From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
Subject: Re: CLinton Re: Question about Clinton's "didn't inhale" remark
Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:41:36 GMT

In <ATAYLOR.92Jul23140236@gauss.nmsu.edu> ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy) writes:

><In article <1992Jul22.145318.424@cos.com> bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw) writes:

><   2. If we ever get a President who hasn't 'fooled around' it
><   will be a frosty day in July - what does that have to do with
><   the ability to govern?

>	Uh, are you asserting that each and every President
>	has violated his wedding vows? Do you have any
>	shred of evidence for this?

It seems to be general knowledge that some of the greater ones did.
However, to date we only have unproven claims by women who were
paid large sums of money to perjure themselves regarding Clinton.

><   3. If Governor Clinton has done such a lousy job in Arkansas,
><   how come they re-elected him 4 or 5 times?

>	Because Arkansas is essentially a one-party state.
>	The governors election is really decided in the
>	Democratic primary. Patronage and other perks
>	make it virtually impossible in Arkansas (and
>	too many other states) to dislodge a sitting
>	governor running for re-election.

So, if it is a one party state and he is doing a lousy job, where
are all the Republicans, or don't the game laws protect them.

><   4. Family values - Quayle makes me laugh. Which party allowed
><   salaries to drop so far behind inflation that both parents
><   have to work, or lose everything they tried to build. 

>	The party of James Earl Carter. If you really believe
>	that the 2% to 4% inflation rate of the last few
>	years is responsible for the high cost of living,
>	think again.

>	The real reason for two-wage earner families
>	is the huge TAX load that we all pay; is that
>	exclusively the fault of George Bush, or does
>	the Democratic-party controlled Congress have
>	just a little bit to do with it?

I'll try that again - 'salaries to drop so far behind inflation' -
so don't put words in my mouth. Sure, inflation rates have dropped,
but salary increases have dropped faster. And whose idea was the so
called tax fairness deal that put the bubble in for the middle
class. As far as huge tax load, the income tax is not the worst
part, try buying a house and see what 'tax' load is. Closing taxes,
mortgage 'points' (really a tax, just goes to different people), etc.
I know of no other civilized country that allows this form of
gouging.

><   5. At least Clinton has a 'vision', while Bush doesn't under-
><   stand 'this vision thing', in fact according to interviews in
><   this past weekends Post, even his friends admit that thinking
><   is not his strong suit.
>	
>	I see; so we should just administer IQ tests to
>	all the candidates & declare the "smartest" one
>	the winner?

Well, it wouldn't hurt to have a president who has something between
his ears.


><   6. All this moaning about taxes - you would be better off if
><   you worried about your Constitutional rights, the few we have
><   left.

>	I reckon you must not have much of a job, or else
>	you would be moaning about the 40% of your
>	gross pay which vaporizes into taxes as well.

If I was you, I'd report your employer to the IRS - 40% ?, the top
rate is only 33% at worst. As to my job, everyone in the country
should be so well off, I really wish they were.

>	And plenty of us worry about our Constitutional
>	rights, pal, even before you told us what to 
>	do with our lives. 

>	Is Clinton going to shut down the War on Drugs?

I doubt that he will shut it down, but he has promised to change
the way it is conducted. Meanwhile, the Bill of Rights lies
bleeding on the ground - and don't try and blame that on Congress,
we all need to accept a share of that one, for going along with
all the fancy words Bush & Co. laid on us.

Obviously, we don't share the same view of politics, which is fine
by me. I agree with you to the extent that some members of Congress
have been less than wonderful :-/, however, it is the Executive that
sets the direction, or should. As to the lousy performers in the
House, hey, get rid of them too. But keep the good ones.

REB

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