On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 10:41:31 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 05:18:36 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> (quoting Sam Heywood)
>> SH> I don't know much about Austrian politics, so I won't comment on that.
>> SH> As far as US politics are concerned, it was time for a change of parties.
>> SH> Look how badly the previous administration screwed up. The so-called
>> (snip)
> Remember the phrase "It's the economy, stupid!"? So where's the
> screw-up? At the end of eight years of the previous administration
> the American economy was booming and there was a large and rapidly
> growing budget *surplus* for the first time in forty years.
I don't think the ups and downs of the stock market have much to do
with whatever political party is in power. There are too many other
factors that affect the economy. The same goes with budget surpluses.
American voters don't care as much about the economy as they do about
the real issues. Just because the economy is doing well doesn't mean
the nation is under good leadership. In the years just prior to WWII
Germany's economy was thriving quite well under Hitler. Does this
mean that Hitler was good for Germany?
> And despite his well known personal failings, had Bill Clinton been
> eligible to run again, he would most likely have been elected to
> a third term.
I don't think so.
> He left office with the highest approval ratings, over
> 65% of the American people thought he was doing an excellent job as
> President even though they strongly disapproved of his personal
> and unseemly behavior.
Depends on the people who are conducting the opinion polls and how
they ask the questions and whose opinions they are asking for. It
depends upon whether the opinion surveys are directed to people like
you or to people like me.
Sam Heywood
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