Bill Clinton's Popularity On The Rise

   Remember back when Ken Starr and the Republican buttheads spent something like $70 million or so just on a messy dress to get something on Bill Clinton?

   It would seem that as of late, Mr. Clinton's popularity is going up with him being even more popular than his wife, which is no surprise.

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Gallup News Service:

More than 6 in 10 Americans say they have a favorable opinion of former President Bill Clinton, according to a recent Gallup Poll. Clinton’s favorable rating is up slightly from last summer, and is at its highest level since February 1998. His favorable rating reached historical lows in 2001 as Clinton sparked many controversies as he left office. But since that time, Clinton’s favorable rating has gradually improved and is now close to his historical high, a 66% rating just prior to his inauguration in 1993. A comparison of Bill Clinton’s favorable ratings and Hillary Clinton’s favorable ratings show that Americans rated the Clinton's similarly following their departure from the White House, but in recent years, the former president has been viewed more favorably than his wife.

 

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FBI Investigating Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons

Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, a Republican, is being investigated by the FBI  for not reporting gifts or payments that he got from a software company which in turn got some military contracts when Gibbons was in congress.

The FBI confirmed the probe on Thursday. they are looking into what kind of a role Gibbons may have had in the contracts being awarded to eTreppid Technologies LLC. which has an interesting website.

   I went to check the company out and all you get is the first page and nothing else. you get a phone number to call if you want more info.

   Anyway, gibbons has of course denied any wrongdoing and as of yet the FBI hasn't filed any charges. Gibbons and the company in question's owner are known to be close so my money is on ' guilty.'

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NYTimes

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that new evidence had emerged in a lawsuit in Reno, including e-mails to Trepp discussing a payment or gifts to then-Rep. Gibbons. The e-mails also show Gibbons using his congressional office to help the company seek classified military and civilian contracts, the newspaper said.

''Please don't forget to bring the money you promised Jim and Dawn,'' Trepp's wife, Jale Trepp, said in a March 22, 2005, e-mail days before Trepp and his wife embarked on the Caribbean cruise with Jim Gibbons and his wife, Dawn, a former Nevada state assemblywoman.

According to the Journal, Trepp responded minutes later saying: ''Don't you ever send this kind of message to me! Erase this message from your computer right now!''

 

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