Mullings by Rich Galen | Secret Decoder Ring for May 8, 2000

It's Not Going That Well Monday, May 8, 2000

TITLE "It's Not Going That Well" Mullings is trying to be helpful in pointing out to the Gore campaign where it might be falling juuuussst the teensiest bit short as we move into the summer doldrums.

"…Bush-Kerrey-Moynihan Social Security program." Democratic Senators Bob Kerrey of Nebraska and Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York are both leading the charge for modest changes in the Social Security system which would allow some small portion of YOUR retirement account to be controlled by you.

"…I practically beat her up time and time again …" This is an actual quote as reported by Lawrence L. Knutson of the Associated Press.

"...sent Hillary to visit with Bill Richardson and Vernon Jordan…" When Bill Clinton was looking for a way to get Monica out of town he sent her to see then-UN Ambassador (now Energy Secretary) Bill Richardson and then-Washington (now New York) fixer-extraordinaire Vernon Jordan. Jordan actually got her a job with a New York company on whose board he sat, but the offer was withdrawn when the whole scandal broke. ____________________________________________________________________________________

Texas under Governor Bush:

1st in student improvement on test scores, especially for African-American and Hispanic students.

1st in reducing the amount of releases and disposal of toxics - more than all 49 other states combined.

1st in the nation to allow a patient to appeal an HMO's decision to deny care.

1st to create a prison ministry to help offenders reintegrate into society.

1 of only 3 states to require reductions of harmful pollution from older, unpermitted utility plants.

1 of only 10 "highly successful" states in reducing welfare rolls between 1995 and 1998.

4th in growth in total personal income.

9th in teacher pay, when adjusted for cost of living and teacher experience.

$1.8 billion investment in healthcare initiatives.

1.2 million jobs created, representing more than 10 percent of new jobs created nationwide and 48,000 new businesses.

Lowest unemployment rate in twenty years -- 4.7 percent.

Doubled the number of adoptions of abused and neglected children in Texas.

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 657,000 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 enefits.

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

45 convictions, 72 indictments/misdemeanor charges, and 8 imprisonments related to the 1996 campaign finance scandal, improper conduct by Clinton-Gore cabinet officials, and Whitewater.

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.

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