Why do so many people think Bill Clinton was a great president?

Question

Charisma IS NOT a valid answer.
Because the "economy was good" is not either

Things he did that made him great... I drew a blank.

Answers that make him a decent President are not what I am looking for and they don't make your point.

I want to know why so many people think he was just AWESEOME - the best ever.

M A sa - your stupidity is clear on many levels. You actually laid them out for us. Thanks. Hillary beautiful?

"Dude" is SUCH A 'TARD. A 4 year old (a.k.a. someone who thinks like a liberal) can cut & paste.

Answer 1

Because he:
1-Had greater social orientations toward the poor than most democrats (and than all the republicans, of course)
2-Was not extremely biased to Israel
3-Made a mistake (Monica) and had the courage to admit that he did. This made many people think he is one of them, or like them.
4-Because he was handsome
5-Because he was too young when he became president for the first period
6-Because his wife was beautiful. This helped polish his image.
7-Because he was not very classy. He was normal.
8-Because he never launched a major war.
9-The economy and Alan Greenspan! I must say so, although I know you'll want to kill me!
10-His language was OK (unlike Bush, for e.g.)

Enough?

(But of course, he was not the best US president ever. He was the best one in the last 3 decades.)

Answer 2

Thanks to Reagan the economy was still very good under him. The stock market was (for the majority of time) very good. And the media refused to push really hard on any of the serious flaws, like giving 20 years worth of missile technology to the Chinese for illegal campaign contributions.
The only thing negative they ever did focus on was Monica, and if that was the only he had ever done wrong I would have liked him too.

You also have to remember, when was the last time before Clinton that we had a two term Democratic President? The very fact that he made it that long, gives the Dem's a reason to make him great, because they really don't have much left to brag about.

Answer 3

I think Clinton was a good (not excellent) president because he was a president for the "people". He agreed on a lot of things I agree on and many Afri. Americans.

He tried to help Afro Americans and all minorities by approving jobs and Affirmative Action. I had a better tax return when he was president and minimum wage was going up.
There were no unnecessary battles being fought abroad.
But he was focused on the USA's battles here, in the US.
He was a very empathetic and sympathetic president.
AND GAS WAS LOW.
PLUS ILLEGALS DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY OPPORTUNITES WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT AS THEY DO NOW.
Communities were improving. USA was improving.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I would not go so far as "great", but there is one thing he did which was certainly good: he pushed NAFTA, which has increased wealth in the Americas (including the US) by hundreds of billions of dollars. It is unfortunate that his lack of sexual self-discipline tarnished his tenure, or he might have gotten more done than he did. But the defense budget suffered badly under Clinton, and we are now paying the price.

Answer 6

well some idiots say the economy which does not make sense because the president actually does not control the economy... and if it did...our economic recession started under clinton, however, a former classmate of mine, Daeshawn, said he would vote for clinton because he was a pimp

Answer 7

Presidents are measured by the general happiness of the country during ones presidents term.....thus the answer...as opposed to the present general attitude of the country........everything is going to hell ....with george bush.

Answer 8

Bill was a great president for the USA because he ws to busy F*cking his sexatary to bother f*cking the world

Answer 9

It wasn't that he was so great. It's that the people (President) is so horrible, terrible, stupid, disgusting, greedy, shortsighted and vile. He and his administration are total control freaks, who only want to benefit the established rich.

Answer 10

What's the point?

There's a name for people who always live in the past.