Do I have this right...anything good that happened during Clinton presidency was due to Reagan and Bush 1?

Question

and anything bad that happened during Bush 2's presidency was Bill Clinton's fault?

That's the impression I get from some people.

Answer 1

They are also under the misconception that Ronald Reagan had anything to do with getting the American hostages released in Tehran. It was all Jimmy Carter's doing. Even though he knew he would be a lame duck he did what was right.

What you see is selective memory. You see it all the time whe they are called before a Congressional Committee. Either they spin, lie, or can't remember what happened. That is unless they can blame someone else. It is their ingrained mind set. They really can't help it.

Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that said "The buck stops here". Dubya, if he had sign on his desk would likely read "Don't even think of sending the buck this way just pass it on".

Answer 2

I wouldn't quite say that. It is true that Bush and Reagan did set in place some of the groundwork for the economic boon but remember Clinton inherited a recession that he couldn't figure out. That lasted from 1991 to 1994. The Republican takeover of Congress in 1994 essentially bailed him out since they fixed many of the problems that were still out there. Like a leader should do, Clinton deferred to the Republican Congress and let them work without getting partisan and because of that Clinton has a legacy of the longest peacetime economic period of growth in American history

We can't say everything bad in Bush's watch is on Bush however. Clinton did have a chance to give Bin Laden a dirt nap and didn't do it. 9/11 is on both of them. Both had the opportunity to act at key points and chose not to. After that everything good, bad and ugly can be given to George W. Bush since he made the choices.

Answer 3

almost right, you forgot that anything that was actually good that happened during the clinton years, that can't be attributed to Reagan, Bush 1 or Bush 2, was the republican majority's success, while anything bad was Clinton's fault. And anything bad that is going on now is Clinton's fault, even though the guy has been out of office for almost a decade.

Answer 4

Clinton was able to wipe out the National Debt caused by 12 years of Republicans in the White House.

Bush was perceived as a reactionary by the terrorists; they knew full well that Bush would react to the travesty of 9/11 by attacking other countries to show that he meant business. So far, the number is two, with another on the horizon.

The Bush Administration has cost the US much credibility in the world political forum. I pity the poor Democrat that has to clean up after his mess.

Answer 5

Yes, I also get that impression every day on answers. Bill Clinton made George Bush do all this corruption, lose all those weapons, break Social Security lock box with IOU'S,do a preemptive strike, kill all our troops, kill all these innocent Iraq people, the missing money, it just on and on day after day, poor George Bush lead astray because of old Bill Clinton and that Monica scandal. Poor ignorant George doesn't have sense enough to read , write, and has idiot IQ of 91 that old sex maniac Bill Clinton caused Little George's brain to deteriorate. Poor Georgie Porgie Pudding and Pie.

Answer 6

1: Nothing good happend during Clinton's presidency that was "started by Clinton". That's the key point. If Regan had a policy in place that ended up doing domething good in the 1990's then Clinton had nothing to do with it.

2: 9/11 was Clinton's problem. It was planned on his watch and was revealed to him while he was in office. He just didn't want to do anything about it.

3: Something happening "on your watch" as the libs love to say is irrelevant. Just because you where in office doesn't mean that it wouldn't have happend if someone else was in office.

Clinton chose not to have Osama stopped, because he was a weak leader. Wether Gore or Bush got elected wouldn't have changed wether or not 9/11 happend - but thank goodness we got Bush instead of Gore (terrorism is caused by global warming).

Answer 7

Oh -- and anything good that happened during Bush-2's presidency was because of either Bush-1 or Bush-2.

Yes -- you have the argument correctly -- it's completely irrational, but that's never stopped people before.

Answer 8

they were all riding reagan's wave, still are to an extent. it's all a cycle ,like climate change. on the rare instance when a dem gets elected with his fantasy talk, things get screwed up, especially the economy and people get sick of it, come back to reality and put a conservative back in.

Answer 9

absoutly. unless you like the fair trade bill that clinton signed or pardoning the drug lord Rich or cutting our military.

Answer 10

I was wondering what great things Bill Clinton did the only memory I have of his Presidency was WhiteWater, and a few loose women.