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

To: halfscot who wrote (3003)	8/24/1998 11:59:00 PM
From: DD™	Respond to of 13994

Don't forget another one of Slick's lies.. He took credit for bills he co-opted from the Republicans. The slime-bag is a pathological liar. DD

To: halfscot who wrote (3003)	8/25/1998 12:03:00 AM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13994

<<BTW I still haven't heard any answer from anyone telling me how Clinton has done such a good job as president unless it's him signing Republican sponsored bills. Maybe his good job is he hasn't done anything that could screw up the economy.>> There is no question today that President Clinton balanced the federal budget. He was the one who with perilous consequences to himself and his party (namely giving over to the Gingrich controlled Congress) raised taxes and stimulated the economy to close the deficit. If you look at a graph, it is striking that the US went immediately from a growing deficit to a shrinking deficit after the Clinton stimulus package which closed the deficit in 6 years. Then we all got the fat tax cut we all deserved last year. And the GOP can take absolutely no credit for the Clinton stimulus package; they fought it tooth and nail and they burned the Democrats who supported it in the '92 elections. So, yes, I give Clinton a huge amount of credit for our incredible prosperity these days. On the foreign front, the President has aided in historic agreements to bring peace in Ireland and would have done the same in Israel if not for the assasination of Rabin and the rise of that militaristic whacko Benyamin Netanyahu. Certainly more than Bush accomplished and at least equal to Reagan (once all of Ronnie's disastrous policies are balanced with his good ones). Doughboy

To: halfscot who wrote (3003)	8/25/1998 12:13:00 AM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

<<Most of the politicos calling for his resignation now are the Dems>> That's an outright falsehood. I know of only a single Democrat and an obscure one at that who has asked for the President to resign. The Dems are no doubt licking their wounds, but this is similar to what the GOP is doing, they're saving their ammunition for when the report comes in. You think mild criticism from Feinstein, Daschle and Gephardt is going to lead them to abandon the first Democratic POTUS in almost two decades? Yes they're "hurt" but they'll be there when the bombs start falling. As for GOP restraint, I certainly haven't seen that either: Delay, Ashcroft, Bennett, Coates, Quayle and all the other usual suspects in the right wing press: Will, Krauthammer, et al. have all called for impeachment or resignation. Doughboy.

To: halfscot who wrote (3003)	8/25/1998 12:42:00 AM
From: dave g	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13994

1. I didn't right down the names of the senators that I have seen speaking out. The only political figure that sticks out in my mind has been Quale(the idiot). He has been calling for Clintons resignation. I would love to see the Republicans run him for president. Colonel North has been on a few shows. I've poked my head in on a few religious shows and they have been judging him too. Face it, the special prosecutor is a republican crony too. 2. Lying under oath about immaterial facts (which was the judges ruling) is not considered an impeachable offense. Mcarthy all over again!! SIDE NOTES: I was watching CNN as I typed this. They were talking to shrinks about lying. Did you know that 93 percent of us lie regularly at work. Also, (and I think this is unbelievable) one out of three of us will lie to our spouses about an affair. I guess that that means at least one out of three of us will have one. Happy to say I'm not one. Also, the major reason that people lie is to save face. Chronic lying leads to depression. Or#l s*x has been show to cure depression. (Just kidding they didn't say that, although I believe the theory is sound.) 3. What has Clinton done? The Economy didn't fall apart like the Republicans swore it would. He got rid of the deficit, which is something the republicans couldn't do. He signed into law important legislation on the Internet and gun control. He got rid of denial of insurance because of preexisting conditions. He has handled crisis's in the gulf and Russia. He has addressed human rights issues in China. He improved the infrastructure of the country by passing a 600 billion dollar highway bill.