From: shackeld@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (david m shackelford )
Newsgroups: alt.politics.bush,alt.politics.clinton,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: No looking at your neighbors' papers....
Date: 6 Oct 92 00:00:21 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

In article <1akhv8INN1bv@uwm.edu  > terri@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Theresa J Flynn) writes:
 >
 >PENCILS UP, YOU MAY BEGIN
 >
 >Joel McNally, the Innocent Bystander -- The Milwaukee Journal 10/1/92
 >
 >A midterm campaign examination on everything we have learned so far:
 >
 >1. Which promise on taxes by George Bush do you find more persuasive?
 >
 >   a.  His 1988 pledge:  "Read my lips.  No new taxes."
 >   b.  His new, improved 1992 pledge: "I am not going to do it again. Ever,
 >       ever."
     
    Both.  Bush didn't raise taxes, Congress did.

 >2. Which action by a college student do you consider more important in
 >   determining how you will vote in 1992?
 >   
 >   a.  What Bill Clinton did to avoid getting drafted to fight in a war he
 >       opposed.
 >   b.  What Dan Quayle did to avoid getting drafted to fight in a war he
 >       supported.

    a.  Clinton is running for President, Quayle for V.P.  Additionally,
        Quayle didn't "avoid" getting drafted, he VOLUNTEERED for the
        guard.

 >3. In the Great Owl Debate of "jobs vs. environment" posed by the Bush
 >   campaign, which would you be more upset to wake up tomorrow morning and
 >   find was gone?
 >
 >   a.  Your job.
 >   b.  Your planet.

     A.  Man does not have the capacity to destroy the planet.

 >4. Which of the following would you be willing to bet your next paycheck
 >   that the vice president of the United States could spell correctly?
 >
 >   a.  Anti-disestablishmentarianism
 >   b.  Potato
 >   c.  Cat

     d.  None of the above, I don't bet.  (spelling is not that
         important anyway :-)

 >5. What is your favorite family value?
 >
 >   a.  The right to choose whether to have a family.
 >   b.  The right to enjoy "Murphy Brown."
 >   c.  The Grand Slam Special at Denny's

     d.  The right to teach your children your personal moral values.
         The right to expect the government won't teach your children
         the *wrong* morals.

 >6. Which candidate has the most appeal among young voters?
 >
 >   a.  Clinton, because he plays that hip musical instrument, the saxophone.
 >   b.  Bush, because he talks in rap.
 >   c.  Al Gore, because he looks like Superman.
 >   d.  Quale, because he looks like Jimmy Olsen.
 >   e.  Ross Perot, because he's an elf.

     What does this question mean?  I'm confused as to how this matters...
           Bush : He's trying to see that young voters don't go
           broke paying for all those old people's health care.

 >7. Bush says the election is about trust.  Which of the follwoing would you
 >   trust Bush to do if elected to a second term?
 >
 >   a.  Never to raise taxes again. Ever.  Ever.
 >   b.  To select only the best-qualified Americans for important jobs such
 >       as the vice presidency and the US Supreme Court.
 >   c.  Not to throw up on heads of state while visiting other nations.

     a.  Presidents don't raise taxes, Congress does.  Bush was
         forced to sign or let the government run out of money.

     b.  Bush has selected only qualified Americans for important jobs.
         All of his nominees meet the legal qualifications for the office
         they were nominated for.  Most were confirmed by either the
         voters or the Senate.
     c.  Try getting the flu yourself and then hold it in when you
         vomit.   Not an issue...

 >8. During the sale of US missiles to Iran, the late Ronald Reagan was
 >   napping through the presidency and Vice President Bush was "out of the
 >   loop."  Write down your best guess as to who was running the United
 >   States.

     What sale of missiles is that?

     Ever hear of embezzlement?  Is the president of a corporation
     responsible if someone embezzles without his/her knowledge?
     Have you ever sat through a day in the Oval Office?  Any idea
     how many millions of details a President faces during his term?


 >9. What is your primary concern about the US economy?
 >
 >   a.  How to spend the big bonanza if Bush finally succeeds in cutting
 >       capital gains taxes.
 >   b.  Whether US jobs are on a fast track or a slow track to Mexico.
 >   c.  That there be one again.

     That less money is taken away from the middle class and
     given to people who have never earned anything in their
     life and don't deserve it now.

 >10. What about Bush reminds you most of Harry Truman?
 >
 >   a.  Nobody thinks he's going to win.
 >   b.  He likes to fish and recently rode on a train.
 >   c.  He's a dead man.

     That he's trying to fight people who won't follow his
     orders (primarily Democrats [socialists] in Congress)

David Shackelford
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