who was a better president George Bush or Bill clinton?

Question

Myself I would say clinton he had alot of faults

Answer 1

Let's look at facts. The Clinton Adminsitration:
Developed the nation's first anti-terrorism policy, and appointed first national coordinator of anti-terrorist efforts.
Stopped the Al Qaeda millennium hijacking and bombing plots.
Stopped the planned attack to kill the Pope
Stopped the planned attack to blow up 12 U.S. jetliners simultaneously
Stopped the planned attack to blow up UN Headquarters
Stopped the planned attack to blow up FBI Headquarters
Stopped the planned attack to blow up the Israeli Embassy in Washington
Stopped the planned attack to blow up Boston’s Logan airport
Stopped the planned attack to blow up Lincoln and Holland Tunnels in NY
Stopped the planned attack to blow up the George Washington Bridge in NY
Stopped the planned attack to blow up the US Embassy in Albania
-- Tried to kill Osama bin Laden and disrupt Al Qaeda through preemptive strikes (efforts denounced by the
G.O.P.).
-- Brought perpetrators of first World Trade Center bombing and CIA killings to justice.
-- Did not blame Bush Sr's administration for first World Trade Center bombing even though it occurred 38 days after Bush left office. Instead, worked hard, even obsessively-- and successfully-- to stop future terrorist attacks.
--Named the Hart-Rudman commission to report on nature of terrorist threats and major steps to be taken to combat terrorism.
-Clinton Administration sent legislation to Congress to TIGHTEN AIRPORT SECURITY. (Remember, this is before 911) The legislation was defeated by the Republicans because of opposition from the airlines.
-Clinton Administration sent legislation to Congress to allow for BETTER TRACKING OF TERRORIST FUNDING. It was defeated by Republicans in the Senate because of opposition from banking interests.
-Clinton Administration sent legislation to Congress to add tagents to explosives, to allow for BETTER TRACKING OF EXPLOSIVES USED BY TERRORISTS. It was defeated by the Republicans because of opposition from the NRA.
-Clinton Administration increased the military budget by an average of 14 per cent, reversing the trend under Bush I.
-Clinton Administration tripled the budget of the FBI for counterterrorism and doubled overall funding for counterterrorism
-Clinton Administration detected and destroyed cells of Al Qaeda in over 20 countries
-Clinton Administration created a national stockpile of drugs and vaccines including 40 million doses of smallpox vaccine.
-Of Clinton Administration's efforts says Robert Oakley, Reagan Ambassador for Counterterrorism:
"Overall, I give them very high marks" and "The only major criticism I have is the obsession with Osama"
-Paul Bremer, current Civilian Administrator of Iraq disagrees slightly with Robert Oakley as he believed the Clinton Administration had "correctly focused on bin Laden.”
-Barton Gellman in the Washington Post put it best, "By any measure available, the Clinton Administration left office having given greater priority to terrorism than any president before him" and was the "first administration to undertake a systematic anti-terrorist effort"

One such anti-terrorism meeting took place in the White House situation room during the first week of January 2001. The session was part of a program designed by Bill Clinton's National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, who wanted the transition between the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations to run as smoothly as possible. With some bitterness, Berger remembered how little he and his colleagues had been helped by the first Bush Administration in 1992-93. Eager to avoid a repeat of that experience, he had set up a series of 10 briefings by his team for his successor, Condoleezza Rice, and her deputy, Stephen Hadley.

Berger attended only one of the briefings-the session that dealt with the threat posed to the U.S. by international terrorism, and especially by al-Qaeda. "I'm coming to this briefing," he says he told Rice, "to underscore how important I think this subject is." Later, alone in his office with Rice, Berger says he told her, "I believe that the Bush Administration will spend more time on terrorism generally, and on al-Qaeda specifically, than any other subject." The terrorism briefing was delivered by Richard Clarke.

Since the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen on Oct. 12, 2000-an attack that left 17 Americans dead, he had been working on an aggressive plan to take the fight to al-Qaeda. The result was a strategy paper that he had presented to Berger and the other national security "principals" on Dec. 20.

Now it was up to Rice's team to consider what Clarke had put together.

Berger had left the room by the time Clarke, using a Powerpoint presentation, outlined his thinking to Rice.

