Politics (You don't really want to read this, do you?)

On Thu, 20 Jun 1996 01:58:06 -0400 (EDT), Ian Derby <iderby19@us.net>
wrote:

>The economy is 
>something a president CAN'T change, except with a manipulation of the 
>interest rates.

Interest rates are not something the President or the congress can
manipulate. The Federal Reserve is responsible for that.

>Ask ANY senator (GOP or dem) and they'll tell you off 
>the record Dole is as honest as they come.

So? I am not Diogenes. This fascination with the personal morality of
politicians is fairly recent, and has not improved the breed to any
noticeable degree. I once worked for an honest politician who ran for
President. Thank God he was never elected.

I suppose the "off the record" part is because they don't want to call
attention to how rare it is to have an honest politician.


Kevin B. O'Brien
kob1@ix.netcom.com
"I feel a very unusual sensation--if it's not indigestion,
I think it must be gratitude." Benjamin Disraeli