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Offline Eagler

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« Reply #45 on: November 29, 2001, 09:30:00 AM »
I find it very odd we do not hold our "elected" officials to the same standards & expectations that stockholders hold officers of major corporations...
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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #46 on: November 29, 2001, 10:18:00 AM »
Here's some food for thought:


mmmmmmm clinton promised


After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured
1,000; President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted
down and punished.

After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military
personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and
punished.

After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and
injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible
would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and
injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down
and punished.

After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S.
sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and
punished.

Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise, an estimated 5,000 people in New York
and Washington, D.C. that are now dead would be Alive today.

Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #47 on: November 29, 2001, 10:20:00 AM »
And since we're on the subject...
There are two men, both extremely wealthy. One develops relatively cheap
software and gives billions of dollars to charity. The other sponsors
terrorism. That being the case, why is it that the Clinton Administration
spent more money chasing down Bill Gates over the past eight years than
Osama bin Laden?

THINK ABOUT IT!

It is a strange turn of events. Hillary gets $8 Million for her forthcoming
memoir. Bill gets about $12 Million for his memoir yet to be written. This
from two people who have spent the past 8 years being unable to recall
anything about past events while under oath!

Incredible!

THINK ABOUT IT!

Offline Udie

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« Reply #48 on: November 29, 2001, 10:32:00 AM »
Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort:
And since we're on the subject...
There are two men, both extremely wealthy. One develops relatively cheap
software and gives billions of dollars to charity. The other sponsors
terrorism. That being the case, why is it that the Clinton Administration
spent more money chasing down Bill Gates over the past eight years than
Osama bin Laden?

THINK ABOUT IT!

It is a strange turn of events. Hillary gets $8 Million for her forthcoming
memoir. Bill gets about $12 Million for his memoir yet to be written. This
from two people who have spent the past 8 years being unable to recall
anything about past events while under oath!

Incredible!

THINK ABOUT IT!

 Pretty powerful post there Rip.  I never thought about the bill gates / bin laden thing like you put it.  That kind of pisses me off even more.  The book deal is typical clinton crap.  I wonder if they'll bother to explain all those "coinsidences" and "silly clerical errors" that they had throughout their administration.

 I have faith though that the further out from his time in office we get the more history will view him for the slimeball he is...

Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #49 on: November 29, 2001, 10:39:00 AM »
Straight off the Gallup Poll website. Sorry your memory seems to be slipping Udie.
Hope this is legible.

BTW Clinton was elected with 49.2% of the popular vote in 1996. Dole had 40.6%.

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bill Clinton is handling his job as president?"

