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...Please describe all visits to Buddhist temples (Democrats only...
...with the LTTE in order to save thousands of its soldiers. And the rebels, who are fighting for independence for the mostly Tamil northern provinces they refer to as Eelam (the Hindu Tamil form about 20 percent of Sri Lanka's population, with the majority Sinhalese, who are largely Buddhist, making up about 75 percent) are likely to demand de facto control over the Jaffna peninsula as their price. In acceding to such a demand the government would concede defeat in a campaign that has cost the army thousands of casualties. And even though Kumaratunga's war powers proclamation allows...
...combination of his proposed initiatives would be impossible to fund. Bush's credibility attacks against Gore, meanwhile, focus on character, suggesting that Gore doesn't have the moral fiber to see his centrist agenda through. Bush likes to focus on the veep's campaign finance record, particularly the Buddhist temple fund-raiser, as a way of putting Gore's overall credibility in doubt. The race seems to have shifted from which candidate we can believe to which one we can doubt the least...
...soft money" contributions and the creation of a $7.1 billion endowment--he admitted that he is an "imperfect messenger for this cause." In his new modesty offensive, Gore was alluding to such well-known blemishes on his record as the 1996 fund raiser he held at a Buddhist temple. But Gore's imperfections may also extend to the more traditional realm of political patronage, particularly through his influence with a powerful institution back home: the Tennessee Valley Authority...
Perhaps he's picking up on the distant strains of a Buddhist chant - or maybe he's just feeling feisty. Whatever the reason, Vice President Al Gore has decided that offense is the best tactic when it comes to campaign finance reform, putting forward a new system in which a $1.7 billion public-private endowment would provide every candidate with his or her total campaign funding. The plan, which was met with lukewarm support from the patron saint of campaign finance, John McCain, would get rid of the direct ties between private contributors, federal officeholders and the two political parties...