--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 2/10/06 10:45:49 A.M. Central Standard > Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > com writes: > > > > > > > > > The booing of Trent Lott was far from > > > > > exaggerated, I saw it and heard it and it wasn't just a > few. It > > > > > was loud and rude. > > > > > > > > The sound was turned up on the clips to exaggerate it. > > > > Those who were actually *there* at the rally are very > > > > clear that it was just a few people. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nice try again Judy. I saw it live and it was shown on > different > > > stations > > > > and they were all equally loud. If one turned up and > distorted > > > the volume to > > > > sound like more, then they all did it, which is a little too > > much > > > for me to > > > > believe. I guess all the sound techs for all the major > stations > > > could have been > > > > republicans, part of the right wing conspiracy, who all > > conspired > > > to turn up > > > > and distort the booing to make it sound really bad. > > > > > > > > > > Probably due to the acoustics of the Church/Temple/meeting hall > > > where the funeral was taking place. > > > > > > Reminds me of the State of the Union Address by Clinton during > the > > > Monica scandal. That was the one where there was serious > > > discussion about not having Clinton appear (which would have > been > > > hard to do seeing that the State of the Union is a > constitutional > > > requirement) > > > > The Constitution does not require him to give > > a speech to Congress, just for the record. On > > the other hand, there wasn't any "serious > > discussion" about not having him appear either. > > > > > due to the scandal. But he did speak...and because of the > > acoustics > > > of the House or Senate (not sure which is the one in which the > > > president gives the address), even just one person cheering or > > > clapping sounds like 20 people... > > > > > > And this went a long way towards Clinton saving his presidency > > > because the impression it gave was that many, many people were > > > cheering him regardless of the actual number who were because > > > of the acoustics. > > > > Nonsense. Clinton's ratings were way high already, > > Monica or no Monica. > > This was right at the time that the scandal broke.
Right, when his job approval rating was 59. Following the disclosure in February it went up to 65, and then for the rest of his term--right through impeachment-- it went up and down by a few points, hovering around 65 for most of that period, with a couple of very brief slippages down to 58. Just as I said. > Indeed, that > Sunday on ABC's "This Week" Sam Donaldson predicted that Clinton > would resign that week. Is that your idea of "serious discussion," a prediction from Sam Donaldson? > Easy to say "nonsense" in hindsight. There was serious discussion > that his presidency was over at the time. No, there was discussion by know-it-all pundits and hopeful right-wingers. The public was behind Clinton all along, did not want him impeached, by huge majorities, did not want him removed from office. And as I said, there was *no* serious discussion-- i.e., by anybody who counted--that he should not deliver the State of the Union in 1998. To claim that speech "saved his presidency" is just silly. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
