From: vsg001@acad.drake.edu
Subject: Re: Coup de grace:CLINTON Cowardice
Organization: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 16:14:09 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.010822.1@acad.drake.edu>, vsg001@acad.drake.edu writes:
> JUST WANTED TO GET THIS OUT MORE--Vince
> In article <BvqEEt.8xn@agora.rain.com>, robart@agora.rain.com (Robert Barton) writes:
>>>*PROMISES NOT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
>>>"I told you when I announced for Governor... I'm gonna serve four years. I made
>>>that decision when I decided to run... I'm being considered a candidate for
>>>Governor.  That's the job I want-- that's the job I'll do for the next four
>>>years."
>>>KHOB/KHOG-TV Gubernatorial Debate 10/15/90
>>>
>>>*RUNS FOR PRESIDENT
>>>"Today I proudly announce my candidacy for President of the United States of
>>>America."
>>>Clinton Announcement Speech, Little Rock, Arkansas 10/3/91
>>>
>>>*PLEDGES TO BALANCE THE BUDGET
>>>"I would present a five-year plan to balance the budget."
>>>CNN's Larry King Live 6/4/92
>>>
>>>*ABANDONS BALANCED BUDGET
>>>"My plan will cut the deficit in half within four years."
>>>Putting People First 6/20/92
>>>
>>>*MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUT "CENTRAL"
>>>"I want to make it very clear that this middle-class tax cut, in my view, is
>>>central to any attempt we're going to make to have a short-term economic
>>>strategy and a long-term fairness strategy, which is part of getting this
>>>country going again."
>>>ABC News, Primary Debate, Manchester, 1/19/92
>>>
>>>*MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUT NOT "CENTRAL"
>>>"But to say that this middle class tax cut, ... is the center of anybody's
>>>econom[ic] package, is wrong."
>>>ABC News, Democratic Candidate's Debate, Dallas, 5/5/92
>>>
>>>"I would emphasize to you that the press and my opponents always made more of
>>>the middle-class tax cut than I did."
>>>ABC "Good Morning America", 6/6/92
>>>
>>>*EMBRACES PRIVATE SCHOOL CHOICE
>>>"I am fascinated by that proposal [allowing parents to choose a private school
>>>and receive financial assistance via tax credits or vouchers]... I'm concerned
>>>*OPPOSES PRIVATE SCHOOL CHOICic Party establishment has not given you more
>>>encouragement.  The visionary is rarely embraced by the status quo."
>>>Clinton Letter to Wisconsin State Representative Polly Williams, 10/18/90
>>>
>>>*OPPOSES PRIVATE SCHOOL CHOICE
>>>"We shouldn't give our money away to private schools in a system that will
>>>undermine the integrity of the public school system."
>>>Town Meeting wit hthe NEA, 7/7/92
>>>
>>>*OPPOSES GUN CONTROL
>>>"I'm not for gun control."
>>>Arkansas Gazette, 11/2/90
>>>
>>>*FAVORS GUN CONTROL
>>>"I was an early and strong supporter of the Brady Bill."
>>>NBC's "Today" Show, 10/17/91
>>>
>>>*OPPOSES TAX FOR HEALTH CARE
>>>"We don't need to lead with a tax increase that asks hard working people who
>>>already pay too much for health care to pay even more..."
>>>Bill Clinton for President Primary Committee, "American Health Care Plan,"
>>>Issue Paper
>>>
>>>*PROPOSES PAYROLL TAX FOR HEALTH CARE
>>>"There will be -- there will be a buy in tax, which they can call a payroll
>>>tax."
>>>USA Today editorial meeting, 8/12/92
>>>
>>>*COMMITTED TO FREE TRADE
>>>"...I think it is imperative that we make alliances with Mexico."
>>>Southwest Times Record, 6/2/91
>>>
>>>*FLIRTS WITH PROTECTIONISTS
>>>"I am reviewing it carefully and when I have a definite opinion I will say so."
>>>Speech to Detroit Economic Club 8/21/92
>>>
>>>*AGREES WITH OPPONENTS OF GULF WAR
>>>"I agree wit hthe arguments of the people in the minority on the
>>>resolution--that we should give sanctions more time and maybe even explore a
>>>full-scale embargo...before we go to war."
>>>AP story in the Pins Bluff Comercial 1/15/91
>>>
>>>*SUPPORTS GULF WAR
>>>"I supported the Persian Gulf War because I thought it was right and in our
>>>national interest..."
>>>U.S. News and World Report 8/23/92
>>>
>>>*OPPOSES TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS
>>>"I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions.  We should
>>>not spend state funds on abortion because so many people believe abortion is
>>>wrong."
>>>Letter to Arkansas Rigth to Life, 9/26/86
>>>
>>>"There's a big difference between being pro-choice and being for spending tax
>>>dollars for any kind of abortion.  Idon't think that's appropriate."
>>>AP 10/11/91
>>>
>>>*SUPPORTS TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS
>>>"Clinton's innovation and comprehensive health care plan would cover
>>>pregnancy-related medical procedures, inclduing abortions."
>>>Bill Clinton for President Committee, Women's Issues Paper
>>>
>>>*SUPPORTS LITMUS TEST FOR JUDGES
>>>"It is [a litmus test], and it makes me uncomfortable, [but] I would want the
>>>first judge I appointed to believe in the right to privacy and the right to
>>>choose."
>>>Bill Moyers Interview, 7/9/92
>>>
>>>*OPPOSES LITMUS TEST FOR JUDGES
>>>"I have said that I would do my best, in the next appointment of the Supreme
>>>Court, to appoint someone who believes in the general rule of Roe vs. Wade. 
