REPUBLICANS- how can you say BILL CLINTON was a bad president?

Question

Bill Clintons presidency brought a record breaking boom in our economy in a time of peace, better than any other US president, he United NATO against a real dictator and grealy encouraged NAFTA.. he was a bad husband maybe, and he did deny his embarasing sex scandal, which only makes him human.. but tell me, what about him do u guys hate so much? is it that he made the democratic party look so good? was it jealousy? please be civil in ur answers, thanks

Answer 1

Really they are still hung up on his sexual behavior, maybe some jealousy going on.

Answer 2

I voted Republican for Bush, but I voted Democrat for Clinton. You're right, Clinton was not a bad President. (Bill, not Hillary) I supported a lot of his policies, including Operation Desert Fox in 1998. I did not support NAFTA, because I live along the US-Mexico border and saw all the jobs that were planning on (and did) move across the border when NAFTA was approved. As far as uniting NATO against a dictator (I'm assuming you mean Saddam Hussein), NATO hasn't been United against anything in decades. Making resolutions without consequence is not a united stance, allowing the continual and flagrant violations of resolutions for eleven years is not a united stance. Its kind of like telling you not to drive over the speed limit, but if you do, there are no consequences. I don't hate President Bill Clinton, and as far as Presidents go, he done an alright job. Question back to you would be what would President Clinton have done had the WTC been razed by terrorists on his watch? My guess is very similar to what the US done under the current administration, no President can allow an attack on US soil and not launch a military offensive.

Answer 3

A few thoughts on this:

During Clinton's presidency (1992 - 2000) the Democrats lost a record number of seats in the House of Reps, state legislatures, county commissions, not to mention governorships to Republicans. Some Republicans say Clinton was the best thing to happen to their party in a long while.

You can tie economic cycles to presidencies to a degree, but then you must credit Bush for the recent economic growth (including record number of first time homeowners) due in large part to his tax cuts.

I suppose you're going to give credit for the tech boom in the 90s to Clinton, when in fact, the seeds of that success was sown under Reagan, thanks to his tax cuts and funding of defense and strategic research that helped the likes of Bill Gates. The Democrats were always trying to cut this funding, it would've been a disaster had they succeeded.

True, Clinton did help bring down Milosevic, which was a good thing. But he forgot to give the orders to apprehend Osama bin Laden when he was in the Sudan - when we had that government's help to do it. And we all know what happened after that. Our embassies were bombed, one of our naval vessels was nearly destroyed, and then 9/11, which I'm sure you'd like to pin on Bush too.

And NAFTA? Every Presdent since Carter has moved NAFTA forward. It was an accident Clinton was there at the time.

When people look back on Clinton's presidency, they will remember the you-know-what that took place in the oval office, and sadly, not much more. I think history will remember Bush in a better way.

Answer 4

Depends on your perspective I did not see any policy that he put in place that cause the economy to boom. What I saw was a dot.com economy that imploded after 9/11,Maybe that is why he did not get any credit for it, as for foreign policy our enemies saw us as a bunch of patsies that's why we got the debacle in Somalia, the bombing of Kobe Towers ,World Trade center 1, The bombing of the Cole, The bombing of the 2 US embassies in Africa, no response no wonder Islam thought we were ripe for the taking.

I look back at President Clinton as a adolescent in a man's body great for going to a party with not good material for the white house. As for making the democratic party look good really! so why did the Republicans gain the house and the Senate and eventually the white house, first time that happen before the New Deal during Clinton reign hope I gave you a different perspective.

Answer 5

I'm not a republican I'm a Brit who lived in America during the Clinton years of office. .. I met Bill Clinton once after his presidency was over and thought he was a great guy!.. Id much prefer him to Good ole George Bush!.

American could do a lot worse than voting for Hilary Clinton in the forth coming presidential elections... I think she's make a great president!.

Answer 6

Yes, I can say Clinton was bad for our nation. Aside from being morally bankrupt, no need to mention that.

