From: csmith@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu (craig edward smith)
Subject: Re: Chelsea, Schools, The New Education President
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:13:38 GMT

>Ok, everyone that has a brain think about this for a minute.  Clinton
>sent his daughter to public school his whole time as Governer of Arkansas.
>So, he comes to Washington as the President of the United States, and he
>decides not to send his daughter to a public school. WHY? 
>NOT, because he couldn't find a decent enough public school around Washington
>and it's suburbs (or at least not any worse than the ones in Little Rock).
>As he stated before he made the decision, he wanted to "make sure that this
>new life as President will be as less disruptive of his daughter's life as
>possible".  Obviously, sending his daughter to a private school makes it 
>possible to control her environment much more so than if she went to a public 
>school.  The last child of a president in modern times that went to public
>school was Amy Carter, and it was pretty uncomfortable for her, after 3
>years she ended up going to a private school in the last year of Carter's 
>presidency.  

Hmm. Must of been all that pressure and stress of discussing Nuclear Arms
Reduction with her father. :)

>This decision was a tough one for Clinton to make, he dissapointed his 
>supporters and gave his detractors something to point and bitch about.

Like I'm sure you were privvy to his thoughts on this in order to know that
is was tough for him to make.

>Being a supporter of Clinton, I'm a little dissapointed, but I can see
>why he made the decision, and at least I can respect him for his guts.

Right. The same guts he showed dodging the draft, I suppose. ;D

>He put his daughter's welfare above politics.  All you Clinton bashers
>who claim that he always does things just to "get votes" or "please
>everyone" should at least admit that this was gutsy thing to do.

The gutsy thing to do would be to send her to the Public School with the
highest crime rate. THAT would be gutsy.

You are REALLY stretching it if you are trying to prove Clinton is gutsy with
the private school move. Especially when there are GUTSIER things that could
have been done.

>But that would be too much to ask, I know.
>
>
>On, a semi-related note, I was flipping through channels tonight and ran
>across Limbaugh's infomercial, he was saying some pretty nasty things
>about Carol Mosley Braun (sp?) for abotu 20 minutes straight.  Very NASTY
>things. Prediction (I'm serious): Sen. Braun will sue Limbaugh for slander.

Not likely. Libel is VERY hard to prove. Being Uncomplimentary is not libel.
You have to tell a deliberate lie that causes financial damage. Neither of
these were true with regard to Rush. If CMB sues for libel, she will be being
very petty, and I would return suit by suing for recovery of legal expenses
brought about by a frivalous lawsuit.

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