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Re: VOTE: Sleaziest Presidents of U.S. History.

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From: steve huffman
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 00:00
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Pete Prunskunas wrote:
> 
> Blyden Potts wrote:
> >
> > In the spirit of the election it might be fun to have people offer "votes" on who
> > they believe were the five sleaziest Presidents in U.S. history.  Please provide the
> > names of your candidates, a ranked order, and brief reasons they should be considered.
> > If you like, we can also recognize a distinction between being personally sleazy and
> > having a corrupt or sleazy administration.  Reply with your vote.
> 
> 1) Clinton - He is personally corrupt.
>            - His administration illegally kept thousands of FBI files.
>              This alone is grounds for impeachment.
>            - Uses police officers as props when he announces his version
>              of crime legislation.  The officers are told to be there
>              and are paid for it as well, spending tax revenues on
>              political matters.
>            - 20 or so of his people have been arrested and/or convicted.
>              I believe this is a record.  Because of this, Clinton is
>              either the most incompetent or most corrupt president (or
>              both) in history.
> 
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You forgot to mention that he is the only President in several
generations who has outspent Congress....all the while claiming to be
decreasing the deficit (which started only after a Republican majority
was elected)!

steve
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From: steve huffman <steve@accesscomm.net>
Subject: Re: VOTE: Sleaziest Presidents of U.S. History.
Date: 1996/11/04
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