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To: American Spirit who wrote (66745)	5/22/2006 11:36:14 PM
From: TopCat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

"I talked to a VA doctor in LA. He said 90 doctors and 900 nurses were laid off shortly after Bush seized power. That's a fact." Interesting how easy it is for you to determine something is a "fact" if it fits your agenda.

To: American Spirit who wrote (66745)	5/22/2006 11:39:17 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Hospitals and emergency rooms are closing all over the country because Democrat congressmen and Democrat activist judges demand that health centers treat illegal aliens for free and thus go bankrupt and close their doors. In the spirit of the times: ¿Por qué es usted tal tonto, sir? ¿Usted tiene un cerebro en alguna parte?

To: American Spirit who wrote (66745)	5/23/2006 1:03:00 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Democrats preparing for 2008 describe the political challenge this way: Mrs. Clinton could prosper as a presidential candidate, yet the return of "the Clintons" could revive memories including the oft-derided two-for-the-price-of-one appeal of his 1992 presidential campaign, Mrs. Clinton's role in the universal health care debacle, and the soap opera of infidelity. Because of Mr. Clinton's behavior in the White House, tabloid gossip sticks to him like iron filings to a magnet. Several prominent New York Democrats, in interviews, volunteered that they became concerned last year over a tabloid photograph showing Mr. Clinton leaving B.L.T. Steak in Midtown Manhattan late one night after dining with a group that included Belinda Stronach, a Canadian politician. The two were among roughly a dozen people at a dinner, but it still was enough to fuel coverage in the gossip pages. Private Worries Just as it is difficult to predict how voters would feel about Mrs. Clinton as a presidential candidate, Clinton advisers say, it is hard to foresee how they would judge the Clintons' baggage in the context of their third White House bid. "There are a lot of people who will work for her if she runs for president and who are worried about the relationship," said Lanny J. Davis, an old friend of the Clintons' and a lawyer who helped see the president through his scandals in the White House. "The conventional wisdom is that the relationship might hurt her — all those old memories and scandals will be evoked. But I'm betting, and maybe this is wishful thinking, that that's not correct." Donna Brazile, a Democratic political strategist, said it was impossible to deal the former president out of any bid by his wife, especially given Mr. Clinton's high profile. "At the same time, voters aren't interested in the Clintons as a couple as much as they're interested in what Mrs. Clinton is doing or saying," she said. Still, it was only a few years ago that the Clinton relationship was the stuff of best-selling books and saucy debates on television talk shows. In private, too, the marriage was under a microscope when the Clintons sought counseling, as Mrs. Clinton disclosed in her memoirs. Some of their friends said when they left the White House, they also tried to leave behind the bad blood of the scandal caused by Mr. Clinton's involvement with Monica S. Lewinsky, a White House intern. But other friends said they saw tension and disappointment in the marriage. For a time the new senator considered Washington home, putting energy into work and entertaining at the new Clinton mansion on Embassy Row, while Mr. Clinton hunkered down in New York to write his memoirs and work on new projects. "Over time she came to consider Chappaqua home, too, and she likes spending time there with the president when they can find the time," said one longtime friend of the couple's, who was granted anonymity because the Clintons did not want this person to speak. "That says a lot about the state of their marriage. "She needs to be in her own separate orbit, so if something explodes in his world, she will have at least some space and distance to manage it," this friend said. Some friends say that they do not notice any tension now, though they are not sure when, or how, it lifted.