Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 21:42:33 -0500 From: "Peter Machon" <maxworldnopsam.net> Subject: Re: George Bush & Ruby Ridge
Hmm.... I thought this was a SAAB newsgroup..... Doc Holiday <Docnopsamrral.com> wrote in message news:8aab2g$n9n$1nopsam.singnet.com.sg... > On Tuesday, March 7th, George W. Bush > effectively became the Republican > nominee. On the 6th of March he was in > Los Angeles, and visited the Simon > Wiesenthal Center's "Museum of > Tolerance". He was lead around the > Museum by it's Dean and Founder, Rabbi > Marvin Hier, who when asked in Late > August 1992 on a Los Angeles radio > station what he thought of the events at > Ruby Ridge Idaho-which had occurred just > days earlier-and specifically the > assassination of Vicky Weaver while > cradling her ten month old infant daughter, > replied: "Well, people who have hateful > thoughts and try to spread their hateful > ideas to others have to be dealt with in a > forceful manor." Vicki Weaver, as Rabbi > Marvin Heir knew at the time, was shot in > the face by an FBI "sharp-shooter". Her > other two daughters, small children who > today have a clear memory of what > happened, screamed as they saw their > mother's head explode. > > George W. Bush listened intently as Rabbi > Marvin Hier talked of "The Holocaust" and > showed Bush a picture of Joerg Haider on a > wall captioned "Today's Demagogues". > George W. Bush was not silent throughout his > visit though, in fact he gave a speech in which > he said: " Racism finds new targets and opens > old wounds. Hate groups recruit on the > Internet and warp the souls of children." > Contrast this with what Rabbi Marvin Hier > said in the immediate aftermath of Ruby > Ridge. In case anyone had any doubt what > Bush meant he continued: "That is my > commitment to the people of this > country.and those who practice intimidation > and violence will have a determined enemy in > the president of the United States". Those with > fuzzy memories and who listen to Rush > Limbaugh may have come to believe that > Janet Reno had something to do with Ruby > Ridge, as Rush has repeated this many times > over the years. However, she was president > Clinton's third choice for Attorney General > and was not sworn in until a year after Ruby > Ridge. Bill Clinton was elected more than two > months after Ruby Ridge as Rush Limbaugh > surely knows. When Ruby Ridge occurred > George Herbert Walker Bush was president of > the United States. So when George W. Bush > says that White people "will have a > determined enemy in the president of the > United States", there is good reason to believe > him. At the end of the news piece about this > visit to the "Museum of Tolerance" printed > below, you will notice that George W. Bush's > father was also one of the museum's first, and > certainly most prominent visitors when he and > wife Barbara stopped by 12 years ago. George > W. Bush signed the guest book on the same > page as his Father and Mother. > -- > Monday March 6 8:52 PM ET > > Bush Preaches Tolerance at Simon Wiesenthal Center > > By Patricia Wilson > > LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - George W. Bush (news - web sites), whose > presidential campaign has been haunted by his visit to a > college espousing anti-Catholic views, stood on stage at the > Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday and condemned all forms of > religious bigotry. > > After a tour of the museum with its chilling tableaux of Nazi-era > Germany and replicas of the tunnels leading to Auschwitz's gas > chambers, the Texas governor delivered a somber speech, declaring > that ``intolerance and hatred have no place in the policies of > government or the souls of citizens.'' > > Bush's appearance last month at Bob Jones University in > South Carolina, a fundamentalist Christian college whose > leaders have called the pope the anti-Christ, has dogged his > campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. > > Rival Arizona Sen. John McCain (news - web sites) denounced the > visit and linked Bush to the ``intolerance'' of extremist > elements in the Republican Party. > > Bush Speaks Of Tolerance And Faith > > Bush, who wrote to Cardinal John O'Connor of New York saying he > regretted not speaking out against the school's policies during > his appearance there, spoke openly about tolerance and faith. > > ``We don't believe in tolerance in spite of our faith,'' Bush > said. ``We believe in tolerance because of our faith. And it > leads us to condemn all forms of religious bigotry.'' > > Bush pledged to give that conviction voice and force. > > ``That is my commitment to the people of this country ... and > those who practice intimidation and violence will have a > determined enemy in the president of the United States.'' > > He spoke of ``the contest of light an shadow'' in the world and > said racism could not be relegated to the past. > > ``Racism finds new targets and reopens old wounds. Hate groups > recruit on the Internet and warp the souls of children,'' he > said. > > Bush was escorted around the museum by Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean > and founder of the center. They stopped in front of a wall with > photographs and inscriptions illustrating the power of words > for good and evil. > > Among the pictures were the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, Iraqi > President Saddam Hussein, former British Prime Minister Winston > Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Nelson Mandela and Franklin Roosevelt. > > Nearby, among a display of ``Today's Demagogues'' was a > photograph of Joerg Haider, the former leader of the far right > Austrian Freedom Party whose extremist views alarmed European > and U.S. officials. > > Bush listened intently while Rabbi Hier explained how Haider > had visited the Simon Wiesenthal Center and requested his > picture be taken down. > > ``He came here, walked in and demanded it be removed,'' Hier > told Bush. ``We thought he was going to pull his name off > the wall.'' > > After the tour, Bush and his wife Laura signed the visitors' > book on the same page as his father former President George > Bush and his wife Barbara, who visited the site 12 years ago > and were shown a scale model of the then-planned museum. > > ``God bless this world,'' the Texan wrote, signing his name > and adding the date, March 6, 2000. > > E-mail this story | Printer-friendly format > >
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