From: jason@ab20.larc.nasa.gov (Jason Austin)
Subject: Re: I just can't figure it out....
Reply-To: Jason C. Austin <j.c.austin@larc.nasa.gov>
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 21:10:41 GMT

In article <sam.1dju@terapin.com> sam@terapin.com (Sam Lewit) writes:
-> I'm not a political expert nor am I wealthy. I'm just your average Joe who is
-> concerned with the future of this country.
-> 
-> I can not for the life of me figure out how Bush can have 39% in the polls. 

	Try watching a lot less politics on television and and read the facts.

-> 1) Have these 39% been in a cave?

	I don't understand the question.

-> 2) Have they been on vacation out of the country for the past 4 years?

	Probably not.  It would be pretty empty with a hundred million
people out of the country.

-> 3) Are they all extremely wealthy? (At the onset of the 80's, Congress went
-> along with the Reagan-Bush "voodoo" supply-side economics, making the biggest
-> tax cut in history, and slashing social-service spending. The biggest
-> benefactors were the rich. The share of the top 1 per cent almost doubled, from
-> 20% in 1979 to 36% in 1989)

	How about some evidence?

-> 4) Ignorance?

	There's no verb in that sentence.

-> 5) That 39% really give a sh*t about "family values?". Just WHAT IS a family
-> value? And who is Bush & Company to tell me how I raise my beloved family?! Ah
-> yes... the "family value" gimmick. Since my dingbat VP Danny made some stupid
-> comment regarding a fictional TV character, we'll just work that whole theme
-> into the convention. Good idea boys!

	Despite what you see on TV, people do care about family
values.  Parents are raising their kids and want them to grow up in
the world that family values project.

-> 6) These 39% perhaps really believe the line blaming this whole mess on the
-> Democratic congress! If the Democratic congress are all to blame, how come we
-> never heard ole Ronnie complaining about them? Oh it seems *HE* was able to
-> handle them, huh? Then maybe we need a president who COULD handle our evil
-> congress. COME ON! Can't you people see through this fabrication?! This guy is
-> DESPERATE!

	I seem to remember Reagan bitching about them quite a bit.
Congress is THE national legislative power in this country and can
directly affect the state of the country much more than the president.

-> Well what about the House rubber check scandal you say? FACT: The *top*
-> bad-check artist was former GOP Congressman Tommy Robinson (R-Ark) with 996 to
-> his credit. Other GOP standouts include Robert Davis (R-Mich) with 878 and Vin
-> Weber (R-Minn). FACT: The total number of rubber GOP checks was SIX THOUSAND,
-> FOUR HUNDRED AND FOURTY-SEVEN (6,447) checks! As for those who bounced *no*
-> checks, the Democrats edged out the Republicans 89 to 77!

	The majority was Democrat.  It was also the Democrats that
tried to keep the facts of the scandel away from the public.

-> Bill Clinton is definitely not the best person for the job, but Bush is
-> DEFINITELY the WRONG person for the job. He's proved it in the past 4 years.
-> And I can not understand how there could be 1 single person in the United
-> States who can not see what damage the Reagan-Bush gang have done to this
-> beloved country even on the simplest of scales.

	How about some evidence?  If you're that sure of yourself then
you probably haven't seen all the facts.  

-> Think back 12 years ago. Do you remember the once elegant Grand Central Station
-> in Manhattan? Have you been there recently? The place stinks of urine, and
-> there are bums asleep in every nook and cranny of the place. It's a sewer. This
-> scene is being replayed in every town and city across America!

	I guess I must have missed all the sewers.

-> Think back 12 years ago. Do you remember how nice it was to take a walk around
-> the neighborhood on a warm summer night? To do that now would almost be suicide
-> in most major towns and cities. I live in an honest hard working neighborhood
-> yet we hear gunfire a few blocks away almost nightly. This NEVER happened 12
-> years ago. Ever!

	I have never heard a gunshot while out on a warm summer night
except for when someone had their TV too loud.

-> Think back 12 years ago. Do you remember our streets and bridges being in the
-> state of disrepair they are now?

	I must have missed this too.  I guess I only drive on the new
bridges and roads.

-> 
-> I could go on all night. You people (and I am addressing those 39%) must
-> understand that you have been lied to. You've been had! Simple as that. These
-> guys say jump and you all say.. well...duh.. alright, how high? It's pathetic. 
-> All these little catch phrases. "A Thousand Points of Light", "Just Say No"
-> (which I understand has been adopted by the Clinton campaign and changed to
-> "Just SPELL No"). You simply can not "Just Say No to Drugs" out one side of
-> your mouth, and then lay off half your police department due to cutbacks in
-> federal aid and expect the problem to dissapear. My three year old niece could
-> tell you that!
-> 
-> I give up. Good night.
-> 
-> Sam
	
	Someone who does nothing but complain is pretty pathetic.
This country needs more optimists and less winers.
--
Jason C. Austin
j.c.austin@larc.nasa.gov