There are many factors to the economic growth of the 90's that Clinton had zero to do with. Yet he still takes the credit... Take the telecommunications industry with Y2K compliance. This created billions in growth. Just one small example.

Clinton should have answered the terrorist attacks against America with force. This might have prevented 9/11 from even happening.

Im sure that we only know a fraction of the corruption in his administration. Do you really think NAFTA helps America? I think it was an enormous mistake.

Clinton, (like Bush) had a pathetic approach regarding illegal immigration and securing our borders.

Im sure as an individual, the former President is a great guy, I wouldnt know. But I dont believe his presidency was advantageous to America.

Answer 7

Um,

You need your economic facts down.

In terms of real money (adjusted for inflation), the economy of Ronnie is still the best of all time. In terms of NASDAQ and DOW gains, Bush Jr. is kicking his butt. People take home more money now than under Clinton, more people own homes, and more people own their own businesses.

NATO was allied against Miloshevik, and Clinton was debating about joining on. If you recall, several Republicans critized Clinton about the Balkan war (which they were wrong to do), and if you recall, Bush, as Gov. of Texas, strongly came out in support of Bill.

Infidelity deserves a maybe from you? Fact is, he was a lousy and is a lusy husband.

He did not make the dems look so good. Prior to his entry, Democrats controlled both the house and the senate, as well as a majority of state governors, as well as a majority of state legislatures. Within two years of being in office, Clinton lost all of those holdings of the dems. I hardly call that making dems look good. Further, when Clinton left office, we were in an eight month long recession.

I do not hate Clinton. i feel he was a mediocre president, like JQA, but missed the opportunity to be great. He was wrong to even enter a courtroom whilst he was president, as it damaged the power of the executive. However, once he did that, he commited PERJURY and deserved to go to be impeached and convicted.

I do not hate Bill. Pity him, yes, but I do not hate him.

Answer 8

You hit right on the head , they are so jealous, knowing what a great President we had and they bring in old Chimpy. He is ignorant , his speech is so embarrassing, he goes to other countries each one, then all hell breaks loose. Every country welcomed Bill, Hillary and Chelsea they really love the Clinton family, they are looking forward to 2008 when they take back Washington. Bush goes somewhere they have a complete crowd trying to get at him , burning our flag, they all hate him because they know just like we do that his name means trouble. Their goes George and Laura with so many escorts having to protect them. That is the reason they are jealous and they are ashamed to admit what they sit back and let steal our White House not once but twice.
You really can't blame the Republicans because they are trying to get one little thing that has done right and they can't find it, they are so embarrassed and depressed.

Answer 9

The Act found that Iraq had, between 1980 and 1998 (1) committed various and significant violations of International Law, (2) had failed to comply with the obligations to which it had agreed to following the Gulf War and (3) further had ignored Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council. The Act declared that it was the Policy of the United States to support "regime change." The Act was passed 360-38 in the U.S. House of Representatives[2] and by unanimous consent in the Senate.[3] US President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law on October 31, 1998. The law's stated purpose was: "to establish a program to support a transition to democracy in Iraq." Specifically, Congress made findings of past Iraqi military actions in violation of International Law and that Iraq had denied entry of United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) inspectors into its country to inspect for weapons of mass destruction. Congress found: "It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime." On December 16, 1998, President Bill Clinton mandated Operation Desert Fox, a major four-day bombing campaign on Iraqi targets.

Answer 10

Very Easily, BILL CLINTON WAS A PATHETIC PRESIDENT and even worse excuse for a man, and his wife is even worse. Who do you think sit on his fat butt, smoking Cuban cigars,eating Bic Macs, screwing around with the hired help, while Bin Laden declared war on the US in 1998????? Wake up and get off the drugs, and you might learn something.

Answer 11

Bill Clinton is the WORST PRESIDENT in American History. Why? Because he FAILED to keep America safe from Harm and Evil and he FAILED to keep the world safe from Harm and Evil. Although he did great things for America like improving the economy, he did nothing good that impressed me and also, Clinton was the BIGGEST LIAR in American History during the 1990s because he NEVER kept his promises to the American People.