From: ck347@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard A. Mulac)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.elections,talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: WELLLLL! IT'S DAY ONE. WHERE'S THE PLAN???
Date: 28 Jan 1993 16:06:57 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ck347@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard A. Mulac)
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In a previous article, lafave@ial4.jsc.nasa.gov (Dr. Norman J. LaFave) says:

>In article <1k73ktINNbo2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Richard A. Mulac,
>ck347@cleveland.Freenet.Edu writes:
>> So, making promises to people which you have no intention of keeping
>> is not a reflection of character?  Hmmm, you and I must have grown up
>> differently.
>
>I live in the real world Richard. I didn't hear you complaining when Bush
>broke almost every campaign promise he made. The fact is that campaign
>promises mean nothing because of the nature of politics. We may not
>like that situation, but we, the voters, created it.

Oh, I complained.  Bush deserved to lose just for reversing his 'READ MY
LIPS, NO NEW TAXES' pledge.  I have no excuse to give hime for what he
did.  But I will make a distinction.  I believe Bush intended to keep
that pledge when he made it, he just didn't have the backbone when push
came to shove with Congress.  Clinton, on the other hand, NEVER had any
intention of keeping half the promises he made during the campaign.

>> >FACT: Arkansas students went from 50th to 20th in standardized test
>> >scores under Clinton's education reforms.
>> 
>> Now this would interest me.  What tests are you talking about?
>
>National standardized tests like the ones all students take.

Names, I want names (Like the Iowa Test of Basic Skills).

>...
>> >At least wait until the program is unveiled before criticizing it....
>> >You guys were screaming for deficit reduction and he has been adjusting
>> >his program toward increased deficit reduction. I would think you would
>> >be happy......unless all your complaining was just partisan
>belly-aching.
>> >No....that couldn't possibly be it.  :-/
>> 
>> In fact, last week he relaxed budget restraints designed to reduce the
>> deficit (11% across the board cuts).
>
>Citation please. Reason please. Context please.

Graham-Rudman(?), the only deficit cutting tool the President has right now.

>The new reports of business failures and lay-offs probably had alot to
>do with that. Learn some economics.

There will always be some business failures and lay-offs.  So I suppose
in four years when Clinton has doubled the deficit instead of cutting
it in half you'll use that for a sorry excuse.  Hmmm, I remember just
one month ago Clinton was trying to take credit for the great pickup 
in the economy the media was reporting due to Christmas sales.  One 
day we're in recession, the next day we're out of it.  Are we going 
to play this game for four years, having the President change his
view of the state of the economy constantly to serve his political
purposes.

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Richard Mulac                                       ck347@cleveland.freenet.edu
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