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

To: Dan B. who wrote (18224)	12/10/1998 9:59:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Actually, those Republicans who focused on the issues that matter to the people were able to garner more votes, like the candidates for Governor in many states. The House Republicans did pretty badly, as can be clearly seen from the results...

To: Dan B. who wrote (18224)	12/10/1998 11:44:00 PM
From: Borzou Daragahi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

I've never at all said that all those who are for impeachment are socially intolerant biggots. I don't believe that's the case. But by pursuing Clinton, the GOP appears to be catering to the most extreme elements within the party rather than reaching out to the Brave New America of the 21st Century. I'm not saying Clinton is a saint and should not be punished. I'm saying that in the absence of popular outrage or bipartisan support, the impeachment makes the GOP look beholden to the Christian Coalition and the Gary Bauers of the party. I'm saying for the health of their own party, they would be wise to drop this matter and radically refocus their efforts on reaching out to the populations they have traditionally alienated. ' George W. Bush appears to have gotten the message. He's pretty much mum on impeachment. Someone on this thread, I think it was Daniel Schuh, said it will take the Republicans three or four election cycles to get the message, just as it took Democrats a few lost elections to realize that their socially liberal big-government ideas were a lost cause.

To: Dan B. who wrote (18224)	12/11/1998 1:58:00 AM
From: uu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

Dan: You state: > More voters voted Republican than Democrat in the last election- which is telling. Yes, they sure did and I was one of them! And guess what, Republicans lost 5 seats in the congress in a mid term election that historically they should have gained lots of seats!! I am a registered Republican and have been voting for Republicans ever since I got my citizenship many many years ago. But I always believed that the party of Abraham Lincoln believed in fariness and honesty. President Lincoln in his second inaugural address stated the following: "...With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan-- to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations. " I ask you the following: Do you honestly feel do the so called Republicans controlling the congress at this time even know the meaning of the words: "just", "fairness", and the statement "to bind up the nation's wounds", and logical thinking and behavior?! Regretfully most (if not all) these Republicans in the congress are nothing but a bunch of hypocritical losers whose eyes see nothing but hatred towrad President Clinton, and have commited themselves to do "whatever" it takes in order to overturn a democratic election which they "feel" they should have won in 1992, and 1996!! It has come to the point that I am truly ashamed for being registered as a Republican and I am truly sorry for that. If Abraham Lincoln was alive today I have a strong feeling he would be ashamed of calling himself a republican knowing Tom Delay and Bob Barr, henry Hyde and the rest of the hypocrites belonged to the same party he so proudly lead. Regards, Addi Jamshidi