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| </b> <font size="1">Baffled by domestic policy? Bemoaning your private | |
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| <p><b><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Hector | |
| Perez</b><br> | |
| <b>South Ozone Park, New York </b></font></b></p> | |
| <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The | |
| law gives great discretion to how leftover funds can be used. They | |
| may be used for political, charitable, and reelection purposes. | |
| However, most campaigns don't have the luxury of trying to determine | |
| how to use excess funds because generally they end up in debt. And | |
| I know a little about campaigns in debt. When I first ran for the | |
| Senate, by June of the election year my campaign was deep in debt | |
| and I was trailing in the polls. I realized I could end up losing | |
| the election and owing hundreds of thousands of dollars. So I confided | |
| in my friend and fundraiser Marty Bernstein and told him the campaign | |
| was more than $500,000 in the hole. Marty asked, "Alfonse, do you | |
| have the money to pay it back if you lose?" I told him, "Are you | |
| nuts? Of course not." To which he replied, "Then what are you worried | |
| about? Borrow more!" Fortunately, I did win. And take it from me, | |
| it's a lot easier to pay off campaign debt when you win than when | |
| you lose. </font></p> | |
| <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">P.S. | |
| In the case of my last campaign, we still owe thousands of dollars | |
| and are happily accepting donations. If you're so inclined, send | |
| yours to Friends of Senator D'Amato, P.O. Box 888, Mineola, New | |
| York 11501. </font></p> | |
| <p><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>My | |
| boyfriend told me he wouldn't speak to me again if I voted for Al | |
| Gore. But I can't vote for a Republican candidate because I think | |
| abortion rights are the top issue and because the next president | |
| will choose members of the Supreme Court. Can you tell me what the | |
| status of the current justices is? Who is expected to retire, and | |
| what is their stance on overturning Roe v. Wade?</b></font></p> | |
| <p><b><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Chrissy | |
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| Los Angeles</font></b></p> | |
| <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">First | |
| of all, if your boyfriend is never going to speak to you again based | |
| on your presidential vote, I'd stop worrying about retiring Supreme | |
| Court justices and retire him! To answer your question, Justices | |
| Rehnquist, Stevens, and O'Connor are all rumored to be considering | |
| retirement, and they were appointed by Nixon, Ford, and Reagan, | |
| respectively. But let me say this: I don't believe Roe v. Wade will | |
| be overturned, regardless of who is appointed or who appoints them.</font></p> | |
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| I play on a senior softball team. I am a woman, and I always sit | |
| on the bench for half of the game; the nine other players haven't | |
| sat on the bench for a single inning. The coach uses sick and injured | |
| players instead of me. The short fielder has to have a runner to | |
| run the bases for him, yet he plays and I don't. What can I do?</b></font></p> | |
| <p><b><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">B091438@aol.com<br> | |
| </font></b></p> | |
| <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This | |
| is the funniest letter I've received to date. You must be a horrific | |
| player! And understand, this is coming from a bumbling fielder and | |
| a strikeout hitter. It sounds as if you're just awful, so I can | |
| understand why the coach has given you limited time. But don't lose | |
| heart: After he reads this, he may cut you a break. In the meantime, | |
| maybe you should consider a new sport. How about swimming? I could | |
| get you a good coach.</font></p> | |
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| Do you think our founding fathers would be in favor of term limits | |
| for all elected officials?</b></font></p> | |
| <p><b><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">JGioi18653@aol.com<br> | |
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| <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, | |
| never. Our founding fathers trusted the people to decide for themselves | |
| who best represents them. I believe it's a great error to artificially | |
| limit the people's choice. Our founding fathers gave us the power | |
| to determine how long a representative would be in office when they | |
| gave us the power to vote. If they had wanted term limits, they | |
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