On Clinton and Reagan, Obama was right:

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But Bill Clinton never ordered a major declassification project, nor did he establish any U.S. truth commissions to put the Cold War history in a meaningful context. To Clinton, truth never seemed to be a high priority, either in his private life or in his public duties.

Ironically, Bill Clinton’s protection of the Reagan-Bush administrations didn’t protect him. Clinton saw his prized domestic agenda, including Hillary Clinton’s health care reform, defeated; his party lose control of Congress in 1994; the House vote to impeach him; and his Vice President, Al Gore, have the 2000 election stolen from him.

Then, once the Bush family again controlled the White House, one of the first acts of the new President, George W. Bush, was to sign an executive order ensuring that Reagan-Bush-era historical records, scheduled for release in 2001, stayed locked up, possibly forever.

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Obama drew a contrast between Clinton and Reagan; Clinton praised Reagan

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1. Now we're supporting Republicans?

gone round the bend, have you?

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2. Where does it say anything about supporting Republicans, except in what Clinton did for Reagan? n/t

[BootinUp]

3. You string together events in the most discombobulated,

unreliable blogoshpere way.

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4. Nonsense! This is part of Bill Clinton's legacy! n/t

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5. As told by ProSense, anonymous blogger extraordinaire!

You know something, the republicans hated Clinton and spent millions upon millions to stop them because they were a threat, a very competent administration that had to be stopped at all costs. And yet he accomplished much of what he said he would. Thats the legacy.

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7. They accomplished everything in the OP, which is part of his Clinton's legacy! n/t

[BootinUp]

8. You are one of those blame Clinton for everything SOBS

fuck off.

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9. Edited, this seems more appropriate

Bill Clinton in the middle of the GE in 2004:

"I have repeatedly defended President Bush against the left on Iraq, even though I think he should have waited until the U.N. inspections were over," Clinton said in a Time magazine interview that will hit newsstands Monday, a day before the publication of his book "My Life."

Clinton, who was interviewed Thursday, said he did not believe that Bush went to war in Iraq over oil or for imperialist reasons but out of a genuine belief that large quantities of weapons of mass destruction remained unaccounted for.

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11. Kick! n/t

[HughMoran]

6. Reagan made the US into the Matrix

I voted for that fuck-face (I was a "Reagan Democrat") and I wanted to cut my balls off within a year of making that fucking horrific mistake. That vote is one of the most regrettable things I have ever done in my life. I have never voted for a Republican since - I will never forget what the sleazy fake did to destroy this country - we still haven't fixed all the fucking-up of our society that that shallow piece of shit started. I HATE Ronald Reagan. I celebrated the day he died.

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12. Wow! n/t

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10. Kick! n/t

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13. Kick! n/t

[Evergreen Emerald]

14. this is proof that you guys will spin anything that happens in favor of Obama

It is rather funny to watch.

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15. Where's the spin? Did any of those things not happen?

Reagan cultivated a corrupt GOP. Even through Bush Sr's weak presidency, it thrived and regained strength during the Clinton years. Newt fed off it! Clinton did nothing to stop it, an nothing to build a strong Democratic movement.