Reply #6: Say what??? [View All]

[lapfog_1]

The Clintons SAVED democracy?

Care to back that up with some facts? Any facts?

Yes, Bill won in 1992, and was re-elected in 1996. But seriously, were you around then?

We could have run a cutout cardboard candidate and won. GHW Bush was so out of touch and the economy was about to run off the rails. Sheesh. And in 1996 the pukes ran Bob Dole... Bob Dole! They might as well have run a bowel of oatmeal.

Bill Clinton did a few things, first he is charming, second, he is probably one of the smartest people to ever hold the office. Third, he did a lot of things that the republicans WANTED (which is why, I think, they hate him so much)... NAFTA, WTO, welfare reform, etc, etc.

I think he set back the progressive movement in this country by a generation. But he got two terms out of it.

But saved Democracy?

Let me counter by saying Bill Clinton (and his personal behavior) DIRECTLY led to the last seven years of BushCo... and this Bush has done more to destroy democracy in this country than anyone anytime since the founding of this country. We do not have the right of habeas corpus thanks to *. That's a right that's been around since 1679... before our country was begun. And it is no longer a guarantee.

You want to talk about losing Democracy, talk about Bush. And if you talk about Bush, you have to talk about how Bush was (s)elected. And that, in no small part, was the fault of Bill Clinton.