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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johnathan C. Doe who wrote (13793)	11/8/1998 12:47:00 AM
From: alan w	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

You mean Dan Quayle don't you. alan w

To: Johnathan C. Doe who wrote (13793)	11/8/1998 11:24:00 AM
From: mrknowitall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Johnathan - you represent perfectly why so many people believe in things like urban myths. If you see or hear it repeated often enough you start to believe in it - it (no matter how untrue) gets a life of it's own. 66% of the public - nonsense. Approximately 66% of the 35% who voted may have seen it that way, according to - guess what - exit polls. Which is a tiny sampling of voters - a yet smaller percentage of people wishing to tell the pollster something. And don't go off prattling about the President's approval rating or some mythical poll about whether or not to impeach him - polls are the tools of the media conducted at their behest for the purpose of establishing their credibility and power to shape public opinion. If a news outlet doesn't have the clout, it doesn't get the big guns in politics to attract viewers or readers and thus can't draw the rates for advertising. Half of the cited "polls" never were anything more than dredging out statistics from previous polls that were pointed at other issues. I've said before that polling is like sausage - you're better of not knowing how it was made because you'd never eat it if you did. BTW - one shouldn't go about correcting other's spelling when one misspells. Mr. K.

To: Johnathan C. Doe who wrote (13793)	11/8/1998 7:46:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Actually, overwhelming majority over 70-80% want some form of punishment, such as censure or impeachment. The 65% was the old job approval ratings which are now 55%. The fact is the public doesn't know the distinction between an impeachment inquiry, an impeachment hearing, and an impeachment. They still think an inquiry necessarily leads to an impeachment. You seem to be having the same confusion. The Iran-Contra hearings was essentially an impeachment inquiry in which Congress didn't wait for the Independent Prosecutor. The job approval rating is primarily a result of people's perceptions of the economy. Again, there's the misperception on the part of many people that the president manages or runs the economy. Discretionary spending is probably only around 10% of the federal budget. Entitlements which are 68% are pretty much eating up the pie.