What did Arkansas look like when Al Gore joined Bill Clinton in 1992?

50th in environmental policy initiatives.

47th in per capita state spending for education.

43rd in per capita spending for higher education.

41st in citizens living in poverty.

45th in children living in poverty.

47th in children without health insurance.

45th in children living in hunger.

43rd in infants born with low birth weight.

47th in personal income.

AMERICA UNDER CLINTON-GORE:

The number of uninsured Americans increased by more than 8 million.

Almost 70 percent of fourth graders in the highest poverty schools cannot read at basic level.

Teachers were victims of 1.8 million crimes at school, including 57,000 violent crimes.

Illegal drug use among high school seniors increased 78 percent.

Federal prosecutions of gun-related offenses decreased by 46 percent.

More than 12,000 U.S. soldiers are on food stamps.

Enacted a $115 billion tax increase on Social Security benefits. (Mine among them)

Federal government is the nation's largest polluter, costing taxpayers nearly $400 billion for cleanups.

-- Uncle Bob (unclb0b@aol.com), October 22, 2000

Answers

Bravo Uncle Bob! Thanks for the update.

-- Freeman (The@truth.shall.make.us.free), October 22, 2000.

Imagine how bad off the country must have been in comparison to Arkansas for people to have elected him in '92.

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), October 22, 2000.

hmm, I think they were trying to get rid of Bill.

-- butt nugget (catsbutt@umailme.com), October 23, 2000.

Hmmmm, Clinton was a much more likable guy. Just ask the women.

-- Maria (anon@ymous.com), October 24, 2000.

Oops went too fast on that. Also, almost 60% of the people didn't vote for Clinton.

-- Maria (anon@ymous.com), October 24, 2000.

hmm, I think they were trying to get rid of Bill.

I was referring to the US, not just Arkansas.

Hmmmm, Clinton was a much more likable guy.

Just like Bush.

Oops went too fast on that. Also, almost 60% of the people didn't vote for Clinton.

Thank God for third party candidates like Ross Perot. If more third party candidates get involved and get votes, the days when the new President automatically gets the majority vote will be long gone and your statement that 60% of people didn't vote for "President X" will be even more meaningless. Right now, polls show Bush with 46% of the vote. That means that 54% haven't decided to vote for Bush yet.

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), October 24, 2000.

"What did Arkansas look like when Al Gore joined Bill Clinton in 1992?"

What does this have to do with Gore?

Maria, just a friendly reminder here .......... Clinton isn't running :-)

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), October 24, 2000.

Thanks Patricia I hadn't noticed. (Well, actually I had, Gore made it pretty clear he wants to be his own man)

The point, (which I'm sure you can see but are probably saying so what), is the parallel drawn between the two states just prior to an election. An election won by a governor with a very bad record. Now Gore keeps advertising about the bad record in Texas and a governor with no national experience. Hmmm, sounds like Clinton's 1992 election all over again.

Hmm, a strong third party showing in the polls will make for some pretty interesting alliances (not directly of course). I disagree that "didn't vote for candidate X" will have less meaning. I think it will become more meaningful.

-- Maria (anon@ymous.com), October 24, 2000.