swinney
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Mon Jun-21-04 11:19 AM
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Clinton ko's Reagan in First Round |
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Peggy Noonan, suck this Lemon.Comparing Democrat’s hero-CLINTON—versus Republican’s hero--REAGAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.JOBS—grew by 43% more under Clinton. 2.GDP---grew by 57% more under Clinton. 3.DOW—grew by 700% more under Clinton.. 4.NASDAQ-grew by 18 times as much under Clinton. 4.SPENDING--grew by 28% under Clinton---80% under Reagan. 5.DEBT—grew by 43% under Clinton—187% under Reagan. 6. DEFICITS—Clinton got a large surplus--grew by 112% under Reagan. 7.NATIONAL INCOME—grew by100% more under Clinton. 8.PERSONAL INCOME—Grew by 110% more under Clinton. SOURCES—Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.BLS.Gov)--Economic Policy Institute (EPI.org)—Global & World Almanacs from 1980 to 2003 (annual issues) www.the-hamster.com (chart taken from NY Times) National Archives History on Presidents. www.nara.gov
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The Backlash Cometh
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Mon Jun-21-04 11:21 AM
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1. Was her left eye twitching when she reported the news? |
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I can just see her producer chuckling as she talked.
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Mon Jun-21-04 11:38 AM
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2. And all of it was due to Regeanomics. |
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That's the response you will get. Bill was just riding on Ron's coattails. :shrug: Been here and had this discussion.
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Tue Jun-22-04 05:37 AM
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3. So why couldn't the bushes pull it off? |
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Are they just the unluckiest people ever to live in the whitehouse, or didn't they read up on their Reaganomics? That's what I'd follow with, anyway.
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Wed Jun-30-04 09:45 AM
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4. Didn't the country go through a recession in the late 80's to early 90's? |
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Edited on Wed Jun-30-04 09:46 AM by Orion523
AFTER Reaganomics was implemented and AFTER the boom Reagan supposedly caused but before Clinton came to power?
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Wed Jun-30-04 03:47 PM
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7. There was a recession in 90-91 |
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The economy expanded from November of 1982 through July 1990.
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Wed Jun-30-04 10:16 AM
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This was after Bill enacted the "largest" tax hike ever and hiked the minimum wage. Both of these were going to "destroy" the U.S. economy according to Newt et al.
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Wed Jun-30-04 12:28 PM
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6. Take that Peggy Loonan!!!! |
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"Reagan the Beastiality Experiement" VS. "President for all Americans, Bill Clinton"!!!
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Sat Jul-03-04 05:14 PM
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8. Peggy Loonan suck this Lemon |
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--------------------------RONALD REAGAN RECORDS AS FIRST--------------------------- (1900-1989)
(Peggy Noonan pay attention)
1.First to turn America into a DEBTOR nation 2. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of national income in eight years 3. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of gdp over eight years 4. First to double the deficit in just eigh t years 5. First to “almost”: triple the national DEBT in just eight years 6. First to increase SPENDING by 80%--over 8 years. 7. First to SPEND more in eight years than was spent in prior 50 years. 8. First to have “real” INTEREST RATES of 8% after averaging 1% over 35 years. 9. First to keep PRIME INTEREST RATES at 20%. 10.First to over value the dollar to the yen at rate of 262 yen to 1 dollar. 11.First to have served as Governor and increase STATE SPENDING by 112% 12.First to have HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES as high as 16% 13. First to CUT TAXES by 60% for his rich pals 14. First to allow the SAVINGS AND LOAN INDUSTRY to be raided after signing a deregulatory bill and proclaiming “I think we have hit the jackpot”. Come and get it the vaults are unguarded. 15. First to deal with TERRORISTS 16. First to send an AUTOGRAPHED BIBLE to a man he called “The Satan of Terrorists”. 