Organization: The Leader Desslok School of Diplomacy
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:48:07 EST
From: Mark 'Mark' Sachs <MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Limbaugh Watch Day 15
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In article <1eppelINN1jp@agate.berkeley.edu>, don@ocf.berkeley.edu (Don Bromley)
says:

>  I think you're being a little unfair in this.  I DO believe that the
>  Republican Party is the party of the "average" American person.  I
>  believe that it represents the feelings, ideas, and values of the
>  American people.

Then why didn't the American people vote for it, instead of the evil,
communist, pinko-PC-fascist-liberal Democratic Party which represents
foreign, alien, evil feelings, ideas, and values? Oh, wait, here it comes.

>             George Bush lost because under his leadership the economy
>  was driven into the ground, due in large part to his "going-along"
>  with the Democrats in Congress and world-economics at large.

All right, so given that those rotten, nasty Democrats are responsible
for the global economic downturn (as well as increasing crime, the wave
of deadly natural disasters, and the world comic book glut) then why,
in the name of Shiva, did the American people elect -- wait for it --
a *DEMOCRAT* to the Presidency? Is Bill Clinton less likely to cooperate
with the Democrats in Congress than George Bush was? Somehow, I just don't
see that. Please explain. Ah, wait a minute, it's below a bit.

> I
>  don't understand why Democrats fail to understand what's wrong with
>  this country.

Heh. George Bush was what was wrong with this country, IMHO... well, no,
that's being unfair to Bush; he was just a timeserving party hack. Most
of the blame falls to Reagan and his insane deficit spending. But that's
neither here nor there; I'm sure it's being hashed over [and over...] in
another thread here as we speak.

>  [deletia: Conservatives ARE winning, because Bruce Herschensohn ALMOST
    beat Barbara Boxer, and an abortion-rights bill ALMOST lost in Washington
    and...]

Almost counts only in horseshoes and hand grenades, m'friend.

Ah, here's why the vast Republican masses favored Clinton over Bush...

>  Because George Bush let us down... Yes...  I don't think people realize
>  what they'll be getting with Billie.

So basically the contention is that the American people made a mistake?
Fair 'nuff. However, this statement in and of itself does not lend any         d
credence to claims that the Republicans are more in touch. I repeat, if they
were in touch, they would have WON. (They were definitely in touch in 1980,
ferexample, goofy as Reagan was.)

> There's NO way Bill will be
>  able to keep all his campaign promises... I just saw a 60 minutes
>  piece about the deficit, a group got together and cut programs left
>  and right... the Defense budget, Urban Aid, Social Security, Farm
>  subsidies.. you name it... and still had trouble getting the budget
>  down to a level which would eliminate the deficite in 5 years.

I think his promise was to halve the deficit in 5 years. It might be possible;
I'll freely admit to being a bit dubious. Nevertheless, I didn't vote for
Clinton for deficit reduction. I voted for him for health care, improved
support for science and technology, and a non-silly government.

> Bill
>  WILL break a LOT of his promises, and I don't think you'll see
>  another Democrat president in a LONG while after that.

Assuming there isn't another Great Depression (and even the most panicky
Republican doomsayers have to admit it's unlikely to be that bad in four
years) Clinton's re-election is assured. The GOP has crippled itself by
handing over control to the religious-right fanatics. In '96 they'll nominate
some wacko like Buchanan or Quayle, and get stomped.

(Pity that, too. Kemp vs. Clinton would be a good race to watch, and you'd
have the added pleasure of knowing that no matter who won, someone competent
would be running the country.)

 "But Dr. Radium, was that necessary?" "Rez, _everything_ I do is necessary."
[Your blood pressure just went up.]        Mark Sachs IS: mbs110@psuvm.psu.edu
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