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I figured this would be a porno.
Hillary is also using Obama's past drug experimentation as an issue. Pretty pathetic.
This race is so dense that I'm barely following it.
No matter who get elected, any changes will be mostly cosmetic.
Between another republican or a democrat? Or between the democratic candidates.
If it's the former, I'd have to disagree.
Both parties. Both parties are basically one political party.
Yes, the Ds may make some cosmetic changes to help the image of the US abroad.
But no changes that are significant will be made, IMO.
The gov and economy are too complex for that, and interest groups too deeply entrenched.
Take Hillary for example: Big Pharma likes her, and she panders to the Military Industrial complex. Add big business, Social Security, and you get "more of the same" basically.
Vaild points. I think the D's would change our situation in the Middle east as far as occupation wise more than cosmetically. And I also thing our foreign relations will improve.
As far as the other candidates, like Obama and Huckabee, where do their special interest funders lie?
Watch those Clinton comparisons, Barack: Bill's first 2 years were disaster
Barack Obama compares his experience with a young Bill Clinton to prove he's prepared to be President.
There's a readily available comeback Hillary Clinton can't use: Her husband's first two years were a monumental disaster.
Obama and Bill Clinton both launched their presidential candidacies at 46. The ex-President contends there's a huge difference: "I was also the senior governor in America."
It didn't help.
Neither did Hillary, a collaborator in some of the larger fiascos from that era.
That's another reason neither of the Clintons talks much about their first two years in power.
Let's flash back to yesteryear: Instantly, the new President was engulfed in controversy. It took three tries to find an attorney general who could be confirmed.
Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military strained the commander in chief's relations with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Senior Democrats complained the new crowd was more arrogant and contemptuous of its legislative allies than the Jimmy Carter crowd, no small indictment.
Hillary's health care reform plan was unveiled in September 1993 - an epic policy debacle.
The scandal account was oversubscribed. White House counsel Vince Foster, Hillary's former law partner, killed himself.
At Hillary's urging, civil servants were booted from the White House Travel Office to placate Bill Clinton's cousin. Independent counsel Kenneth Starr probed the Clintons' land dealings. The First Lady appeared before a Whitewater grand jury. Paula Jones filed her sexual harassment suit.
By the 1994 midterm elections, the country had enough of personal and policy turmoil. Republicans gained 54 seats and seized the House for the first time in 40 years. Suddenly, new Speaker Newt Gingrich was doing prime-time addresses to the nation touting his Contract With America. Clinton's approval ratings tanked, from 64% to 38%.
Clinton was so marginalized he actually had to justify his existence. "The President is relevant here," he argued at a press conference early in 1995. Not even George W. Bush at his nadir swallowed such crow.
Ultimately, Clinton turned it around. Abetted by Gingrich's overreaching and personal hubris, as well as a humming economy, he was reelected in 1996 and withstood impeachment.
He remains as controversial - and popular - as when he left office. His wife now hopes Clinton nostalgia, coupled with Bush fatigue, will trump her high negatives and propel her back into the White House.
There's no doubt the Clintons have learned from their mishaps, and the strength/experience argument is her best electoral card.
But judging from their early steep learning curve, Obama may have a point when he argues experience isn't everything.
Neither Hillary nor Barack would be wise to claim Bill Clinton as a role model for how to start a new administration.
tdefrank@nydailynews.com
If hillary gets the nom Im voting libertarian unless ron paul gets the nom.
I feel like 2008 is lose, lose, lose all around even though Bush will finally be gone.....it's no wonder that HST took the shortcut after rubbing that crystal bald head of his and seeing the bleak future of politiques, fuck it why even bother bang!
They are doing great now.lol.. with less than 5% of his own party's vote, it looks like you're voting libertarian.
Nice to hear though... if that sentiment catches on, 4 more years of a Republican in office is fine by me![]()
Wasn't Bush the President at that time?Failed presidency? That's astronomically wrong in my opinion.Say what you will about him, but we've been safe since 9/11.
No matter what the left says, that is not by accident.
Put a democrat in office & Al Qaeda will bounce right back.
Wasn't Bush the President at that time?
Failed presidency? That's astronomically wrong in my opinion.Say what you will about him, but we've been safe since 9/11.
No matter what the left says, that is not by accident.
Put a democrat in office & Al Qaeda will bounce right back.
Blame Bushthe age-old debate.
yes, but they flourished & planned it under Clinton.
Blame Bush
Blame Clinton
Blame Bush
Blame Reagan
Blame Carter
Blame Nixon
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