2007-10-23 13:59:09 · 12 answers · asked by Eduardo 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
1. He was the 42nd President of the United States, serving 2 full terms.
2. His presidency was marked by a period of enormous prosperity, but at the same time the nation was divided on many core issues. The polarization of Democrat vs Republican increased sharply at this time, and even more during the succeeding Bush presidency.
3. There were several scandals during his term of office, the most important being the Lewinsky scandal.
4. He was impeached, and survived impeachment.
5. The political divide and rhetoric affected the unfoldment of the Clinton scandals, and the journalistic slant of those scandals. History may provide a better perspective.
6. He was more popular with America's ally nations than he was in his own country, yet still had a high approval rating when he left office.
7. His wife, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, assumed a role of power during his presidency.
8. Two years into his office, the Republican party had major Congressional victories and took both Houses. Clinton's remaining years in office were an ongoing partisan battle.
2007-10-23 14:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by KALEL 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bill Clinton's popularity ratings keep going up every year despite the efforts of his distractors to slime him in every way possible. People understand that the sole purpose of the republican led congress in Clinton's last term was to impeach him, at any cost. They succeeded in doing that but made him into a folk hero as well. He left office with an approval rating that was well over twice what our current republican presidents is now. And now Bill's wife Hillary is running for president and is expected to beat anyone the republicans run against her. That's vindication at it's sweetest.
2007-10-23 21:35:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In 8yrs he took America out of it's deficit and actually put America ahead financially. He contributed so much to the American people in a positive way.
George Bush is going to be famous for being the first female president who destroyed everything positive that Clinton built.
2007-10-23 21:07:38 · answer #3 · answered by honesthustler 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He's a President of the United States. Once you get there you're pretty much in the History Books forever.
2007-10-23 21:02:23 · answer #4 · answered by Super Tuesday 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
he won't be "famous"... the only famous presidents are those that serve during huge wars or get shot (or both), which Clinton did not do either...
he merely had a scandal... which many prior presidents have had, and they never became famous... well maybe Nixon, but that was different.. since he was forced to leave office due to it
2007-10-23 21:04:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
The fact that he was President will be enough. Just like Millard Fillmore who was also a President.
2007-10-23 21:10:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He's kind of roly-poly which doesn't auger well. We had lots of roly-poly presidents in the late 19th century and who remembers them? Grover Cleveland,McKinley,basically everyone but Hays. It seems to blot out memory,at least when it comes to presidents.
2007-10-23 21:05:14 · answer #7 · answered by Maya 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He'll be a Disgraced President and then a Disgraced First Gentleman
2007-10-23 21:08:20 · answer #8 · answered by Dale B 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I'll be honest.
Clinton has no reason to be remembered.
He destroyed my country, Serbia for no reason i mean buzz off dude.
Clinton sucks
2007-10-23 21:04:56 · answer #9 · answered by NeonRose M 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
very few presidents have left a legacy of this nature and none other have had the talent to earn a complete pass on such a legacy to reenter the white house in any capacity
- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
- First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court
2007-10-23 21:06:09 · answer #10 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