ok so tell me why clinton was a better president than bush?

Question

so yesterday I had a discussion about why I thought pres clinton was a better president than bush and the person I was speaking with disagreed I would like to know what yall think give me some exampes so I can prove this guy wrong thanks. H

Answer 1

Clinton and the Republican Congress balanced the budget for the first time in decades and brought in a record surplus. In his first year Bush reversed that, by slashing revenue and increasing spending, leading his country to the fiscal precipice.

Bush has sought to extend his powers like no other president in decades, and arrogated powers to himself based not on any understanding of the constitution, but on the belief that America's is a government of men and not laws. Clinton was not such a threat to the liberty which Americans cherish.

Only the most pathological Clinton-hater could deny that he was the most articulate president since Kennedy and the probably the most thoughtful since Nixon. Whatever his failings in his personal life, he was an eloquent spokesman for his country and filled the office. Bush's lack of depth and gravitas, his smirking fratboy manner, his lack of knowledge and curiosity about the world, is painful to watch and has frankly diminished the office. Listen to him try speaking without notes and you'll get the measure of the man.

As individuals, Clinton rose above a difficult upbringing and earned everything he achieved. Surely that is a quintessentially American success story. Bush was born with every privilege imaginable - wealth, a famous family, the best education money could buy - and has barely scraped by. Unfortunately the ease with which he attained the nation's highest office has made him underestimate challenges.

Clinton never departed from decades of American good sense and policy and started an aggressive war. Clinton misled the public about his private life. Bush misled the public about matters of life and death. Although Clinton was pilloried for his activities during the Vietnam war, he did not exploit the military and play make-believe hero as Bush has shamelessly done.

Clinton appealed to people's hopes, while Bush's hold on power has depended on maintaining fear. The list could go on but this is enough.

Answer 2

Clinton did well for the econimy and that is why i liked him.I did not like his extra fun with other women,and do not know if he would have handled the 9-11 well

Bush has been caught in many lies and thinks he has the most power in the land, when you go and look at the government books America is suppose to be equally run by the three areas of government and i do not think bush was taught that. (i was taught that in american government back in 12 grade and that was 12 years ago) so tell me who is better to run our country

You have had one of the best phrased and asked questions i have seen. Thank you

Answer 3

Clinton did not go out of his way to start a war based on lies and innuendos.

Clinton had a surplus in the budget which as soon as Bush was elected was given to the rich in the form of reduced taxes.

During the Clinton administration the stock market reached new highs. During the Bush administration the budget deficit reached new highs.

Answer 4

Bush has stolen your birthright and given it, free, through tax forgiveness, to the super-rich. Today 1/10 of 1% of Americans are those who have benefited -- and they virtually alone -- from the past six years. Every body else has stagnated.

Only in America do people vote over stupid things that don't concern them: aborton, gay marriage, school prayer, flag burning. They should look at depreciation of the currency, the national debt to China, the loss of decent jobs.

Clinton, for all his personal foibles and the rest, did not cheat his constituents.

Only time will tell, of course. But Bush, having appointed right-wing judges to the Supreme Court and all the Federal bench (and Congress largely having blocked Cllinton from federal judge appointments) you will be living with Bush in the Judiciary, whatever you vote into office for the Executive and the Legislature.

It's a question of dishonesty. Not of sex -- because that doesn't affect us -- but of economics which does.

It's the Economy, Stupid!

Answer 5

Reagan-era rules have been usually professional-protection rigidity, yet what he ought to get with the aid of Congress and what he traded off to get a number of his priorities with the aid of became it right into a peculiar mixture. and there's a protracted-status faction contained in the Pentagon that love the belief of "no defects" promotions and up-or-out thinking, which eliminates some solid human beings and stifles innovation. G.H.W.Bush tried to income from a "peace dividend" whilst the chilly conflict ended. He guessed incorrect and overdid the cuts, distinctly in manpower. Clinton replaced into clueless sufficient in regards to the protection rigidity that whilst he dropped morale into the backside spot i've got ever seen, he stayed greater or much less arms-off with manpower and materiel, sort of conserving Bush's rules in place. of direction, he misused the troops horribly, yet what President does not? (For the record, this is the nicest ingredient i've got ever mentioned in regards to the guy. I voted White for AR governor.) that's all basically approximately beside the element, nevertheless. the accepted public of the protection rigidity management are heavily into maneuver conflict, and counterinsurgency operatives have consistently been pink-headed stepchildren. The NCA take an excellent sort of lead from the 5-sided squirrel cage, which prefers F35's to C17's, M1A2's to infantry riflemen, etc.

