The Misconceptions of George W. Didn’t anyone’s high school English teacher tell him or her to read the directions carefully before taking the test? It seems the uneducated people that misinterpreted a ballot fit for a 5th grader in Palm Beach County, Florida, also write editorials. In the past two weeks I have come across numerous selections and pieces that just randomly tossed slanderous and fictitious statements into the blue, claiming inaccuracy after inaccuracy. Both Vice President Al Gore (Democrat), and Governor George W. Bush or Texas (Republican), have given the media and American people numerous opportunities to listen to their points of view, and take advantage of the mistakes they committed in televised debates and talk shows. While reading the Daily Athenaeum, I came across a rather interesting editorial that stopped my eyes dead on the page. This particular editorial claimed Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush is nothing more then a minority-hating, poor stomping, environmentally baffled liar. If Delvin Hickerson, author of this rant, calls G.W. a liar, I wonder what he refers to Vice President Gore as? Obviously Mr. Hickerson neglected to skim over the facts before writing his little spiel. For starters, Mr. Hickerson is it really fair to throw out an example of abortion that is probably the most rare case? (“What about the 14-year old girl who gets raped by her father…”) Under Governor Bush’s pro-life stance, only extreme cases such as rape, incest and mother endangerment would be considered for an abortion. From the way I see it, there are two qualifiers for an abortion right there; rape and incest. Governor Bush supports parental notification and banning use of taxpayer’s funds to proceed with an abortion. Abortion is probably the most difficult issue that politicians will have to ever deal with. Nobody seems really sure of what the answer is, and every ...
