From: cd651@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Wally L. Blume)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Hey, Bill, WAKE UP!!!!
Date: 21 Dec 92 19:55:42 GMT
Reply-To: cd651@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Wally L. Blume)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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In a previous article, mpolen@suntory.mti.sgi.com (Mike Polen) says:

>Wally L. Blume) writes:
>|> 
>|>  Here is a cute little story I heard the other day...
>|> 
>|> Once there was this President Elect who was faced with an economy that 
>|> was taking a turn for the better. In a mad dash to try and take credit
>|> for this he set up an economic summit and called economic and business
>|> people from across the country to come and discuss ways to improve our
>|> economy. He proclaimed that this marked a new era in politics, an era
>|> of political involvement where he as the new President would listen to
>|> the experts and make a carefull decision based on what was learned in 
>|> these brainstorming sessions. Actually what was said in these meetings
>|> really didn't matter since he had made up his mind long ago what he wanted
>|> to do about the economy, as a matter of fact he, his wife and his Vice
>|> President all slept through most of it. Then when this session was
>|> concluded our sleepy-eyed Pres. Elect stood up and said "That's exactly
>|> what I've said all along, I see no need to change my original plan"
>
>Obviously this person has a great future as a fiction writer.  Anyone
>who watched the conference knows that Clinton and Gore not only
>stayed awake, but demonstrated a solid grasp of the issues discussed.
>He may already have his own agenda, after all we demanded he have
>one before we would vote for him, but the implied hypocracy is
>unsupportable.

  As a matter of fact I taped and watched the full coverage. And if 
you didn't see Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore sitting in their chairs,
eyes closed and head pointed toward their lap then you sir must have
missed a large portion of this event. As has been said time and again in 
the Rodney King episode 'Video Tape Does Not Lie'. Your statement that
Clinton and Gore stayed awake during this event is false. If you
had said that maybe he's tired because of all this transition work,
well I would have found that at least difficult to argue with, but 
to deny what clearly happened, come on you can do better.
  I never said Clinton or Gore didn't have a solid grasp of the issues,
I mearly meant to say that with all the 'experts' with all of these ideas
I find it hard to believe that the President Elect couldn't find any
changes to his original plan. (As he stated at the end of the confrence
when he said, I see no need to change my original econimic plan) 
  What was gained by this conference if he can't find even the smallest
room for improvement? My original assesment still stands, he wants to try
and take some credit for the improving economy.
Merry Christmas.
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