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To: SilentZ who wrote (287870)	5/13/2006 10:33:39 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572945

Poll: Clinton outperformed Bush (CNN) -- In a new poll comparing President Bush's job performance with that of his predecessor, a strong majority of respondents said President Clinton outperformed Bush on a host of issues. The poll of 1,021 adult Americans was conducted May 5-7 by Opinion Research Corp. for CNN. It had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Respondents favored Clinton by greater than 2-to-1 margins when asked who did a better job at handling the economy (63 percent Clinton, 26 percent Bush) and solving the problems of ordinary Americans (62 percent Clinton, 25 percent Bush). (Watch whether Americans are getting nostalgic for the Clinton era -- 1:57) On foreign affairs, the margin was 56 percent to 32 percent in Clinton's favor; on taxes, it was 51 percent to 35 percent for Clinton; and on handling natural disasters, it was 51 percent to 30 percent, also favoring Clinton. Moreover, 59 percent said Bush has done more to divide the country, while only 27 percent said Clinton had. When asked which man was more honest as president, poll respondents were more evenly divided, with the numbers -- 46 percent Clinton to 41 percent Bush -- falling within the poll's margin of error. The same was true for a question on handling national security: 46 percent said Clinton performed better; 42 percent picked Bush. Clinton was impeached in 1998 over testimony he gave in a deposition about an extramarital sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinksy. He was later aquitted by the Senate. cnn.com

To: SilentZ who wrote (287870)	5/13/2006 7:18:06 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572945

Z, from Daily Kos: If I pay $5 per gallon of gasoline, and $3 of that is tax, and I get a free college education in return, that's cool with me. If I pay 7% sales tax, but my state gives me free health care, I'm not going to complain. Of course he isn't going to complain if he's getting more out of it than he's putting in. And even if he isn't, he won't complain if said taxes aren't a burden to him. Tenchusatsu

To: SilentZ who wrote (287870)	5/16/2006 3:23:05 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572945

The fact that many liberals are forced to (in addition to not calling themselves "liberals") precede every comment on tax issues by saying "nobody wants higher taxes" is evidence that the conservative movement has intimidated and scared this country for too long. When The Heritage Foundation gets sound bites on CNN, without a front-paged counterweight to their bullshit, then we have been hoodwinked. Your're right........really well said. The irony is that some of the people who complain the most on this thread come from well run states. So I think this "bad gov't is spending our hard earned money" issue is really a strawman. They don't want to have to give the gov't money......and if they really have to, then as little as possible. And if the gov't's services stink.......it only ends up supporting their argument. So they end up getting what they paid for.......and whining about it every step of the way! ;-)