Chapter 817: War and Peace

Zhang Chen gave a thumbs up, "Mr. Bushi is worthy of being an excellent politician, yes, we all know that Crichton has committed perjury, and it is not difficult for Kenneth Starr to prove it." But, Mr. Bush, are you sure that Credton is really likely to be impeached and removed from office? Will Crichton's resignation really help you and the Republican Party?"

Xiao Bushi and Condoleezza Rice exchanged eyes, and Rice frowned slightly: "Crichton has committed perjury and disturbed judicial fairness, which is a very serious crime, and Nixon also stepped down because of perjury, and it is not a strange thing that the old thing will repeat itself, right? Moreover, the Senate and House of Representatives are currently in the Republican majority, and it is very likely that the impeachment will be initiated and passed." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "Condoliza, you are a typical academic thinking. Yes, from a legal point of view, this is true, but the core of politics is not the law, not the controversy, but the interests. ”

Xiao Bushi squinted: "There are no eternal enemies, no eternal friends, only eternal interests." ”

Zhang Chen laughed: "That's right, Mr. Bushi, I know that you have already analyzed the pros and cons, you were testing me just now, right?"

"Although we control the majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives, as long as the party is united, it is not difficult to initiate and pass the impeachment case. However, on the one hand, each senator has its own interests and tendencies, and it is still unclear whether they will be able to reach an agreement. What's more, if the impeachment passes, Albert Gore will naturally take over the presidency for the remaining two years of his term. With these two years, he can use the presidency to woo voters. In addition, six of the ten presidents born after the war were re-elected, including Kennedy, who was assassinated. After Nixon's impeachment, Ford, who succeeded to the presidency, was not re-elected due to his pardon for Nixon and the economic crisis, but he only narrowly lost to Carter. ”

Little Bushi paused: "Of course, my father was not re-elected, so I am really ashamed to say this." ”

Sure enough, if you want to be a politician, the first condition is to be thick-skinned, and Xiao Bushi didn't blush when he talked about his father's failed re-election.

Xiao Bushi continued without changing his color: "On the whole, the chances of being re-elected president are much greater than those of other candidates. Coupled with the fact that the Cleighton cabinet has had good luck in recent years, with fast economic growth and a declining unemployment rate, as long as Gore continues his current policy, there will not be much change. By then, Gore's chances of re-election will be almost 100 percent. ”

"First, there are these concerns, and secondly, there are lobbying parties, and in the end, the biggest possibility is that the party bigwigs and the Jatiya Party have reached an exchange of interests, and instead of wasting their strength on such meaningless things, it is better to exchange some practical benefits from the other side, such as support or opposition to certain bills. ”

Condoleezza Rice looked at Xiao Bushi in surprise, these days of her relationship with the other party, Xiao Bushi always appeared in front of her with a warm but clumsy face, she didn't expect the other party to have such a side at all.

It seems that he is not entirely unfit to be president, Condoleezza Rice thought to himself.

Rice agreed to participate in his campaign, mainly because of Lao Bushi's face. After several contacts with Xiao Bushi, she didn't think that the other party had the ability to be president at all, how could a person who didn't even know the name of the German chancellor be president?

But now。。。。。。 It seems that he is not entirely unfit to be president, Condoleezza Rice thought to himself.

Xiao Bushi squeezed his eyes at Rice, "This is my father's opinion, I just think that this matter is not as serious as the Watergate scandal after all, and the result of Crichton's impeachment and removal from office is a bit too serious, which violates the interests and fairness of the United States." The most important thing in an election is to be upright. If we play with conspiracy, even if we win, it is not worth celebrating, and it is also contrary to my principles of life. ”

Xiao Bushi's words were sincere and sincere, and Zhang Chen wanted to applaud when he saw it.

It's shameless.

Zhang Chen suddenly felt that Xiao Bushi was very similar to a politician in the Jin Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period in China.

Han Qi.

Han Qi is the son of Han Que, a virtuous minister of the Jin State, and has ruled the Jin State for 27 years, and has been the crown of many powerful ministers of the Jin State for a long time.

Han Qi is low-key, accustomed to pretending to be deaf and dumb, shouting great slogans on the one hand, doing nothing on the other, almost no political achievements, and the hegemony of the Jin State was decayed in the hands of Han Qi.

But don't look at Han Qi's country governance is not very good, but in such a long period of time, he has expanded his family power to the extreme, laying a solid foundation for the future division of Han, Zhao and Wei.

There is nothing new under the sun, all ancient history is actually modern history, although Xiao Bushi and Han Qi are separated from each other by more than 2,000 years, they are completely the same kind of people.

Zhang Chen's eyes flashed, and he suddenly smiled: "I believe that Mr. Bushi will definitely become the new president, and if my passport is issued before the election, I will definitely go to Florida to vote for Mr. Bushi." ”

Xiao Bushi still smiled cutely, shook his head and said: "I can't talk about these things now, it seems that at present, the competition in the party primary election will be very fierce, if I don't have a competitive campaign platform, it will be difficult to get the party nomination." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "Mr. Bushi has a strong influence in the energy system, and the domestic oil consortium is your solid backing. Mr. Former President also has good relations with many arms companies, and historically, almost all candidates who have been able to secure support in both areas have been successful. ”

Xiao Bushi laughed and said: "How can it be so easy, in addition to McCain and Steve Forbes, former Deputy Secretary of Education Gary Bauer and former Vice President Dan Quay are said to also participate in the party primary, plus John Kahić and Olindot, these people have greater influence in the party and influence in traditional fields than me, and oil and arms companies may not support me." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Bushi shook his head and said in a joking tone: "Unless I can give them a war, the chances are too slim." ”

Zhang Chen's eyes flickered, and sure enough, Xiao Bushi was able to ascend to the throne because of the support of arms companies.

Zhang Chen naturally did not instigate war, no matter how many benefits these wars brought to Huaxia, Zhang Chen did not want to bear the reputation of a war supporter.

Not even if there are only a few people present now.

What's more, what should happen will still happen, no matter whether Zhang Chen supports it or not, history will still move along the trajectory it should have.

Unless one day, Zhang Chen's energy is big enough to affect the situation of the entire world, otherwise, he can only sit and watch.

"The Middle East and the Balkans are powder kegs that explode at one point. Zhang Chen sighed, "War is undoubtedly a tragedy, but this tragedy is played out in this world every day. If it's a just war, it's fine, but unfortunately, there is never a shortage of careerists in this world. ”

"Oh?" Xiao Bushi's pupils shrank, "Do you think there is a real possibility of war?"

Zhang Chen spread his hands: "I'm just worried that Crichton and the Democratic Party will start a war for the rest of their term in order to divert domestic attention and exchange the support of arms dealers, if so, it will be really a tragedy." ”