Reply #10: Clinton did sign off on NAFTA / GATT / Media Deregulation / Anti-terrorism bill [View All]

[BridgeTheGap]

Those are FACTS and everyone one of those bills run counter to what the Democratic party SHOULD stand for.
That said, Clinton was far better than any Republican administration of the last 40 years.
The problem is the general political climate, driven by the rightward turn of the media that now places many current Dems to the right of Nixon. No, it's not Bill Clinton's fault, but he was certainly in a position to counter this trend. The media deregulation law to us further to the right and Clinton signed it.
NAFTA & GATT (WTO) did serious damage to the working class in this country. Clinton signed both of those.
The anti-terrorism law passed in 96' was just a tad short of being the Patriot Act and in itself, represensted a serious assault on our Constitutional rights.

The fact that Clinton was better than anyone the Repubs could offer is a sad statement about the political state of country. We are being driven to the right, into fascism, and I don't see that Clinton did anything substantial to stop that trend.