13/02/2026 03:24

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The anguish with which you and your friends debated our actions in 1969 was painful for you then and, I am sure, the resurrection of the issues during the campaign reopened old wounds. I was disappointed to lose Georgia, but glad that Max Cleland survived by getting a few more white votes than I did. He had been through an exhaustive investigation of Goldman Sachs that featured one of his partners being hauled away in handcuffs before he was cleared. During the entire month of June, I was also embroiled in the unfolding battle with the Republicans over the budget.

The right of return was a deal breaker. On the other hand, I expected to be weaker in some parts of Amer-ica because of my positions on the cultural issues—guns, gays, and abortion—and, at least in North Carolina and Kentucky, on tobacco. The election had presented a simple choice: the Democrats wanted to save Social Security first, hire In May, Warren Christopher sent me a report saying that all the emigration cases had been resolved;