Posted on 07/08/2002 6:56:20 AM PDT by kattracks
Despite a coordinated Democratic Party-media push to pin blame for the recent wave of corporate scandals on President Bush, a majority of Americans currently blame ex-President Bill Clinton for the business corruption that has sent the stock market reeling and caused a crisis in confidence in corporate America, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday.
51 percent of Americans surveyed agreed that President Clinton's "moral failings in office" contributed to the permissive climate that encouraged corporate leaders to behave unethically.
Of that number, more than half, 26 percent "strongly agreed" that Clinton was partially responsible for the business scandals. The rest, 25 percent, "moderately agreed" the ex-president deserved blame.
When asked the same question about President Bush, only 15 percent "strongly agreed" that he set a climate that encouraged corporate corruption. 31 percent "moderately agreed" with the same proposition, for a cumulative total of 46 percent - five percent less than those who blame Clinton.
Another stunning development: President Bush's approval ratings have actually improved in the weeks since the Democrat-media complex began shifting blame to Bush.
The CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll put Bush's overall job approval at 76 percent - up six points since early June.
"This result alone suggests that the president has been untouched by these scandals," Gallup said.
Gallup surveyed 1,019 adults over the age of 18 on June 28-30. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.
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This in itself is VERY good news for the GOP. It essentially neutralizes one of the biggest attack points the Dems have always relied upon to scare voters: The old "Republicans only care about Big Business, but we care about the little people" BS canard. Just a couple of years ago that Democrat number would have been more like 25%, not 64%. Now that the public pretty much thinks both parties are too close to corporations, it's a meaningless issue, and the electorate will only use other criteria to determine who to vote for. This is another huge disaster in the making for the RATS.
Look at the kids in the public schools. He's managed to turn them all into Monicas!
Oprah had young teens on her show once explaining the oral sex clubs in the public schools.
Oprah asked them if sex is good for kids their age.
They said Clinton said it wasn't sex, and if it's good enough for a president, it's good enough for them. "Even the president of the United States does it."
Chauvenist pig.
Andersen was prosecuted rather rapidly.
My thoughts exactly...
"Treason and High Crimes"
(To be sung to the Outlaws' "Green Grass and High Tides")
It's a place your children dream of, where great men once led the free...
Ol' Abe Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Washington each graced the seat...
FDR, Kennedy, and Jefferson once served the office with pride!
But now we've got Slick Willie bangin' young interns...
Left-Wing tells us, "Let it slide..."
Well, Clinton's been a damned disgrace, spy stories all ring true...
If you say, "It's all Okay!", what does that say 'bout you?!
Med'yuh refuses to ask tough questions, as though Slick were King.
But patriots cannot believe in Bill,
'Cuz Slick's sold his soul to Beijing!! Left declares...
"Treason and high crimes don't matter!"
Good DemocRATs fallin' from glory...
Still, Lib'rals say, "We adore you!"
Left's King's a freak...good folks abhor you-oouu!!
(Guitar Jammin')
Those who don't fight Evil find their souls have been sold cheap...
Numb poltroons can't see how Power has warped Ol' Slick Willie!
Crimes and Slime define their WHORE, they take up all his time.
We'll Re-Impeach, then Slick will do his prison time...
Right'll force him there!!!
Treason and High Crimes will be proved...
Will DemocRATs follow Slick blindly?!
The Left-Wing says, "We adore you!"
Election's soon...voters will show you-oouu!
Yeah...the Right'll slaughter you-ou-ou-ouuu...!!!
(Mo' Guitar Jammin' to Fade)
FReegards...MUD
So have I, and I think you are on to something.
I've been a welder, and sometimes you have to whack the h@ll out of a steel plate to knock the rust off and get to the sound metal underneath.
but...but....NOW claimed she was just a victim of her husband. Why, "poor Hillary" had no idea!
Even Rosie hates immoral Clinton for what he did to "poor innocent Hillary."
Excellent point!! Has Rubin's role in this been exposed and I have just not seen it?! Does anybody have a good article/thread or two on Rubin's Corruption in all this?
FReegards...MUD
Like it or not, it just plays into the whole mythology that the GOP is only out for the rich and big business. Lots of people believe that (hopefully fewer and fewer as time goes on).
My comment to that was, that not only did the debauched one not like kids, but he corrupted them and infected them with diseases.
He's going to pay for what he did. If not here on earth, when he stands before a HOLY God in judgement of his deeds. "To whom much is given, much is required." He was given power and authority, wealth and fame, and he used them for his own gain, and to satisfy his own lust, at the expense of an entire nation. He will pay.
Slim, I'm tied up with a sickish wife right now, but anyone armed with a few key words can use these:
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