It is puzzling why the “successful president” Bill Clinton should get any credit whatsoever for the good economy in the 1990s. The actual causes of the growth were the boom in high tech, the end of the Cold War, plus Reagan’s huge tax cuts and anti-inflation policies a decade earlier.
The Republican Congress forced Clinton to do a few conservative things, but overall, Clinton was a total disaster. He raised taxes, sued Microsoft (the goose that laid the golden egg) and vociferously defended the middle class entitlements that were bankrupting the country.
Clinton really is a good liar. He lies about his economic record and the media repeats the lie.
Also not remembered was that George H.W. Bush had the savings and loan along with the mortgage messes cleaned up and done when Clinton entered office—only to be undone by later policies.