Who believes that President Clinton's career crashed by being too far Left?

Question

I believe that President Clinton was a good president and people calling him an idiot was unfounded and the strong hatred that I thought was reserved only for OJ Simpson seemed to be stirred for no reason. Many people who expressed open hatred for him gave a vague answer that basically says "I have my reasons" or "He is an idiot" without any solid proof or incidents (Pre-Lewinski). Whats the damn deal with Bill Clinton and mainstream America. He is still recieved warmly so he wasn't that bad a guy. He is the most popular democrat on earth right now. So..... Something's missing here.

Answer 1

Not me. He was too far to the right, that's why the right hated him so. He threatened to take back the south from the Republicans. Clinton's book explains his conservative views and the strategy of the Democratic Leadership Council. The Hunting of the President details the witchhunt and explains the why of it.

The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton by Joe Conason, Gene Lyons

Answer 2

Clinton was not far left. His general failings were those of a person with no strong convictions. He could essentially make a wide part of the public feel good about what he was doing with policy .. at least to some extent. He did this largely by basing his decisions on wavering polling data and not from any real core ideas of how to proceed. In other words, he was a follower of the public ... not a leader. Actually, Bush could use a dose of that. So in a way, Bush held too strongly to his convictions without a good antennae for public opinions. The oppostite of Clinton. Somehow, Reagan seems to have pulled this off reasonably well in most instances and on the Dem side, perhaps JFK had a balance to his approach to leadership.

Answer 3

As I recall, from my chair in the UK, Bills career was ended by the fact that he could only serve 2 terms. I can say that I do not hate him, and would generally prefer the US to have a Democrat government than a Republican one, as the Reps are the sort of extremists that Europe would prefer NOT to deal with.
However, his blatant two-faced lying about his business dealings (Whitewatergate) and the 'I did not have sex with that woman' (Lewinsky) showed that he was personally as corrupt as any/every other politician. Nowadays, he flies around the world preaching the fight against global warming. In Europe, we have known about, and been taking action against global warming since the 1980s (Listen to Manchester Band 808 States 'Cubik', which starts with an intro saying 'The US is failling to act against the growing problems of the world; Global warming, crime....), and Bill did nothing during his time in power, because it costs industry to make substantial changes. Now, after 10 years when he had the actual power to do something, but not the political inclination to upset his business backers, he complains, claims it is his cause, and condemns George Bush for behaving just as he did. The mans audacity is dumbfounding.

Answer 4

in the present day, the Democrats have surpassed and Obama has signed the economic Reform bill. Of all the failings it does, did you be attentive to it supplies the President - without Congressional approval - the skill to take over or maybe dismantle a private or public company deemed by utilising the government as "too vast to fail." it is yet between the ideological concerns on condition that Obama has exchange into President. How with regard to the government intimately in touch with our well-being care, forcing us to purchase a services or products, in spite of if we don't elect to! i've got confidence like our united states of america is slipping as Germany slipped under Hitler. Slowly and methodically, the Democrats and Obama are consolidating federal potential...all under the guise of noble techniques... i'm afraid while our individual freedoms have extremely been lost, and the mass public gets alarmed, it is going to likely be too previous due. Obama is definitely the main anti-American president ever!

Answer 5

Therefore President Clinton's political career did not crash. He was welcomed with cheers wherever he went in the world. Thousands did not protest him like they are doing the Indonesia, one of the five most populated countries in the world, and a peaceful Islamic country.

Answer 6

It didnt crash, but he only beat Bush snr for two reasons -
The famous "Watch my lips" speach and Clintons promise to
provide health care for all Americans within 100 days, when he
knew it was impossible or it would have already been done.
I find it difficult to understand why he was voted in for a 2nd term.

Answer 7

His career didn't crash because he was too far to the left. His career crashed because he was more concerned with his Johnson than his job. Pre-Lewisnki? That would be Paula, Genifer and a whole host of others. Clinton spend too much time thinking with the little head and not the big one.

Answer 8

I don't know too many people that recieved a 70% approval rating...while under impeachment.

Clinton had a budget surplus, and was a moderate....that often stole the Republican political playbook. That's why he is so popular.

Answer 9

Clinton wasn't too far left.He came into office with great and big idea's like his health care plan.That leaded however to the Republican revolution of 1994 so he changed tactics.
He catered to right wing voters,thanks to Derrick Morris.
Think welfare reform
People who hate Clinton do so because they are frustrated by his popularity,even after they tried to destroy him with ridiculous scandals.

Answer 10

Not me. Clinton was fairly main-stream on most issues, and I criticize him on only two major grounds: he did not take vigorous enough action against bin Laden, and he couldn't keep his pants zipped or tell the truth about it.