Letters: Aug. 28, 2000

The Republican Ticket

"Bush is running as a compassionate conservative, Cheney as a Republican. The two together are a political oxymoron." LES TUSUP Willits, Calif.

The Republican Convention was a rubber-stamp, candidates-in-place and platform-all-but-cast-in-concrete event [CAMPAIGN 2000, Aug. 7]. The words in George W. Bush's slogan, compassionate and conservative, are mutually exclusive. Conservatism suggests that one must leave well enough alone. That is in total contrast to compassion, which requires a liberal approach to problems and sensitivity to other people's needs. DAN GOOR Colorado Springs

Regardless of where one stands on the various issues, one must concede that Bush and...

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