Approve % Disapprove % No opinion %  
   2001
67 29 5 01 Jan. 10-14
65 31 4 01 Jan 5-7
   2000
66 32 2 00 Dec. 15-17
60 35 5 00 Dec. 2-4
63 33 4 00 Nov 13-15
57 38 5 00 Oct 25-28
58 37 5 00 Oct 6-9
60 34 6 00 Sep 11-13
62 35 3 00 Aug 29-Sep 5
62 35 3 00 Aug 18-19
58 39 3 00 Aug 11-12
57 40 3 00 Aug 4-5
57 39 4 00 Jul 25-26
59 37 4 00 Jul 14-16
59 36 5 00 Jul 6-9
55 40 5 00 Jun 22-25
60 36 4 00 Jun 6-7
57 37 6 00 May 18-21
57 36 7 00 May 5-7
59 39 2 00 Apr 28-30
62 34 4 00 Mar 30-Apr 2
56 39 5 00 Mar 17-19
63 34 3 00 Mar 10-12
57 39 4 00 Feb 25-27
62 34 4 00 Feb 14-15
62 33 4 00 Feb 4-6
64 32 4 00 Jan 25-26
62 35 3 00 Jan 17-19
59 37 4 00 Jan 13-16
63 35 2 00 Jan 7-10
   1999
57 36 7 99 Dec 20-21
56 41 3 99 Dec 9-12
59 36 5 99 Nov 18-21
58 38 4 99 Nov 4-7
59 36 5 99 Oct 21-24
56 39 5 99 Oct 8-10
59 38 3 99 Sep 23-26
60 38 2 99 Sep 10-14
60 35 5 99 Aug 24-26
59 36 5 99 Aug 16-18
60 35 5 99 Aug 3-4
64 31 5 99 July 22-25
58 38 4 99 July 16-18
59 37 4 99 July 13-14
57 41 2 99 June 25-27
60 37 3 99 June 11-13
60 35 5 99 June 4-5
53 42 5 99 May 23-24
60 35 5 99 May 7-9
60 36 4 99 Apr 30-May 2
60 35 5 99 Apr 26-27
60 36 4 99 Apr 13-14
59 35 6 99 Apr 6-7
64 32 4 99 Mar 30-31
64 33 3 99 Mar 19-21
62 35 3 99 Mar 12-14
68 28 4 99 Mar 5-7
66 31 3 99 Feb 26-28
66 30 4 99 Feb 19-21
68 30 2 99 Feb 12-13
70 27 3 99 Feb 9
65 33 2 99 Feb 4-8
67 31 2 99 Jan 27
69 29 2 99 Jan 22-24
69 29 2 99 Jan 15-17
67 30 3 99 Jan 8-10
63 34 3 99 Jan 6
   1998
73 25 2 98 Dec 19-20
63 33 4 98 Dec 15-16
64 34 2 98 Dec 12-13
66 30 4 98 Dec 4-6
66 30 4 98 Nov 20-22
62 36 2 98 Nov 19
66 31 3 98 Nov 13-15
66 30 4 98 Oct.29-Nov 1
65 32 3 Oct 23-25
65 32 3 Oct 9-12
63 34 3 Oct 6-7
66 31 3 Sep 23-24
66 31 3 Sep 21 (*)
60 34 6 Sep 20 (*)
63 35 2 Sep 14-15
63 34 3 Sep 11-12
60 37 3 Sep 10 (*)
62 33 5 Sep 1 (*)
62 35 3 Aug 21-23
61 34 5 Aug 20 (*)
66 29 5 Aug 18 (*)
62 32 6 Aug 17 (*)
65 30 5 Aug 10-12
64 32 4 Aug 7-8
65 31 4 Jul 29(*)
61 34 5 Jul 7-8
60 34 6 Jun 22-23
60 34 6 Jun 5-7
64 31 5 May 8-10
63 31 6 April 17-19
66 28 6 March 20-22
67 29 4 March 16(*)
63 31 6 March 6-9
66 29 5 February 20-22
66 30 4 February 13-15
69 28 3 January 30-February 1
67 28 5 January 28
59 37 4 January 25-26
60 35 5 January 24-25
58 36 6 January 23-24
60 30 10 January 16-18
59 32 9 January 6-7  
   1997
56 36 8 December 18-21
61 30 9 November 21-23
59 31 10 November 6-9
59 32 9 October 27-29
55 36 9 October 3-5
58 33 9 September 25-28
61 28 11 September 6-7
60 34 6 August 22-25
61 32 7 August 12-13
58 34 8 July 25-27
55 36 9 June 26-29
57 35 8 May 30-June 1
57 35 8 May 6-7
54 37 9 Apr 18-20
59 35 6 Mar 24-26
57 33 10 Feb 24-26
60 31 9 Jan 30-Feb 2
62 31 7 Jan 10-13
58 35 7 Jan 3-5, 1997
   1996
58 34 8 Dec 9-11
58 35 7 Nov 21-24
54 36 10 Oct 26-29
57 36 7 Oct 2-3
58 34 8 Oct 1-2
60 31 9 Sep 7-9
60 33 7 Aug 30-Sep 1
53 39 8 Aug 23-25
52 39 9 Aug 16-18
57 36 7 Aug 5-7
58 35 7 Jul 25-28
57 35 8 Jul 18-21
52 42 6 Jun 27-30
58 37 5 Jun 18-19
53 38 9 May 28-29
55 39 6 May 9-12
56 37 7 Apr 25-28
54 40 6 Apr 9-10
52 39 9 Mar 15-17
54 37 9 Mar 8-10
53 40 7 Feb 23-25
52 42 6 Jan 26-29
46 47 7 Jan 12-15
42 49 9 Jan 5-7
   1995
51 44 5 Dec 15-18
53 38 9 Nov 17-18
52 41 7 Nov 6-8
49 40 11 Oct 19-22
46 42 12 Oct 5-7
48 44 8 Sep 22-24
44 44 12 Sep 14-17
46 43 11 Aug 28-30
46 42 12 Aug 4-7
46 44 10 Jul 20-23
48 42 10 Jul 7-9
47 42 11 Jun 5-6
51 42 7 May 11-14
51 39 10 Apr 21-24
46 45 9 Apr 17-19
47 45 8 Apr 5-6
44 47 9 Mar 27-29
46 45 9 Mar 17-19
42 48 10 Feb 24-26
49 44 7 Feb 3-5
47 45 8 Jan 16-18
   1994
40 52 8 Dec 28-30
42 53 5 Dec 16-18
42 50 8 Dec 2-5
43 49 8 Nov 28-29
46 46 8 Nov 2-6
48 46 6 Oct 22-25
41 52 7 Oct 18-19
42 52 6 Oct 7-9
44 51 5 Sep 23-25
42 50 8 Sep 16-18
39 54 7 Sep 6-7
39 52 9 Aug 15-16
43 48 9 Aug 8-9
42 49 9 Jul 15-17
43 48 9 Jul 1-3
44 47 8 Jun 25-28
49 44 7 Jun 11-12
46 47 7 Jun 3-6
51 42 7 May 20-22
48 44 8 Apr 22-24
51 41 8 Apr 16-18
52 41 7 Mar 25-27
50 41 9 Mar 11-13
50 42 8 Mar 7-8
53 41 6 Feb 26-28
58 35 7 Jan 28-30
54 38 8 Jan 15-17
54 38 8 Jan 6-8
   1993
54 40 6 Dec 17-19
52 38 10 Dec 4-6
48 43 9 Nov 19-21
50 43 7 Nov 15-16
48 45 7 Nov 2-4
48 45 7 Oct 28-30
47 44 9 Oct 13-18
50 42 8 Oct 8-10
56 36 8 Sep 24-26
46 43 11 Sep 13-15
47 42 11 Sep 10-12
44 47 9 Aug 23-25
44 48 8 Aug 8-10
41 49 10 Jul 19-21
45 48 7 Jul 9-11
46 47 7 Jun 29-30
39 50 11 Jun 18-21
37 49 14 Jun 5-6
44 46 10 May 21-23
45 44 11 May 10-11
55 37 8 Apr 22-24
52 37 11 Mar 29-31
53 34 13 Mar 12-14
59 29 12 Feb 26-28
51 34 15 Feb 12-14
54 30 16 Jan 29-31
58 20 22 Jan 24-26
 
