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- From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: it's gonna be a great 4 years
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 05:49:29 GMT
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- In article <1k0cp0INNsc9@gap.caltech.edu>, lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals) writes:
- >Nice piece of music. Now, has Slick Willy *NOT* repudiated any of his campaign
- >promises, other than tokenism in the cabinet? Cutting the deficit by 50% has
- >gone by the boards (despite Clintons disingenuous claim that the actual figures
- >came as a surprise to him; the numbers were available in mid-summer; he just
- >chose to ignore them) as has the tax cut for the middle class.
-
- Sorry, I misspoke myself. Clinton has, via executive order:
- 1) Removed the ban on fetal tissue research;
- 2) Cleared the way to remove the ban on personal importation of
- RU-486;
- 3) Rescinded the gag rule on abortion counseling;
- and seems likely to rescind the ban on gays in the armed services.
-
- However, if you look at these four actions, they're all aimed at relatively
- small segments of his constituency. The first satisfies some scientists and
- people suffering from certain disorders (though the latter are unlikely to
- benefit from the research), and I certainly support it (as I do the other
- three points). The second and third appeal to those opposed to the
- fundamentalist so-called "right to life" advocates. That's certainly a much
- broader part of his constituency, but it's still quite small compared to those
- who voted for him on the basis of his promises to reduce taxes on the middle
- class and cut the federal deficit.
-