List Review Service 026 'CLINTON'
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LIST REVIEW SERVICE ISSN: 1060-8192
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Issue No. 26 08 OCT 1993
CLINTON: Campaigning for President by Bill Clinton
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Published periodically by The University of Missouri, St. Louis
Libraries. Raleigh C. Muns (SRCMUNS@UMSLVMA.BITNET), editor.
CONTENTS: REVIEW (R.C. Muns) (45 lines)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY (30 lines)
SUGGESTED USES (15 lines)
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION (15 lines)
ANNOUNCEMENTS (08 lines)
END MATERIAL (31 lines)
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REVIEW -
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It's almost a year later and why would anyone want to join a discussion
group on Bill Clinton's campaign for the Presidency? He won, didn't he?
Though this list is misnamed and hyperactive, it is also robust,
fascinating, and to the right subscribers, of incalculable value. I'd
rather it were called the "Friends of Bill" discussion list. Anyway, my
perverse streak likes the gentle sarcasm implied by continuing a list
under the name "Campaigning for President . . ." a year after Bill's
(first) election.
I confess to not knowing what real Washington, DC insiders feel like,
but being assailed by CLINTON@MARIST made me at least think I was
getting inside information. Yes. This list will destroy those of you
with wimpy e-mail storage capacities. But, if you are e-tough, and you
REALLY want the latest source material from the White House, CLINTON is
an active and superb conduit. Press releases, speeches, the entire text
of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) delivered in dozens
of palatable packages. This information is scattered throughout the
Internet at numerous other locations (e.g., the gopher at
wiretap.spies.com carries Clinton Press Releases), but by subscribing to
this list the mountain comes to your electronic doorstep.
Discussion takes place on a broad range of topics, many of which seemed
out of scope for the list; that is, out of scope until I realized that
there was no real defined scope in the first place! The state of the
American education system is worth debating, but I had a problem with
understanding why such a vigorous discussion was happening on this list.
The arguments are cogent and lively. Contributors appear to be
academics, some in the Washington, DC area, able to supply personal
insights. However, the list personality that I observed was much too
diffuse for my refined palate (sly wink suffixed).
Summarizing: If you value timely source material from the White House,
you'll put up with the negatives of this list, the largest being an
unavoidably large bulk of information (the White House isn't noted for
brevity). You'll feel like you know Bill, Al, David, Rachel, and the
rest of the gang in no time at all.
- Raleigh C. Muns (srcmuns@umslvma.umsl.edu)
Muns is a practicing reference librarian at the University of Missouri
- St. Louis' Thomas Jefferson Library.
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SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY -
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Name of List Reviewed: CLINTON
Location: CLINTON@MARIST (Bitnet)
Listowners: Lee Sakkas
Bitnet address: URLS@MARIST
Martha McConaghy
Bitnet address: URMM@MARIST
Charlie Murphy
Bitnet address: URMC@MARIST
No. of Listserv Subscribers: 484 subscribers in 11 countries
Time Period Monitored: 08 SEP 1993 - 14 SEP 1993
No. Messages Period Monitored: 206 (app. 29 messages per day)
No. Queries Posted: 50 est. (25 % of total activity)
No. Non Queries Posted : 156 est. (75 % of total activity)
Lines Sent w/o Headers: 35,075 (1,525 screens of 23 lines)
Msgs Posted Past 12 Months: N/A
Searchable Archives: Yes
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SUGGESTED USES FOR LIST -
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1) A "must" for political science students at all levels.
2) Become an informed citizen.
3) Internetters from abroad can get a clearer picture of the White
House, its stated intentions, and its policies.
4) Get the same skewed view of life that DC lawyers hold.
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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION -
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To subscribe to CLINTON, send an e-mail message with blank subject line to:
LISTSERV@MARIST (Bitnet address)
or
LISTSERV@MARIST.BITNET (Typical Internet version of Bitnet address)
Message should consist solely of:
SUBSCRIBE CLINTON your_name
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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None.
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END MATERIAL
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Opinions expressed are solely those of the reviewer and do not
represent the views of the University of Missouri, St. Louis.
Copyright 1993. Raleigh C. Muns (Reference Librarian)
Thomas Jefferson Library, University of Missouri, St. Louis
8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63121 (ph:(314) 553-5059)
BITNET: SRCMUNS@UMSLVMA
Internet: SRCMUNS@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU
Raleigh Muns / Reference Librarian / Thomas Jefferson Library
University of Missouri - St. Louis / SRCMUNS@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU
8001 Natural Bridge Road / St. Louis, MO 63121 / 314-553-5059
Any opinions published above are mine alone and are not endorsed by
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