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Originally Posted by powerclown
So this is the Great New Democratic Strategy of the 21st century?
It appears the Dems have finally found a successful political strategy: Shooting Politicians in a Barrel.
Leadership.
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I will put the accuracy of the content of my posts here at TFP Politics, side by side with yours, powerclown. Why don't you select five or ten of my posts, and I'll select five or ten of yours, and we'll hold them up to the light...
You post your "political majority as victim" <a href="http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showpost.php?p=1927490&postcount=8">message</a>, here, and I post a research rich, <a href="http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showpost.php?p=1927497&postcount=8">rebuttal</a>, that you ignore, and then, before long, here you come again, repeating the same message.
President Bush now has an approval rating that is more than 30 points lower than Clinton's was, <b>after the house drew up articles of impeachment against Clinton.</b> This polling result, just as the Dec. 1998 approval number was, is largely due to what republican's have done to themselves, and the American people's reaction to it.
The content of my posts is compatible with 11/05 polling, and my perception of recent political history is in line with 11/98 polling.
And....yours is.....?
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...-SearchStories
Poll: Approval Ratings Compared
(Page 1 of 2)
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2005
Both Reagan and Clinton endured scandals during their second terms. In January 1998, when facing questions about his affair with Monica Lewinsky, President Clinton's job approval ratings actually rose, reaching the low 70s, and remained at least in the 60s throughout the rest of that year. President Reagan's job approval rating dropped by more than 20 points to 46 percent in November 1986, just after public disclosures about the Iran-Contra scandal. During 1987 Reagan's approval rating hovered around 50 percent, but began to rise again in 1988. President Richard Nixon's approval rating fell as the Watergate scandal became public in the first half of 1973, and was at about 25 percent during 1974.
President Bush's approval rating has been experiencing a slow but steady decline since 2004.
BUSH VS. OTHER PRESIDENTS: APPROVAL RATINGS DURING SCANDALS
<b>Bush,
Now</b>
Approve 35%
Disapprove 57%
<b>Clinton</b>
1/1998
Approve 58%
Disapprove 29%
2/1998
Approve 72%
Disapprove 22%
7/1998
Approve 64%
Disapprove 29%
10/1998
Approve 65%
Disapprove 30%
12/1998
Approve 66%
Disapprove 30%
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/...in262484.shtml
A Clinton Timeline
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2001
1998
Dec. 28, 1998 - House Speaker-elect Bob Livingston resigns from Congress amidst revelations of marital infidelity.
Dec. 19, 1998 - House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against the president.
Dec. 18, 1998 - As U.S. warplanes drop bombs over Baghdad, the House begins debating articles of impeachment against President Clinton.
Dec. 12, 1998 - While in Jerusalem on a Middle East peace mission, President Clinton says he will not resign from office and again denies lying under oath. The House Judiciary Committee approves the fourth and final article of impeachment and dismisses censure as an option for punishment.
Dec. 11, 1998 - House Judiciary Committee approves the first three articles of impeachment.
Dec. 9, 1998 - House Judiciary Committee unveils articles of impeachment against President Clinton. Two articles allege that he lied in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case and in his testimony before Starr's grand jury. The others allege that he abused the powers of his office and obstructed justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Dec. 6, 1998 - The president's legal team appears before the House Judiciary Committee, arguing that the president should not be impeached.
Nov. 19, 1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr testifies before the House Judiciary Committee during its first day of impeachment hearings.
Nov. 13, 1998 - President Clinton settles the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit, agreeing to pay Jones $850,000 while admitting nothing. The independent counsel sends Congress information relating to former White House aide Kathleen Willey's allegations that the president made unwanted sexual advances.
Nov. 3, 1998 - Democrats score upset victories in the midterm elections.
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