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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (2211)	8/20/1998 9:34:00 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

Bill Clinton's Fantasy #1 Bill Clinton April 24, 1992 "I've said I've never broken the drug laws of my country, and that is the absolute truth." (Bill Clinton, New Orleans Times Picayune, 4/24/92) The Facts #1 Bill Clinton June 16, 1992 "Q: If you had it to do over again, would you inhale? "A: [Bill Clinton:] Sure, if I could. I tried before." (Bill Clinton, MTV "Choose or Lose Special," 6/16/92) Bill Clinton's Fantasy #2 Bill Clinton June 23, 1992 "I intend to have a legislative program ready on the desks of Congress on the day after I'm inaugurated. I intend to have an explosive 100 day action period. Why do I think it will pass? Well, first of all, I'm running on it." The Facts #2 Bill Clinton Jan 14, 1993 Question from member of press: "We were originally led to believe you would have an outline for congress even before the inauguration and presented on day one or shortly thereafter - and now we're told it may be a couple weeks down the road with a full plan ready in March. When will it be ready?" Reply by Bill Clinton: "Well, I don't know who led you to believe that, but I'm the Only one who's authorized to talk about that ---" Bill Clinton's Fantasy #3 "I have vivid and painful memories of black churches being burned in my own state when I was a child." President Clinton June 8 1996 - national radio address THE FACTS #3 "Others don't recall what Clinton does" Headline in Arkansas Democrat Gazette of a column by Frank Wolfe June 9, 1996 "I've never known of a black church being burned in Arkansas." John Ferguson, Director Arkansas History Commission quoted in the Frank Wolfe column June 9, 1996 "I looked through my files. I couldn't find anything."[referring to the Clinton quote about fires at black churches in Arkansas] Curtis Sykes, Chairman Arkansas Black History Advisory Committee quoted in the Wolfe column June 9, 1996 "We were just fortunate not to have one."[when asked about fires at Arkansas black churches] Jerry Jewell, former state senator and former Branch President of Arkansas NAACP Bill Clinton's Fantasy #4 "Since I was a little boy, I've heard about the Iowa caucuses. That's why I would really like to do well in them." President Clinton - quoted in USA Today Feb 12, 1996 THE FACTS #4 Iowa caucuses began in 1972 - Clinton was hardly a little boy - he was at Oxford protesting! Bill Clinton's Fantasy #5 "My grandfather had a grade school education and ran a grocery store across the street from the cemetery in Hope, Arkansas where my parents and grandparents are buried. Most of his customers were working people. As a child in that store I saw that people of different races could treat each other with respect and dignity - but I also saw that the black neighborhood across the street was the only one in town where the streets weren't paved - and when I returned to that neighborhood in the late 60's to see a woman who had cared for me when I was a toddler, the streets still weren't paved." President Clinton in National Archives speech - July 19, 1995 THE FACTS - #5 "I don't know what the hell he's talking about. Those streets were paved back then, sure to God. I know it was in the sixties, more than 30 years ago. If he says so, just say yes to all that. He has a memory. Don't question that." Margaret Polk, President Clinton's 3rd cousin and daughter of the woman who took care of Bill Clinton as a child - quoted in Arkansas Democrat Gazette, July 21, 1995 >>>http://www.gargaro.com/fantasy.html