17. First to have an ADMIRAL plead the Fifth Amendment. 18. First to have a stealing, lying, gutless wife abusing MARINE LT. COLONEL plead the Fifth Amendment. 19. First to have a “sitting” CABINET MEMBER INDICTED 20. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE INDICTED. 21. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SENT TO PRISON. 22. First to have over 100 MEMBERS OF AN ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH CRIMES.. 23. First to have more members of his administration charged with crimes than CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS in the twentieth century 24. First to set a record for the LARGEST ONE DAY PERCENTAGE DECLINE in the DOW in history. 10-19-87 25. First to have over $10,000,000 INCREASE IN WEALTH from serving for 8 years as president. 26. First to testify ”under oath” 130 times that ”I DON’T REMEMBER” . 27. First to have an Admiral with a photographic memory testify 128 times “ I DON’T REMEMBER”. 28. First to undergo BRAIN SURGERY a few months after leaving office. No pain no gain. 29. First to, repeatedly, FALSIFY HIS WIFE’S AGE. As tho anyone cared. 30. First to promote his religious faith and never have an ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. 31. First to never use the term JESUS CHRIST in speeches. 32. First to seek GUIDANCE FROM THE STARS not from God 33. First to have had a SHOTGUN WEDDING. 34. First to have worked as a SHILL in Las Vegas. 35. First to call a Stealing, Lying, Psychotic, wife abusing Marine a “LIAR. 36. First to have been OPENLY ALIENATED from his children. 37. First To have served with ALZHIMERS 38. First to have UNEMPLOYMENT AT 10.8% since great depression. 39. First to attack a small unprotected nation with 88,000 inhabitants and 10,000 bb guns then PROCLAIM -“America stands tall again”— “we have whipped the Vietnam Syndrome”-we have defeated communism”. Gosh! What if we had whipped Cyprus?. 40. #1-in FARM FORECLOSURES 41. #1-In BANK FAILURES 42. #1-In SAVINGS AND LOAN FAILURES 43. #1-In Percent increase in PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES 44. #1-In recorded MISSTATEMENTS 45. #1-In never having a single press conference in which he did not make at least one or more INCORRECT STATEMENTS. 46. #1-In needing a staff person standby during press conferences to tell the press “WHAT HE REALLY MEANT”. 47. #1-In having SERVICEMEN KILLED during peacetime. 48. #1-In largest DROP IN POPULARITY in one week. 49. #1-In being first to HONOR NAZI STORM TROOPERS by calling them” Innocent Victims” 50. #1-In being first to be labeled “BRAIN DEAD AFFABLE DUNCE’ by this writer. 51. First to lie-over and over-to reporters “I DO NOT DYE MY HAIR my barber uses a special shampoo” 52. First to have a wife who ”forced” him to WEAR THREE SUITS in one day 53. First to boast “Not bad for a DUMB GUY who worked only 20 hours per week”. 54. First to have his wife sit nearby and WHISPER ANSWERS to questions 55. First to FALL ASLEEP while the Pope spoke 56. First to invite the Pope to visit the White House and “BRING THE WIFE AND KIDS” 57. First to have his press secretary remove him from the microphone because he could not answer questions. Then, as the reporter yelled out “answer my question” he replied “MY HANDLERS WON’T LET ME SPEAK”. Quick get the white coat. 58. First 20th Century president to have historians RATE HIM BELOW every president of the 20th except for Richard Nixon. 1994 Poll. 59. First to give us a First Lady with a past reputation for giving the BEST BJ in Hollywood. 60. First to suggest his eldest son undergo PSYCHIATRIC examination 61. First to have been voted in British polls (twice) as the ”MOST FEARED LEADER IN THE WORLD” sic em Rambo.
62. First to serve as Governor on a ”conservative” platform and INCREASE SPENDING BY 112%. 63. First Governor TO INCREASE personal income taxes by 60%, tax increase on cigarettes by 200%, state tax collections by 152%. 64. First to have a Special Assistant say on national TV “sometimes you had to HIT HIM ON THE HEAD with a 2 x 4 to get his attention” 65. First to have his official biographer state on national TV ‘After he was shot in 1981he GOT SLOWER AND SLOWER EACH YEAR. His speech got slower. He deliberated more and he hesitated more when he spoke. He lost his physical quickness and would not make decisions on the spot. It was a very, very slow and steady mental and physical decline”. 66. First to have a POPULARITY RATING OF ONLY 35% after his first two years in office. 67. First president to have been DIVORCED 68. First president to have the Geriatrics Department of a major university study his behavior and conclude that AFTER THREE YEARS IN OFFICE HE HAD ALZHIMERS. ------------------------------------ THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE------------------------------------------- Clarence Swinney—Burlington NC.—cwswinney@netzero.net
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