What are your biggest takeaways from the Clinton presidency? I always disliked Hillary, btw.

I DID NOT vote either time for Bill.

That the media would do anything to cover up a Dem president's malfeasance

The President doesn't have to answer to HR. If any one of us did what he did on the job, we would get escorted out of the building as soon as word got out. That so many Americans blew it off as "none of our business between consenting adults" tells me we have too low standards in the country.

That it is good not to let them have all control over he exec and leg branches.

Smart guy. But he was more worried about his "legacy" than anything else from day 1, and that led to him making some really bad decisions as president.

He'd be considered center-right today.

Got some of the greatest Phil Hartman bits in history.

H.W. ****ed it up and gave us the Clintons. I don't care what you say about Perot, he only ran because Bush lied about no new taxes.

He and Gingrich made for a good team. Nothing got done that did not have consensus from both sides. Therefore not much got done. Sometimes that is the best result of government.

Clinton removed any semblance of dignity or ethics from the office of the President. Of course men had done what he did and worse before him, but he made it "OK" to wag your finger and lie to the American people.

Because of that, we have a degenerate ****bag who says whatever comes to mind and is NEVER checked by the press. And some people voted for it and even embarrass themselves by defending it.

That getting a blow job is only sex for the provider not the receiver.

That liberals love to have a Kennedy-esque 'royal family' to fawn over.

DrEvazanPhD said:

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Got some of the greatest Phil Hartman bits in history.

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DrEvazanPhD said:

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Got some of the greatest Phil Hartman bits in history.

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True that.

captkirk said:

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DrEvazanPhD said:

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Got some of the greatest Phil Hartman bits in history.

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I remember this exact sketch!

"Jim, let me tell you something. There are going to be a whole lot of things we don't tell Mrs. Clinton."

Clinton benefitted greatly from the dot.com boom. Tax cuts work without severely cutting into federal revenues during that time.

Where he really messed up was with the military. Made the same mistake Carter did. Peacetime dividends should never include degrading our standing military.

Balanced the budget (along with republican House), which is better than anyone since, including so-called conservative republicans even with Republican congress. Yes Gingrich was great.

aggiehawg said:

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Clinton benefitted greatly from the dot.com boom. Tax cuts work without severely cutting into federal revenues during that time.

Where he really messed up was with the military. Made the same mistake Carter did. Peacetime dividends should never include degrading our standing military.

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Yep. And Biden has made it even worse.

That he sold out this country to China to payback their help getting him elected

See transfer of missile guidance technology and letting them into the world trade organization

Also see the Chinese money that was donated to his election

Bill was a talented politician. This is when I discovered unfettered bias from the media. Had H.W. Bush done a Lewinsky he would have resigned.

Bill wisely took credit for a balanced budget he opposed. He skillfully used the bully pulpit to turn the conversation to his benefit. Very strong communicator. He also for a lot of help and cover from the media.

Corrupt to the core. Became immensely wealthy through his "charity" and influence peddling post presidency. It's common knowledge he's a womanizer, rapist and pedofile (Epstien) while feminists still adore him and no charges are ever brought forward. U.S. untouchable political class.

The presidency and man himself facilitated the rise of China which has been a disaster.

The Hawk said:

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Balanced the budget (along with republican House), which is better than anyone since, including so-called conservative republicans even with Republican congress. Yes Gingrich was great.

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And Phil Gramm!

Clinton's leftist policy pushes in 93-94 gave us the first republican house majority in over 40 years. The first thing the republicans set out to do was reduce the budget deficit to 0, and accomplished it within 5 years, dragging Clinton along kicking and screaming the entire time.

What we learned from that is that the media will throw praise on democrats for "accomplishing" something they fought tooth and nail to avoid doing.

His completely underhanded attempt to reform health care with hillary chairing the secret committee.

Health care, specifically insurance, needed fixing then and now. But the way they tried to do it was sleazy.

Then being caught lying. Getting the hummer was one thing. Whatever. He's not the first guy to get a side job while in office. But admit and mive on. That led to the impeachment and the continued use of that today as political payback.

He's kinda rapey.

His presidency and legacy were saved when the Republicans won Congress in 1994 and he had to compromise with them. He was on the road to an epic failure until that point.

Cigars. That's it.

Irish 2.0 said:

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H.W. ****ed it up and gave us the Clintons. I don't care what you say about Perot, he only ran because Bush lied about no new taxes.

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He had a more profound and less shallow reason than that, --- NAFTA. The "giant sucking sound" he knew would demolish home based American manufacturing (and somewhat did). Somewhat like Ron Paul, he was very much concerned with globalism exporting jobs, and the Fed's role in creating instability for the middle class. Bush's lying in 1990 on taxes is what he used to launch his momentum -- but his focus was on higher matters. All the negative baggage associated with what would become the New World Order vision/WEF now. His candidacy was serious enough to create a new party in attempt. (The Reform Party---still a good idea)

Burdizzo said:

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The President doesn't have to answer to HR. If any one of us did what he did on the job, we would get escorted out of the building as soon as word got out. That so many Americans blew it off as "none of our business between consenting adults" tells me we have too low standards in the country.

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If he was the president of a Fortune 500 company, NOW would have been protesting outside of the company's HQ. Instead, NOW defended him.

Speaking of NOW, it's been a while since those wackos were heard from. I guess it's a little less appealing when the "W" can no longer be defined.

annie88 said:

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What are your biggest takeaways from the Clinton presidency? I always disliked Hillary, btw.

I DID NOT vote either time for Bill.

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Bimbo eruptions.
Whitewater.
Tech sector explosion.
Microsoft Shakedown.
His jogging down the road visiting fast food restaurants.
Plus sized Jewish chick

Ole Slick Willie

A Center Left Dim and a GOP Congress can get good results.

Unfortunately the Dims are either true Communists are Commies on social issues

The GOP is toothless

And we are stuck

BurnetAggie99 said:

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Ole Slick Willie

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Well, he certainly did get his willie slick.