Posted on 04/20/2007 6:04:29 AM PDT by presidio9
Many adults in the United States long for the mandate of a previous head of state, according to a poll by Opinion Research Corporation released by CNN. 53 per cent of respondents miss former U.S. president Bill Clinton now that he has left the White House.
In the survey, 96 per cent of African-American respondents say they miss Clinton, while 50 per cent of White Americans say they are glad he has left.
Clinton—a Democrat and former governor of Arkansas—won the 1992 U.S. presidential election. His campaign was largely based on a condemnation of the economic recession of the early 1990s. In 1996, Clinton became the first Democrat to serve two terms as president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, winning 49.2 per cent of all cast ballots and 379 electoral votes. Clinton’s last term in office was tarnished by his admission of an extra-marital affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
During his presidency, Clinton called the racial divide in the U.S. "America’s constant curse." In July 2001, Clinton decided to move into a new office in Harlem, a largely African-American neighbourhood in New York City. The president said on his first day at the office he would make Harlem his home, and explained: "What I’m going to do here is to try to help promote economic opportunity in our back yard, in our country and around the world."
In January, former first lady and current New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton officially launched her bid for the Democratic Party’s nomination in the 2008 presidential election.
Polling Data
Which comes closer to your view of Bill Clinton after leaving the White House—you’re glad he has left, or you miss him now that he is gone?
Glad he left All 41% White 50% Black 2%
Miss him now All 53% Whit 43% Black 96%
No opinion All 6% White 7% Black 2%
Source: Opinion Research Corporation / CNN Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,218 American adults—including an oversample of 312 African-Americans—conducted from Apr. 10 to Apr. 12, 2007. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.
That picture of the young Clintons looks as if Bill is a Ventriloquist and Hillary a puppet.
Oh, the irony!!
I Know. I fear for 2008.
Many Americans are dumber than a box-full of hair.
And I miss Ronald Reagan. So what’s their #$!@$! point?
Contrast that to the instant it looked like Bush would win in 2000. The party was over as far as the media was concerned. Everything was sour, beginning with all the recount junk and how they covered for Gore. Ever since, the media has always put a dark spin on EVERYTHING. The economy is better than Clinton’s, but you would never see anyone suggest that “irrational exuberance” was a concern. Likewise, you never see any good news about Iraq. You never see any stories about heroic actions in Iraq or Afghanistan - never.
No, people do not miss Clinton, they are tired of the sour, wet blanket pall that the MSM continues to cast over the country. They remember that it was always sunny skies under Clinton according to the MSM. That is what they long for.
How can we miss him if he won’t go away?!
Many Americans Miss Bill Clinton
How Can I Miss You (When You Won’t Go Away)
How Can I Miss You (When You Won’t Go Away)
(Dan Hicks)
I’ve talked to your mother and I’ve talked to your dad,
They say they’ve tried but it’s all in vain.
I’ve begged and I’ve pleaded, I even got mad,
Now we must face it, you give me a pain.
cho: How can I miss you when you won’t go away?
I keep telling you day after day,
But you won’t listen, you always stay and stay,
How can I miss you when you won’t go away?
Out of three billion people, why must it be me?
OhOh why, oh why won’t you cut me loose?
Do me a favor and listen to my plea
I’m not the only chicken in the roost.
Your never-ending presence really cramps my style,
I dream that it won’t always be the same.
At first I was attracted, but after a while,
Have you ever heard of a “hard to get” dame?”
“I miss the days when the media wasn’t an attack dog for only one side.”
I’m in my sixties, and I don’t remember those days at all.
is this some sort of play on words?
“Miss Bill Clinton” ....
are they trying to imply we are going to get a woman chasing bill clinton seducing interns in the White House? only this time the clinton will be wearning a pants suit or dress...
Spot on.
Here’s your morning barf—LOL!
Just wait until we get a Democratic president (errrr.... Hillary) and 99.9% of Americans will miss GWB!
carpet cleaners,pizza delivery guys,hollywood hair stylists,cigar makers,etc.....
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