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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?

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To: Machaon who wrote (11498)	2/11/1999 12:46:00 PM
From: Liatris Spicata	Read Replies (1) of 13994

Robert- More drivel from this thread. <<The Presidency is one of the most pressure packed and important jobs in the world. Only a few great men can withstand the pressures of office and still do a good job.>> Whig history at its ripest. <<Nonsense! The Congress has passed more of Clinton's agenda than any other President in a similar time frame. And, as we can see by America's great economy, Clinton's plans are working!>> Well neither I nor you know what Clinton's agenda is. I don't believe he has a well thought out direction in which I wants to lead the nation. But the Republican Congress has certainly stymied grand initiatives like his government takeover of the health care sector. As for the economy, you've said nothing to establish that Clinton did anything to cause the economic expansion of the 1990's. Largely, I suspect, because of the Republican Congress, he has not been able to do much damage. But the economy has benefitted greatly from factors I cited in my previous post to you and for which Clinton was simply aaa beneficiary. The US economy also benefitted in some ways, I suspect, from self-inflicted damage on the part of the Japs. You seem to take it for granted that because a favorable economy happened on his watch, that Clinton deserves the credit. There's no necessary correlation- but that seems not to occur to your mind, as you appear to see no need to establish the correlation. <<China is the largest country in the world. They cannot be ignored. We need to work closely with them in order to bring peaceful, democratic change. There is an old saying that "You don't make peace with your friends, you make it with your enemies".>> Do you really think this intelligently addresses Sino-American relations? Nobody that I know suggests "ignoring" China. How to intelligently engage is another matter. You set up some intellectual straw man in which opposing views are lumped in some absurd category of "ignoring China". Oh well, I guess that helps you avoid the necessity of engaging your mind. Mouthing cliches about making peace with your enemy seems to be about as deep as your mind is willing to treat the vexing problem of how to deal with totalitarian dictatorships. I submit history demonstrates appeasement is not the way. Nor is upsetting one's allies on vital security issues. But the mindless cliche seems to suffice for you. Larry

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