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To: Ed Forrest who wrote (3803)	10/14/1999 1:48:00 PM
From: Gary M. Reed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17683

Here we go again, CNBC on-air time used as a Democrat political rally platform instead of a financial news source. Wouldn't be so bad if they'd give equal time, i.e., let a Republican like J.C. Watts or Orrin Hatch give a counter statement to whatever nonsense Prez Goofball utters. When you only give one party's political statement, it represents partisan politics on CNBC's part. Plain and simple. Nope, CNBC feels that giving both sides of the story would not be right...heaven forbid viewers should get BOTH sides of the story and decide for themselves. The "trusty" producers of CNBC have decided FOR US. And trust me, Clinton's statement will have ZERO to do with the economy, but will be filled with partisan political rhetoric. Here is what Clinton will say on CNBC next hour (no need to watch, I have provided an advance copy of his speech): "Republicans? BAD, BAD, BAD!!! Once again, Republicans are destroying the country. Mah agenda is to continue mah efforts to create mah idea of a New World Order. To do that, we need to decrease our military investments, and allow other countries like China and Pakistan to catch up to us, which will truly make an equal world for all. Its not fair that the U.S. has such a strong advantage in nuclear weapons. For instance, we can enhance the lives of North Korean people, who have suffered through poverty for many years, by giving them a chance at nuclear superiority. Mah plan would've allowed that. The Republicans, they're BAD!!! They used partisan politics to cheat these fine North Korean people out of the opportunity to have military superiority with us. More importantly, the Chinese, well, we gave them all these nuclear secrets. They shelled out major league campaign dollars to the DNC for those nuclear secrets. If ahh don't produce on this treaty, those thar Chinese guys are threatenin' to blow the lid off my whol' deal with them. And its all the Republicans' fault. Thar' BAD...BAD BAD BAD. Whil' ahhm speakin' to ya, I'd like to tell ya about what else them darned Republicans are doin' to ya. You know this latest market pullback? Guess who?!! Them darned Republicans. They made the stock market go down. Not me, the last 1000 point selloff in the Dow has been a partisan move on the Republicans part. Hell, I wanted the markit to go up. Matter of fact, ahhh wanted to sponsir a bill that guaranteed a return of 25% in yer 4-ooh-won-kaay, but them thar Republikins din't want ya to have it. Thay jusst want ya to lose munney, so thayre rich friends can make munney. Partisan politics, folks, them thar' Republicans. Ahhm tryin' to do good by ya'll, but they won't let me. Are ya payin' more at the gas pump? You got it, them thar' Republicans are behind it. They got them buddies in Saudi Arabia...no, uh, make that, thayre buddies with Saddam Hussein. Yeah, that's it. Saddam's a Republican, and he's in on this oil thang too." Maybe I'm exaggerating, but then again, maybe I'm not! You know that will be the tone. You just have to wonder why a guy like him is so bitter over getting the nuke treaty thrown back in his face. He seems too indignant over this for it to be a simple setback. Rather, his zeal over this is quite different...almost makes you think the Chinese have his arm twisted behind his back...like a rat, he's in a corner, and if he doesn't give them this head start, the Chinese will drop the nickel on him. What a legacy to leave. Sorry, I'm just sick of seeing Bubba reiterate his partisan rhetoric on a channel (supposedly) devoted to finance and economics. It's bad enough he has CNN in his back pocket, but CNBC???