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

To: Neocon who wrote (126282)	2/8/2001 5:51:52 PM
From: swisstrader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Sympathy factor associated with age and Altzheimers in the case of Reagan...furthermore, you have skewed your results and added the typical spin...yes, as Clinton moved out of office and pardons and other assorted lovelies hit the press, ratings went down some, but in his final days in office, CLINTON HAD THE HIGHEST RATINGS SINCE FDR...and that is according to the Gallup Polls...further, appears as if Clinton's Rich pardon had no better or worse affect on the American public as did Bush Senior pardon of Caspar Weinberger in association with the Iran Contra affair: The public’s response to the controversial pardons issued by President Clinton during his final days in office tends to be critical, but not greatly so. According to a Gallup survey conducted February 1-4, only 34% of Americans approve of these pardons while 50% disapprove. However, a substantial number, 16%, offer no opinion on the matter. This evaluation is similar to Americans’ reaction to President George Bush’s pardon of former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in 1992 for his role in the Iran/Contra affair, about which 27% approved, 54% disapproved and 19% had no opinion. However, unlike the Weinberger pardon that drew little public notice, many Americans today, 62%, report paying fairly close attention to news of the Clinton pardons. This includes 20% who have followed it "very closely" and another 42% who have followed it "somewhat closely." Only 37% percent say they are not following the story closely to any degree. By contrast, only 43% of Americans paid close attention to the Weinberger pardon, including just 10% who followed it "very closely."