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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: Cuomo's comment
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Date: 9 Feb 91 05:03:19 GMT
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CB> The reason for a politician saying that a program "will definitely not
be
CB> cut" seems usually to be positioning so that when theprogram is cut he
CB> can protest that he did all he could to stop something from happening
CB> that he was dead set against.

        Very true.  This was demonstrated when the Education
Department announced cuts in scholarships and then the
Administration reversed the plan.  It better known as testing the
waters with someone else's toe.

                                -=joe=-

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