-Caveat Lector- Gotta give him credit ... he's held up fairly well under all the (unwanted) attention over the past year ... aged but they all do ... >From Reuters Friday January 1 12:11 AM ET Clinton Is Man Most Admired By Americans - Poll <Picture: Reuters Photo> Reuters Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Clinton in 1998 was the man most admired by Americans and his rating was four percentage points higher than before the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal broke, a Gallup Poll showed Thursday. According to the poll, conducted Monday and Tuesday, Clinton was listed first or second on the most admired list by 18 percent of those queried, far ahead of the second person on the list, Pope John Paul II, who got 7 percent. That rating for Clinton, who has led the poll each of the last five years, was up from the 14 percent in 1997 before word of his affair with the former White House intern monopolized the nation's news. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was the most admired woman with 28 percent, twice what her rating was the year before. She too has led the list for the past five years. Behind the president and the Pope John Paul II were U.S. religious leader Billy Graham, with 5 percent, and basketball star Michael Jordan, with 4 percent. Independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who conducted the investigation of Clinton's relationship with Lewinsky, was most admired by 1 percent of the public putting him in 13th place, tied with civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Norman Schwarzkopf, the general who led U.S. forces in the Gulf War. Twelve percent picked a friend or relative as the most admired. Among the most admired women, entertainer Oprah Winfrey finished in second place far behind Mrs. Clinton with 8 percent. Following her were Elizabeth Dole, head of the Red Cross, with 6 percent; former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with 4 percent, and former first lady Barbara Bush and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, with 3 percent each. The poll was conducted in telephone interviews with 1,055 adults and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
