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And the Democrats threatened to shut down the government unless Bush Sr raised taxes, then campaigned against him for breaking his no new taxes pledge. So, really, Democrats do not have a leg to stand on when trying to absolve a liberal of blame for giving in to pressure from conservatives.
Let's see the difference here:
Liberals strong armed Bush into lowering the deficit.
Conservatives strong armed Clinton into causing a financial meltdown.
How old are you? Did you live with any "understanding" of the politics and issues of the time? Only the partisan hacks and clueless kids of today think he was such. /shrug
I think he was the last better than average one we had.
I used to like Clinton, in retrospect though my opinion of him continues to decline.
What is really mind-boggling is that he repealed glass-steagall, signed NAFTA and signed the Defense of Marriage act.....oh and then his last day pardons for people like BILLIONAIRE tax evader Marc Rich. It still boggles my mind how someone could sign those anti-union, anti-gay, anti-regulation bills and be such a party darling.
He also got disbarred while in office. Sigh.
Other than the Family Medical Leave act, his only other big legacy was the good economy during his terms but hindsight is showing us that was bubble economy stuff which Bush kept bubbling until it blew up in Obama's face.
Bill Clinton never faced the level of adversity that Barack Obama overcame to rise to the highest office in this land. No previous president has. Clinton was not as scrutinized as Obama, not nearly as opposed by Republicans as President Obama has been. The mess that Dubya handed off to the new President Obama was far worse than what Dubya's father gave to Bill. Clinton didn't have to deal with this current version of Republicans in Congress, worst in history. The problems that this President has to deal with are far more complex than they were during Clinton's era before 9/11.
No, Eisenhower was the last great president.... John F Kennedy could have been except the ones in power saw to it he wouldn't be ......although some of our state brainwashed nutcases on here believe that Oswald acted alone in another thread
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