Clarke had a set of proposals to "roll back" al-Qaeda. In fact, the heading on Slide 14 of the Powerpoint presentation reads, "Response to al Qaeda: Roll back." Clarke's proposals called for the "breakup" of al-Qaeda cells and the arrest of their personnel. The financial support for its terrorist activities would be systematically attacked, its assets frozen, its funding from fake charities stopped. Nations where al-Qaeda was causing trouble- Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Yemen-would be given aid to fight the terrorists. Most important, Clarke wanted to see a dramatic increase in covert action in Afghanistan to "eliminate the sanctuary" where al-Qaeda had its terrorist training camps and bin Laden was being protected by the radical Islamic Taliban regime.

Clarke supported a substantial increase in American support for the Northern Alliance, the last remaining resistance to the Taliban. That way, terrorists graduating from the training camps would have been forced to stay in Afghanistan, fighting (and dying) for the Taliban on the front lines. At the same time, the U.S. military would start planning for air strikes on the camps and for the introduction of special-operations forces into Afghanistan. The plan was estimated to cost "several hundreds of millions of dollars."

In the words of a senior Bush Administration official, the proposals amounted to "everything we've done since 9/11."

Answer 2

Clinton

Answer 3

Just prior to Bush entering the White House, I went to their web site to see what Clinton had done for the last 8 years.

I copied all of it, then printed it. It was 12 pages long.

I wish I had kept it because it was simply amazing all that he accomplished considering he had a partisan congress to deal with.

I also posted it on the web on several forums, the comments I got from some cons is they had no idea he had done so much. Some of what they read they liked. At least that was coming from honest pragmatic cons, something that has become increasingly rare over the last 7 years.

Most cons believe Clinton only did a few things and all of it badly.

Honestly, as closely as I have followed Bush, I can't think of a damned thing he's done that I've liked.

But the bottom line really is:
Who's telling the story, who's trying to smear whom, who's electable and who isn't, and who has the most bucks to charge the opposition with horrendous deeds and get away with it.

Peace

Answer 4

This is a toughie.

I hate Bush but i did not care much for Bill Clinton.

Lets see economy was better under clinton, We went to Somolia under clinton (Humilated by a bunch of "Skinnies"), then he had his day with Monica (Was it really our business?), Bush we went to Afghanistan (Justified), Bush goes to Iraq (Unjustified), that is a hard one.

I cant say.

Answer 5

Clinton hands down~
Just because he got a ******** doesn't make him a bad President~
I'm am sure that George has had his share~or maybe not~
If he had he would probably be in a better mood and more focused!
In Georges Cocaine and Alcohol days I am sure he did some thing far worse than Clinton ever thought of~

Answer 6

Clinton. Bottom line he solved problems by working with an opposition congress. Bush has created enough problems working with his own congress to last us for two generations.

Answer 7

President Clinton was a much better president, solely from an economic view. During his administration, 23 million jobs were created, 100,000 which were additional law enforcement positions placed on the streets. In addition, he balanced the budget, had generally a good working relationship with a Republican-led Congress in holding down spending. He also reformed welfare as we know it. In foreign affairs, he sent troops to Kosovo, to halt ethnic-cleansing campaigns, something that European countries would not do or if they did in small numbers. He also maintained a no fly zone position in Iraq to secure Saddam's power in check. He also attacked them in retaliation for an assassination attempt on George HW Bush, while on a visit to Kuwait. Also troops were sent to Haiti to stabilize that democracy. Sure he had questions of ethics, but I believe beginning an unwarranted war on false premises is much more damaging than a consensual sexual affair inside the White House.

Answer 8

I dont think he contradicted himself. I think he is saying that Clinton was no saint and not the pope, but still better.

Which Bush you talking about? Oh - doesnt matter. Clinton was better anyway.

Answer 9

If you checked the Congressional Records. You'll find that there has been far more money, coming into the Government. Since Our President enacted the Tax cuts. Than at the height of the highest Tax increase in American history. Meaning, our Government is getting in more money, under the Tax cuts. Than with higher taxes. Lowest unemployment in decades. New Homes, at a all-time high. Stock Market, breaking it's own record, every week. You can fall for the mainstream media hype, if you wish. But the facts, don't bare that out.

Answer 10

Pres. Clinton by a large margin.

Clinton lied but nobody died !

Answer 11

How can you even begin to compare, when Clinton was president the Demorcrats were not all over the place ranting and raving about everything he was doing and then finding ways to distort it.