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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (33651)	8/30/2000 7:00:26 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

and I never voted for him! <ROTFL>

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (33651)	8/30/2000 7:04:22 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 769667

>>We had a French exchange student stay with us for a few months and she said Clinton was extremely popular in France. Only JFK, she said, perhaps had more popularity among American presidents.<< Right up there with Jerry Lewis, I'm sure...

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (33651)	8/30/2000 9:56:23 PM
From: Thehammer	Respond to of 769667

Despite all the charges swirling around the man, he always kept a full schedule -- as full a schedule as any president in recent history. He's in Russia one day, meeting with flood victims in Missouri another day, at Cardinal O'Connor's funeral another day, in Africa this week. I think that's partially why his popularity ratings remain high: Because he's out and about and doing what Americans elected him to do. Flapjack, Clinton is doing just the opposite of what he was elected to do. He is attending as many "feel good" events as he possibly can. He campaigns 24 hours a day 7 days a week. All of his appearances are scripted. He never calls press conferences any more because he no longer has any control over the content. What you witness is a commercial. If he were a corporation he would be sued for false advertising. But there is no controlling legal authority...

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (33651)	8/31/2000 1:33:23 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"What amazes me...how popular Bill Clinton is...examples of our Puritanism..." What USED TO amaze me was posts like this. Especially after countless articles and thousands of posts on this thread alone that have made it a point to clarify that the bill clinton issue is NOT where he puts his willie but his dishonesty and corrupt abuse of power. The very post that you are responding to went to great lengths to emphasize that. The issue is and always has been an issue of trust. A goverment founded on truth, justice, and principle has been put at risk. Very few people were surprised to hear that bill clinton had a squeeze in the white house. It was pretty much a non issue. But you already know that. If there were enough puritanical people here in the USA to even be noticed, I would be impressed. There are not. There are only some vague slurs (like yours) directed at fundamentalism that seems to exist only on the extreme fringes of our society. Too bad, beliefs are fundamental to living you know. So, when you make some reference to puritanical attitudes as being a big joke; I know you can't be stupid enough to really think that is what the bill clinton legacy is about. At the same time I know that this has been the ploy of the clinton defenders from the beginning. You can't defend the indefensible so why not try to get people who have a sense of decency to defend your puritanical straw man.