Raj Feridun <rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote in message news:<fm2li0p1lhqlehbkr75if1fk6h8h7v8962@4ax.com>...
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:52:05 +0900, Michael Cash
> <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
> 
> >>The absolute quote of the day:
>  
> >>"I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and
> >>well-placed... managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard
> >>units... Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class
> >>discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all
> >>Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their
> >>country." 
>  
> >>- Colin Powell's autobiography,
> >>My American Journey, p. 148 
>  
> >I would be very pleased if he ran in 2008.
> 
> I'd be pleased (and vote for him) if he ran in 2004. Why he's lowering
> himself to work for Bush is beyond me.

He's drafting (as used in reference to vehicles and racing/driving/riding).

John W.