Watching both of the political parties’ conventions I saw President Clinton on the second round and couldn’t keep from wondering why George “W” (Bush) was not at the GOP convention. Could it be that he is so much a part of our problems today? Duh. That sure is a dumb question. The GOP evidently wants to distance itself from him and his whole crew. I guess there really is a great deal of reality with the old saying “You are what you were when.” Paul T. McDaniel, Auburn