Posted on 09/13/2014 2:41:18 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On Thursday, reflecting on the 13th anniversary of September 11, I found myself in rare agreement with David Frum, who noted that 9/11 was just one of the many ways in which the past 15 years have been disappointing.
David Frum @davidfrum
From the dot-com bust through 9/11 itself, Iraq war, the subprime bubble, financial crisis, feeble recovery, prolonged income stagnation ...
David Frum @davidfrum
there is no period in recent US history that has seen such
a record of policy failure & disappointment, foreign and
domestic, as 2000-2014.
9:02 AM - 11 Sep 2014
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I would put the starting point even earlier, and note that the problem is not just bad luck but poor leadership, which began in the late 1990s and was compounded by events. Here are the 10 most important setbacks:
1998-9: Clinton impeachment Our present-day political rift really began with the impeachment crisis. It is almost customary to blame the Republican Party--and, ultimately, the electorate seemed to be less interested in President Bill Clinton's lies under oath than the GOP leadership was. Yet Clinton could have saved the country the trouble by resigning. In clinging to power, he let the country be split and destroyed his own political legacy.
1999: Seattle WTO protests The contemporary radical left, which brought us the anti-war movement, the Obama campaign, and eventually Occupy Wall Street, was born in the streets of Seattle, when labor unions, environmentalists and anarchists united to shut down trade talks that could have boosted global prosperity. To their shame, President Clinton and other leaders let the thugs outside shut down the deliberations within....
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Well, it’s not like Detroit and Stockton, CA. went bankrupt or anything...wait, what?
There is no period in recent US history that has seen such
a record of policy failure & disappointment, foreign and
domestic, as 2000-2014.
This needs to be sent to every democrat voter time to open eyes and use brain the head isn’t just a hat rack.
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