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yes, you may have ... but then you ARE trying to fill in for Rick and are to be forgiven ... I, on the other hand, feel that if the current administration is re-elected in 2004, there is a chance that many of the negative effects of the immediate past administration can be overcome.

the economic boom of the 90s was a direct result of the tech boom and momentum created during the two preceeding administrations combined with the holdover of Alan Greenspan at the Fed ... by and large, Clinton, to his credit, adopted a rather centrist position and maintained a hands-off management style with the economy and just got out of the way ... some of his bright ideas such as health care (good god, can you imagine the disaster that might have been?) never came to fruition or things might've taken a dramatic downturn ... as for the market and Bush's election, the handwriting was clearly on the wall well before the campaign was even in full heat, let alone before the outcome of the election was known ... had Gore prevailed, his would have been the hand on the tiller as the downturn developed speed ...

I have no doubt that Reagan may well have known a great deal or even "everything" about Iran-Contra ... I am quite sure that there is a lot that EVERY president is fully knowledgeable about that we don't know a thing about (they'd prefer it that way, but if it comes out, they all claim they knew nothing) ... As for Clinton erasing a deficit ... without getting too involved in what I do or don't like about Bill or any other pres (or candidate for pres), let me say that more than any Democrat in the 20th century, Bill took up a centrist position on many issues ... while Hillary is extremely liberal, Bill is somewhat of a populist and was not your run of the mill democrat President ... additionally, in talking about the reduction of the deficit, it's well worth noting two things; one, Bill had to live with a Republican congress, something we've not seen since the 50's and two, the tech boom fueled an economy with a greater sustained level of prosperity than we'd seen since the 50's ... had Bill been allowed to be elected to a third term or had Al been elected instead of GWB, the current economic picture would not be dramatically different ... no one, Democrat or Republican, who is elected president can honestly be given sole credit for positive economic conditions nor can any be fairly blamed for negative ones ... Bill, as I mentioned before, to his great credit, recognized what he did NOT know about economics, left Alan Greenspan in place at the Fed, listened to what Greenspan had to offer in the way of advise, and then followed that advise ... that same recognition of limitations and the creation of a strong, capable cabinet was the secret of Kennedy's successes as president and that now applies very heavily in talking about GWB ... he's assembled the strongest cabinet since Kennedy and it is serving our interests well ...

Yes, nicely stated Steve. I mean er...harumph...George Bush will no doubt be linked to the new Worldcom scandal. I'll bet ****** Cheney turns out to have been a senior board member. Where is their stadium? San Francisco? I heard Condaleeza Rice has a luxury box named after her!

Steve, I'm near Memphis. We have the Liberty Bowl. But If someone wants to hang a sign on it I'm sure the Mayor or College or whoever owns it will take their money. Hmmm we do have Autozone Ballpark.

Charlie, I live up North, in Munford. I occasionally get to Germantown. That's where the big mall is. I like the BBQ here, that's about it! I'm kidding. Some places are better than others but all have good points.

Steve, Nice response! Clinton was in the right place at the right time with the "computer" boom! Any President would have and could have taken credit for the thriving economy during this time!