
      it
      is
      a
      time
     
     
      to
      critique
      the
      gov-
     
     
      ernment.
      And
      criti-
     
     
      cize
      they
      could
     
     
      have,
      especially
     
     
      considering
      most
     
     
      measures
      were
     
     
      spread
      over
      the
      °
     
     
      next
      5
      years.
      But
     
     
      the
      Liberals
      man-
     
     
      aged
      to
      keep
      their
      _
     
     
      campaign
      promise
     
     
      of
      a
      50/50
      split
      be-
     
     
      tween
      tax
      cuts/debt
     
     
      reduction
      and
      new
     
     
      spending.
      With
      a
     
     
      revised
      5
      year
      esti-
     
     
      mated
      surplus
      of
     
     
      $115
      billion,
      $58
     
     
      billion
      will
      go
      to
      tax
     
     
      cuts
      and
      debt
      re-
     
     
      duction
      with
      the
     
     
      rest
      in
      new
      spend-
     
     
      ing.
      Here
      is
      how
     
     
      Martin
      managed
      to
     
     
      shut
      the
      opposition