Originally Posted by Big AL
Man, you're just plain wrong on everything! First of all, when Clinton first took office the economy was in a slump, I know because I was just getting out of the military and served in the first gulf war and I was worried I wasn't going to get a job because of the slow economy. I credit Clinton to the 90's tech boom partially because everyone knows democrats are better at handling domestic issues like the economy vs republicans with military/defense issues.
Secondly, his health care reforms had a lot better effect than what the current lame duck president has done. Can you say record budget deficit?
Last but not least, when Bush took office he was the one that wanted nothing to do with the middle east peace process. It wasn't until 9/11 that he thrust himself into the spotlight. He was often critized for that because Clinton had done or at least tried so much for middle east peace.
Get your facts straight before you post stupid shit like that!
my facts are straight but you seem to have missed the boat fella.
the tech boom of the 90's would've happened if bozo the fucking clown were in office. clinton had nothing to do with it. yes the economy was in a slump when clinton first took office but the economy is always in a slump immediately after a conflict. that is the way the economy works.
the clinton health care reforms had a positive short term effect but over the long term they caused a shit storm of price gouging. about 3 years after the HC act in '94, several US based pharmaceutical companies stopped supplying to the US. because of the unrelistic strictures of the '94 HC act, pharmaceutical companies were faces with fiscally impossible restrictions. the result? their primary customer base became foreign countries and the US was cut to a trickle. this really effects the elderly more than anyone else but is a main contributor to the healthcare debacle we're in today.
last but not least, we're not discussing the current president. we're iscussing who will run in '08. i understand when you have no point you have to bash the president for filler material but that act is pretty transparent and boring.
before you criticise you should become familiar with what you speak. otherwise you sound like a stupid shit.