>>>That does not mean - I have no intention of giving somebody a test..."
>>>As reported on CBS 7/20/92 Wheeling WVa 7/19/92
>>>
>>>*OPEN ON TERM LIMITS
>>>"I think it's a decision that people ought to make...I wouldn't rule out term
>>>limits."
>>>Meet the Press 1/5/92
>>>
>>>*CLOSED TO TERM LIMITS
>>>"I'm against term limits because I think that it takes choices away from
>>>voters."
>>>Boston Globe 7/27/92
>>>
>>>*RESTRAIN SPENDING
>>>"We need to give the people a sense that there's some discipline and some
>>>restraint in spending."
>>>NBC Nightly News 3/18/92
>>>
>>>*SPEND
>>>Proposes $219.52 billion in new spending.
>>>Putting People First page 19, 6/20/92
>>>
>>>*WOULD NOT SIGN WELFARE WAIVER
>>>"'I would not sign that bill,' Clinton said referring to a New Jersey bill that
>>>prevents women from collecting extra benefits if they have additional
>>>children."
>>>New York Times 1/22/92
>>>
>>>*WOULD SIGN WELFARE WAIVER
>>>"Clinton said that, as president, he would sign a federal waiver allowing the
>>>state to impose the law...'My position is that no one knows whether it will
>>>work for sure...I would not deprive them of the right to try this...'"
>>>Philadephia Inquirer, 5/23/92
>>>
>>>*SUPPORTS 45 MPG CAFE
>>>"We'll accelerate our progress toward fuel-efficient cars and seek to raise the
>>>average goal for automakers to 40 miles per gallon by the year 2000, 45 miles
>>>per gallon by 2020."
>>>Drexel University Speech, 4/22/92
>>>
>>>*CAFE UNFAIR
>>>"...I think we should be very flexible about imposing standards on the overall
>>>fleet as opposed to different sized vehicles,...I don't think it's fair to
>>>impose a burden on an American fleet that has bigger cars in it that foreign
>>>competitors do...."
>>>Speech to Detroit Economic Club, 8/21/92
>>>
>>>*NEVER OPPOSED THE DRAFT SYSTEM
>>>"Clinton said that he never was opposed to the draft."
>>>Arkansas Democrat, 6/4/82
>>>
>>>*OPPOSED THE DRAFT
>>>Clinton: "From my work [at Georgetown] I came to believe that the draft system
>>>itself is illegitimate...."
>>>Letter to Col.Holmes 12/5/69
>>>
>>>*NOT DEFERRED
>>>"Clinton said the agreement [with the ROTC] was never sent to Washington and he
>>>was not deferred."
>>>Arkansas Gazette 10/28/78
>>>
>>>*DEFERRED
>>>Clinton: "I gave up the deferment."
>>>Nightline 2/12/92
>>>
>>>*NEVER DRAFTED
>>>Clinton: "As it happened, I told the [draft board] I expected to be called
>>>while was over there [in England] the first year, but they never did."
>>>Washington Post 4/6/92
>>>
>>>*DRAFTED
>>>Clinton: "In 1969 while studying at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, I received
>>>a draft notice which arrived late."
>>>Speech to American Legion 8/25/92
>>>
>>>*WILL RELEASE PERSONAL FILES
>>>Clinton : "I have found some things that I want to share with you... But I have
>>>asked for some more records because I don't want to get in a position of where
>>>somebody, says, 'you didn't give us everything you had."
>>>AP 4/17/92
>>>
>>>*WILL NOT RELEASE PERSONAL FILES
>>>"On Saturday, [Betsey Wright] of Clinton-Gore released correspondence between
>>>the campaign and public agencies in an attempt to show Clinton came up
>>>empty-handed in his effort to confirm his account of the events in 1969.  She
>>>did not release any documents found in his search of personal records, and
>>>refused Tuesday to comment about what Clinton had found, if anything."
>>>AP 9/2/92
>>>
>>>*GAVE UP DEFERMENT
>>>Clinton: "I gave back an ROTC student deferment and placed myself in the
>>>draft."
>>>Statement 2/12/92
>>>
>>>Clinton: "I gave up a deferment and put myself back in the draft."
>>>Nightline 2/12/92
>>>
>>>Clinton: "I asked to be put back into the draft because I did not think I
>>>should have a four-year deferment."
>>>ABC "This Week With David Brinkley," 2/25/92
>>>
>>>Clinton: "I decided I should put myself back in the draft."
>>>"The Brokaw Report: 58 days," 9/6/92
>>>
>>>*DEFERMENT WITHDRAWN
>>>Clinton: "I had lost my draft deferment several weeks before [December
>>>3,1969]."
>>>Nightline, 2/12/92
>>>
>>>Clinton: "[M]y deferment was withdrawn in October; I was put back in the draft
>>>pool."
>>>Nightline 2/12/92
>>>
>>>*DENOUNCES CLASS WARFARE
>>>"No more division by race, no more division by income, no more class warfare."
>>>NBC Nightly News 3/18/92
>>>
>>>*ENGAGES IN CLASS WARFARE
>>>"In making the rich pay their fair share.  Bill Clinton-he'll put people
>>>first."
>>>Clinton ad as aired on NBC Nightly News 3/18/92
>>>
>>>*ARGUES PRODUCTIVITY DECREASING
>>>"Every one of us would agree that America's productivity has been going
>>>downhill for well over a decade..."
>>>ABC News report as Democratic Presidential Candidate Debate, Dallas, 3/5/92
>>>
>>>*ARGUES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASING
>>>"If you look at our trade deficit, its been coming down steadily because
>>>manufacturing productivity has increased."
>>>Speech at Georgetown University 12/12/91
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