From: stegner_g@cubldr.colorado.edu
Subject: Re: Prediction: Limbaugh had hit his peak; He will soon fade out
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:14:47 GMT

In article <1gtaeiINNjk2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, cc774@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robert M Connelly) writes:
> 
> I don't know how old Mr Stegner is even though he says he ha
> been "voting for a few decades".

I have been voting since 1976.  That's nearly 2 decades.

> I have been voting for 45 years
> and my man won in '52, '56, '68, '72, '80, '84 and '88.

What is the point?  Are you more qualified to judge who should be president or
sho should not because you voted more times than me?

> But I do
> know that while Slick Willie won the Presidency with ONLY 43 votes
> out every 100 cast meaning he is a minority President.

As was Richard Nixon in 1968.  The deal goes like this, Robert.  When you have
a 3-way race for the presidency, whoever gets the biggest slice of the pie
wins.  Period.  End of sentence.  The "Minority president" arguement that
conservatives keep bantering about is based on the presumption that all of
Perot's votes could have gone to Bush, therefore making Bush the president. 
Wrong!  Most of Perot's votes came from Clinton, and even a 50-50 split would
have still given Clinton the presidency.  Anyway the electoral college speaks
for itself.

> He [Clinton] however
> is the real loser since tne majority of people do not want what he
> and his socialist buddies want. 

In the words of a famous president, "There you go again!"  The majority that
you talk about do not speak with one voice.  Some wanted Bush, some wanted
Perot.  More people wanted what Clinton has to offer than that of Bush or
Perot.

> His and algor's [Al Gore, I presume?] antics in Little
> Rock the past 3 weeks has been a disgrace being nothing but smoke 
> and mirrors. The concept that Hillary "knows more about a lot of 
> things than `we' (whoever `we' are) do" is only one of the more
> astoundingly silly things Slick has said since February. Those of
> us who agree with Dr Limbaugh in whole or in part will be laughing
> up our sleeves at all you liberals when we will be posting here
> and elsewhere "We told you so" when Rush AND we conservatives are
> still around in 4 years.

Robert, you should not take advice from George Bush concerning your speech
patterns - Learn how to finish a sentence properly, without rambling on or
foaming at the mouth.  For your information, I plan on being around in four
years too, and I vote -- Democratic.  And what's with the constant references
to "Slick Willie"?  Can't you come up with a pseudonym of your own, instead of
parroting Rush Limbaugh's rhetoric.  Be creative.  Besides, I don't blame
conservatives for constantly using this term when referring to Bill Clinton;
after all, the past 2 or 3 presidents that the Republican party had
(particularly Bush) could not even finish a sentence.  Bush was known, during
press conferences, to go into a mode called "Bushspeak" - incomplete sentences,
incoherent phrases, and constant pauses.  After so many incoherent speakers for
presidents, it's no wonder that Republicans are so suspect of a president who
can FINISH A SENTENCE and COMPLETE A THOUGHT.

> Socialism doesn't work - it is impossible
> that it work no matter WHO tries it. The to date announced cabinet
> appointments are astounding in the choices of incompetents and
> lacking in expertise and knowledge to do the jobs to which they haVE
> been appointed. 

If you're so obsessed with the word "socialism", consider what Ronald Reagan
did with the economy in the early 80's - he practiced "Socialism for the
Wealthy" - he REDISTRIBUTED WEALTH - yes, that so-hated phrase of conservatives
- REDISTRIBUTED WEALTH AWAY FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS AND UP TOWARD THE ALREADY
WEALTHY!!  If Clinton can reverse some of that trend, just SOME OF IT, I
commend him wholeheartedly.  It's about time the middle class took their
country back.

Let me tell you about another one of those ludicrous republican stances - the
idea that Republicans hate big government.  Let me tell you something that may
wake you up a little - REPUBLICANS LOVE BIG GOVERMENT.  THEY LOVE BIG
GOVERNMENT.  They practiced it better than the Democrats.  When the government
wants to tell my wife that they have complete control over her body and want to
ban all abortions even in cases of incest or harm to the mother, I say GET THE
GOVERNMENT OFF OUR BACKS, too!!

As for Clinton's appointments, and his Economic Summit in Little
Rock, I must admit, I'm enjoying myself.  I'm one happy Democrat!

Glen Stegner
stegner_g@cubldr.colorado.edu