Answer 6

the clinton adminsitration worked towards giving rights to those who needed them. he tried to work towards better healthcare and education. he made higher learning more accessible to more people. he kept up good foreign relations with all countries, instead of alienating ones he didn't agree with like the bush administration. he unified the nation on several issues despite issues of race, sexuality, etc....he ended his presidency with a budget surplus, something that hasn't been done almost ever in history. and lastly let's not forget that the clinton administration tried to warn this country about the dangers of osama bin laden, and even tried to launch an attack on him and was critisized by congress and the people for his actions. the man had sense and foresight not seen since he left office. weren't those carefree times when our biggest concern was who our preident was sleeping with, not who was dying because of his actions?

Answer 7

Reasons why Clinton's better.

Bringing the federal budget into surplus is obviously an achievement. After inheriting a deficit of 4.7 percent of gross domestic product in 1992, Mr. Clinton turned this into a surplus of 2.4 percent of G.D.P. in 2000 — a remarkable turnaround that can be appreciated by realizing that this year's deficit, as large as it is, will reach only 4.2 percent of G.D.P., according to the Congressional Budget Office.

More important, from a conservative point of view, Mr. Clinton achieved his surplus in large part by curtailing spending. Federal spending fell to 18.4 percent of G.D.P. in 2000 from 22.2 percent in 1992. Although he raised taxes in 1993, he cut them in 1997. He even reduced the capital gains tax — something his predecessor, George H. W. Bush, tried but failed to accomplish.

Although much of the budgetary savings came from lower defense spending and reduced interest on the debt, entitlement spending also fell to 10.6 percent of G.D.P. in 2000 from 11.5 percent in 1992. Mr. Clinton signed welfare reform into law in 1996, the only time in American history when an entitlement program was abolished. By virtually all accounts, welfare reform has been a success.

Mr. Clinton was also steadfast in his support for free trade. It is doubtful that anyone else could have persuaded Congress to approve the North American Free Trade Agreement. On monetary policy, he reappointed Alan Greenspan, a Republican, as chairman of the Federal Reserve, thereby helping to bring inflation down to its lowest sustained level in a generation.

By contrast, Mr. Clinton's Republican successor has caused the surplus to evaporate, raised total federal spending by 1.6 percent of G.D.P., established a new entitlement program for prescription drugs and adopted the most protectionist trade policy since Herbert Hoover. While President Bush has done other things that conservatives view more favorably, like cutting taxes, there is no getting around the reality that Mr. Clinton was better in many respects.

Answer 8

Clinton cut the size of government and balanced the budget. He also was very effective in running the business of the nation and many of his policy's created the largest expansion in the economy that I have ever seen. There was jobs for everyone that wanted to work.

Answer 9

Well, Clinton never attacked a sovereign country without a decent reason.

Actually... I guess he did. But he did it Quietly and in a way that didn't get rid of all of our allies.

Plus he was a playboy, so he gets cool points too. Ever read the Starr Report? It is the report published documenting all of President Clinton's dealing with Monica. And some of the stuff in there is pretty hot. Good stuff.

Answer 10

you should do your own research. i have no idea what that person said to you, or what he would find compelling. if he thinks clinton was an adulterer and that's why he believes he was a poor president, well, he's entitled to his opinion.

do you think clinton was a better president? i think part of why this administration is so disfunctional, is we've got some pretty low standards currently. he was a very good diplomat, but he was no washington and it was stupid to lose the presidency over a fling.