Somehow, I don't think that you will have much luck talking with this moron.
Tell your friend, thanks to his vote, his great grandchildren will be paying to buy back that advantage.
Nineteen members of the Congressional Black Caucus charged the Democratic Party with racism in its hiring practices and issue prioritization. The text of an article concerning that, as it appeared in The Final Call online on May 22, 2001.(2)
GDP has grown consistently and almost linearly over the past 50 years. Recessions have occurred at roughly ten year intervals as marked on the graph (1958, 1970, 1975, 1982, 1992). The one exception is the mid 1970s recession. President Clinton enjoyed no more economic well being than another President during the mid-10 year cycle.(3)
The economy fell off a cliff in the third quarter of 2000, with the annualized growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropping from 4.8% to 0.6%. Considering that the nation had seen a decade-long economic expansion, that the business cycle had not been repealed, that the Federal Reserve had raised interest rates six times in the previous two years, that the stock market had been dropping since March, and that the regulatory excesses of the second Clinton term had to bite into the economy at some point, it seemed pretty obvious a recession was on the way.(4)
President Clinton enacted the most aggressive international use of the military in "low intensity" combat and "operations other than war" than any other President in history. At the same time he , he reduced the military by 600,000 personnel and increased operational use of the military. By 1999 the Clinton administration had undertaken a record-setting 48 peace enforcement and combat missions. Many of those missions —for example, U.S. deployments to Bosnia and Kosovo—have little or nothing to do with U.S. vital interests.(5) As a result of this military interventionalism without a clear foriegn policy goal or direction, the United States has engendered deep hatred among many Muslims, while allowing dangerous dictators to violate treaties and grow in power.
Hope that helps as a start ...
He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. So what? He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in most places, and vastly reduced welfare roles. Thanks largely to the beginning of a long-term economic growth cycled, created by the economic policies of Ronald Reagan, we reaped economic benefits because when people keep more of their own money they start businesses and employ people. Lower capital gains cause people to build buildings. Shorter depreciation causes businesses to invest in capital equipment, giving jobs to those who manufacture the equipment, those providing raw materials, and everyone in the distribution of the equipment. The crime rate dropped because of actions such as "Three Strikes" in California.
He proposed the first balanced budget in decades, and actually achieved a budget surplus. The budget would have been balanced much earlier had the Democrats given what Republican presidents have wanted for a long time -- a line item veto. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination. Check out the 1989 lawsuit by black legislator Ben McGee against Governor Clinton and other officials. Ask the black woman who had the child he fathered if he has taken care of his son. Clinton uses black people as he has used any group he thinks will give him a political benefit.
After the Republican Congress defeated his proposal for a huge program of health care reform, Clinton shifted emphasis, declaring "the era of big government is over." Unbelievable lie. We live in different universes.
He sought legislation to upgrade education, to protect jobs of parents who must care for sick children, to restrict handgun sales, and to strengthen environmental rules. Upgrading education means playing ball with the teachers unions. They only have an interest in doing what is best for them. Look at the state of our public schools. They are disasters in many areas, yet they oppose vouchers. Restricting handgun sales, as proven by John Lott ("More Guns, Less Crime") has actually been detrimental.
In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Personal indiscretions? Rape is not a personal indiscretion. Intimidation of witnesses is not a person indiscretion. Solicitation of false affidavits is not a personal indiscretion. Perjury is not a personal indiscretion. Introducing a false affidavit to the court is not a personal indiscretion. Giving a "troubled stalker" top secret clearance at the Pentagon is not a personal indiscretion. Suborning perjury is not a personal indiscretion. Getting aides to lie and cover for him is not a personal indiscretion. Using government assets and attorneys paid by U.S. taxpayers to cover his criminal activity is not a personal indiscretion. Attempting to fix a federal civil rights trial is not a personal indiscretion. Creating a hostile workplace in which compliant women are rewarded is not a personal indiscretion. Giving government jobs for sex is not a personal indiscretion. But he was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges brought against him. He apologized to the nation for his actions and he continues to this day, to have unprecedented popular approval ratings for his job as president. He never fully apologized. He was only sorry he got caught. He continues to blame his "enemies" for his troubles. Instead of doing his job, he used a federal workplace during business hours to satisfy his perverse desires.
In the world, he successfully dispatched peace keeping forces to war-torn Bosnia; He bombed Iraq, when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He lobbed a few bombs (to essentially keep Monica off the front page), but until George Bush took action, there were several years in which there were no inspections and he did nothing about it. During that time, Hussein was working on his chemical, nuclear, and biological programs.
He became a global proponent for an expanded NATO, more open international trade, and a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking. Ask L.D. Brown what Clinton did to stop drugs from coming into Mena. Remember "That's Lasater's deal." Republicans before Clinton, the same Republicans who are responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union, were for an expanded NATO. Increased international trade has been a Republican issue for years. Finally, we had a Republican Congress to not stand in the way of its implementation.