Sorry for the long-ass post.

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« Reply #50 on: November 29, 2001, 11:16:00 AM »
Clinton won in 1992 by only a slim margin, I believe it was 42%, lowest ever in the history of the US (Thanks all you 3rd party voters! Arrgh!)

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« Reply #51 on: November 29, 2001, 11:35:00 AM »
nevermind

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« Reply #52 on: November 29, 2001, 12:42:00 PM »
10bears, if you truly believe Clinton was responsible for fiscal growth (And tax increases I might add) then you need to take an economics class in college. The Technology boom was the primary reason for growth, followed by Global growth which boosted our economy as well.

Or I could listen to Paul Volker and Allen Grenspan who did  take an economics class in collage they both accredited the boom to the economic stimulus package of 1993 coupled with the campaign promise to balance the budget which would lower interest rates enough to offset the raise in taxes for the people affected.. These are folks who earn $150,000 or more a year.  I don’t have the congressional voting records here, could you remind me how many Republicans voted for the economic stimulus package?

LOL, I crack up everytime someone says "Well, with clinton, our economy boomed!"..hehehehehe! Ya, he was in office, but you could have put a monkey in office, and the monkey would have got credit too!

Normally the President gets credit or blame for the economy  well you’ve heard of the “Clinton Rules”  anything bad happens its Clinton’s fault, anything good, must be Reagan or Bush.  As for the monkey, we did put Bonzo’s co-star in charge and he ran up the deficit to three trillion dollars! The lesson: Don’t let monkeys use credit cards.

After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured
1,000; President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted
down and punished.


You can go a visit these guys in prison if you want.. they all got life sentences.

After the 1994 OKC bombing Clinton promised to hunt down those responsible and punish.
Well Tim McVey, from the local talaban, I would say, is most certainly punished.

After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military
personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and
punished.

After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and
injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible
would be hunted down and punished.

These guys were hunted down.. Getting your head wacked off by a sword ain’t exactly a slap on the wrist.
After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and
injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down
and punished.


Cruise missiles take a couple of hours to reach their target. Could Ossama have been tipped off?
The President authorized 6 billion for the anti terrorism task force. He also hatched a plan to kill Ossama using Pakistani agents. That plan was nixed due to the overthrow of an elected government by the military.

Year 2000 Millennium bombers caught
Year 2000 Philippines Embassy bombers --caught

3 other terrorist attempts  were found out about and stopped.

After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S.
sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and
punished.

We know now Ossama’s boys did this, he said so during his interview.

Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise, an estimated 5,000 people in New York
and Washington, D.C. that are now dead would be Alive today.

Or...
Maybe if the National Security Council and the CIA had done their jobs and listened to 3 different intelligence agencies that an attack was imminent,  might have saved the 3,700 people.

You and Rude claiming that Clinton was somehow responsible with the WTC attack is insane! That would be like me saying the CIA, pissed off about the Bay of Pigs, pulling out of advisers in Viet Nam, the upcoming Civil Rights vote... had something to do with the murder of JFK, using the classic hub-spoke conspiracy. The hub.. only a few people who know, and the spokes people who don’t know but work for the hub.

I wouldn’t say that because I believe in  the Warren Commission report. No problem shooting a moving target 3 times at 250 feet.

Anyway I’ve got to run errands today and probably won’t be able to make it back by 4pm for the Mag-33 meeting.  Also a preset tomorrow (same as last few weeks) and won’t be able to attend the TOD.
Best to you and your family.
10Bears--