President Bush and GOP Policies
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Now that the American public has, at last, perceived the Bush Administration to be the utter failure that it is, the Republicans have finally lifted that big rock and let out their slime merchants.
Floyd G. Brown, the sleaze bag who helped to engineer the Willie Horton character assassination ad campaign, is at it again. His latest TV ad, a feeble attempt to dredge up an old Republican smear tactic against Bill Clinton, falls far short of his previous low.
ZACHARY CHARLES
Burbank
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