Submitted by Clearthinker (not verified) on September 24, 2008 - 1:49pm.
Count, Not very sound economic principles in your response. Furthermore, why so angry? Do you debate frequently with personal attacks and insult the amount of makeup on your opponents? Please, if you enter the discussion, stay above the personal stuff and attempt to be factual. While I have many differences with the Clinton years I do recognize what an amazing politician he is. So I admire his abilities in those areas and appreciate that he was able to lead our country during such a prosperous time. Morally, economically and socially he was/is a disaster.
Let's get a few things corrected here.
1. Clinton inherited an economy from Bush I that was shrinking by the time he left office 8 years later. That is indisputable.
2. Exactly what did Clinton implement that led to the dot.com explosion which was largely responsible for the economic growth during at least 6 of his 8 years?
3. Given that most economists agree that the slow economy began as early as 1999 and no later than 2000, add to that an attack on a major financial center in our country, a wartime expense, the correction of the housing/credit/financial markets and it is a small miracle that this country is anywhere close to solvent.
4. If you are searching for an index of prosperity, how's this. We have not had an attack on this country in 7 years, our brave men and women in the military continue to look for terrorists and their leaders while helping to transfer power back to the leaders in Iraq.
5. If those don't work you could always look at the index of our Congressional leaders (Pelosi, Reed, Dodd). My guess is they would say they have prospored beyond their wildest dreams under President Busy....albeit illegally.
So get comfortable with your hate of all things Republican. Admit that even if McCain or anyone else outside of your thinking sphere cured cancer, you would criticize the death of the lab animals in the process.
Count, Not very sound
Count, Not very sound economic principles in your response. Furthermore, why so angry? Do you debate frequently with personal attacks and insult the amount of makeup on your opponents? Please, if you enter the discussion, stay above the personal stuff and attempt to be factual. While I have many differences with the Clinton years I do recognize what an amazing politician he is. So I admire his abilities in those areas and appreciate that he was able to lead our country during such a prosperous time. Morally, economically and socially he was/is a disaster.
Let's get a few things corrected here.
1. Clinton inherited an economy from Bush I that was shrinking by the time he left office 8 years later. That is indisputable.
2. Exactly what did Clinton implement that led to the dot.com explosion which was largely responsible for the economic growth during at least 6 of his 8 years?
3. Given that most economists agree that the slow economy began as early as 1999 and no later than 2000, add to that an attack on a major financial center in our country, a wartime expense, the correction of the housing/credit/financial markets and it is a small miracle that this country is anywhere close to solvent.
4. If you are searching for an index of prosperity, how's this. We have not had an attack on this country in 7 years, our brave men and women in the military continue to look for terrorists and their leaders while helping to transfer power back to the leaders in Iraq.
5. If those don't work you could always look at the index of our Congressional leaders (Pelosi, Reed, Dodd). My guess is they would say they have prospored beyond their wildest dreams under President Busy....albeit illegally.
So get comfortable with your hate of all things Republican. Admit that even if McCain or anyone else outside of your thinking sphere cured cancer, you would criticize the death of the lab animals in the process.