From: ken@batman.austin.ibm.com (Ken Goach)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.elections
Subject: Re: My thoughts on Clinton's character
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:26:17 GMT
Reply-To: ken@batman.austin.ibm.com (Ken Goach)
Organization: IBM Austin, TX

lintz@buster.cis.udel.edu (Brian Lintz) posts:

#I agree with almost all of this article; just want to make a few comments:

#In article <1992Jul20.113955.1974@cl.cam.ac.uk>
jb145@panther.cl.cam.ac.uk (J. Boyan) writes:
#
#> 2a) He's an Adulterer.  Well, welcome to reality, folks: good-looking,
#> successful, and brilliantly intelligent men will tend to attract
#> women.  It doesn't affect his ability to govern.  There may be enough
#> sensible Americans who appreciate that he was able to hold his
#> marriage together through these alleged affairs, that it won't be a
#> major issue.
#
#I wouldn't even concede this point. After all, who's word to we have?
#Gennifer Flowers, who was paid to make her statements. Also her statements
#were investigated by Newsweek, which found things like this: she claimed
#to have met him in a hotel in Arkansas - a few years before the hotel was
#even built. Her statements are full of things like this. Ok, the Clinton's
#said that they've had marital difficulties but they've worked them out.
#Does marital difficulties mean adultery? Not necessarily. If they had
#marital difficulites, that's their business, no one else's.


I could care less if Clinton *did* have a *sexual* affair with Flowers
or whoever. That is not a reflection on his ability to be president.
What about randy ol' JFK? Didn't George "the father of our country"
Washington keep a mistress? Weren't they great leaders?

He's a man - he's not perfect. People are too quick to point a finger.

This reminds me of a political cartoon I saw. On one side was Clinton,
and the caption read "This man lied to his wife. Will he lie to his
country?" On the other side was Bush, and the caption read "This man lied
to his country. Will he lie to his wife?"


#> 2b) ... and a Draft Evader.  The Republicans will try to make this
#> ridiculous claim the centerpiece of their campaign, in spite of
#> Quayle's much much worse record on the same subject.  The way I see
#> it, Quayle got into the Guard by having his R-I-C-H `ol Daddy make a
#> phone call.  Clinton, on the other hand, really agonized over the
#> decision, writing some beautiful statements on his feelings at the
#> time, and eventually decided that he would "serve his country" after
#> all.  But then he lucked out with a good lottery number.
#>
#>In fact, though, Clinton's judgment has been thoroughly excellent in
#>the conduct of his campaign, which is why he leaped so dramatically in
#>the polls over the last few weeks.  His major decision, choosing Gore
#>for VP, demonstrates his good judgment (or Slickness, which is the
#>same thing during a campaign) especially in contrast to Bush, whose
#>appointments have been incredibly horrible to the point of
#>ridiculousness (Quayle?  Souter?  Thomas?).
#
#And compare Quayle to Al Gore. Quayle publicly supported the war, then
#arranged so he didn't have to go. Gore publicly opposed the war and went
#anyway.


Good points. I hope everyone remembers them come November.


#>   LIBERAL: You just have to laugh.  I really don't think the L-word
#>could possibly stick to Mr. Pro-Defense, Pro-Capital Punishment,
#>Pro-Industry, Anti-Welfare, DLC-Founder, Jesse-Slighter Bill Clinton.
#>Then again, the Bush people have their ways...
#
#I agree. Is this the best they can do? Amazing. Anyone that opposes
#Bush is a Liberal. Kind of like everyone who opposed McCarthy was
#a Communist.


If opposing Bush makes one a liberal, sign me up!

And why is it that they throw around the word "Liberal" as if it is
an insult? This never ceases to amaze me.


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