He drew huge crowds when he traveled through South America, Europe, Russia, Africa, and China, advocating U.S. style freedom. He want there and played to big crowds because he is an apologist for America. His only desire is to be admired like a rock star.
Under Clinton's leadership, the United States was able to reduce military spending, since we did not need a large military. This is a huge problem which had to be faced by President Bush. The man who told us he loathed the military proved it every day of his administration. We had so few enemies, because we had allies instead of enemies.. Nonsense. He was a foreign policy failure because he had no moral compass which allowed him to distinguish between good and evil. During his term, our allies did not trust us, and our enemies did not fear us.
Israel and the Palestinians were talking peace, and hostilities were limited.. Murdering Yasser Arafat was the most frequent guest at the White House. We are seeing the results of making Arafat believe he was going to be able to eventually push Israel into the sea. Peace was achieved through diplomacy instead of threats and a huge arms buildup. He would apparently be in agreement with Neville Chamberlain who was almost responsible for the destruction of Great Britain. Clinton's flights abroad kept the United States at the forefront as a peacemaker and as an effective negotiator. This fool did not recognize the threat to this nation, even after the first WTC bombing, the embassy bombings, the OKC bombing, and the attack on the USS COLE. He was asleep at the switch while Islamist terrorists were busy around the world. He knew someone else would have to clean up his mess.
Under this present administration, our "excess tax money " has recently been "returned" to our nation's wealthiest citizens. Nonsense. Those who paid taxes had some of the money returned. Our present unsound fiscal policy should be a wonderful gift to our grandchildren. Our hopes for eliminating the national debt were dashed with the election of Bush, who at once set out to cut taxes for the wealthy, and increase military spending to an unbelievable record level. I continue to be amazed at the lack of education in the field of economics. Even John Kennedy proved it, and he proved it well. He cut the tax rate substantially. The result was a phenomenal increase in the amount of taxes collected. Ronald Reagan also proved that cutting the marginal tax rate had tremendous revenue increases for the Treasury. Unfortunately, Reagan did not have a line item veto and the Democratic Congress spent like there was no tomorrow.
It seems that the old method of diplomacy to achieve peace, has now been replaced with a philosophy of superior military power, as a means for enforcing this nation's policy as defined by the president. For those who missed government class, the President of the United States takes an oath to defend this country, not defend the United Nations. Our nation has done more good for more people than any other nation in the history of this planet. When we defeat an enemy, we build them back up and they become a trading partner. There is no greater beacon of freedom than the United States. For that, I will never apologize. This aggressive policy has alienated many of our allies, who now consider the USA as a country that threatens world peace, under the guise of fighting terrorism. Thank God we have a president who can see things in terms of good and evil. Without that ability and the same kind of vision as Sir Winston Churchill, we would be doomed. Not only have our foreign relationships suffered serious decline under Bush, but our National economy continues to deteriorate, as unemployment, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and Corporate Insecurity are constantly a major national problem. The economy was sinking in the last stages of the Clinton administration. Even his own economic advisors admit that is the case. He left a mess. Thanks to Clinton's utter failure to do something serious about the threat of Islamist terrorists, the WTC was hit. It caused a devastating blow to our economy. World peace is now in jeopardy, as threatened by the global goals of George W. Bush. It is time to read a history book, one not created by an idealistic leftist who does not understand the use of power. One country in this world is capable of keeping the peace -- the United States of America. No one else will do it. It is a good thing that there were not too many of you whiners around when it was time to fight Hitler. You would be speaking German, although with the state of the public schools, you would not have been speaking it well. The global goals of George W. Bush were shown in Afghanistan as women who could not show their faces or play music, danced in the streets when Mullah Omar and the Taliban got out of town. Go away you little Clinton kneepad creeps. The adults are again in charge.
dropping crime rates in most places, and vastly reduced welfare roles.
This was due to the Republican Congress' welfare reform. The first two years he was in office before the Republicans' 1994 election victories his party controlled Congress, and he proposed no welfare reform of any kind. Most Democratic members of Congress voted against the legistlation, and he signed it only to help himself get reelected.
He proposed the first balanced budget in decades, and actually achieved a budget surplus
The budget surpluses were largely the result of (1) The fact that his and Hillary's health care proposal was never enacted, and (2) The late nineties stock market boom driven by what is now understood to have been an unsustainable "bubble" based on grossly exagerrated expectations of revenue from the new "internet economy". In other words it was sort of a mirage. This bubble burst in March 2000 while Clinton was still in office, at which point the stock market entered the now three year bear market, taking with it the huge tax revenues it was generating.
He bombed Iraq, when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
It was the Clinton administration that completely GAVE UP enforcing weapons inspections. The inspectors were THROWN OUT in 1998 and have returned for the first time since then because the Bush administration is understood to be serious about cracking down with real military force, as opposed to Clinton's nothing response of lobbing a few cruise missiles (largely to take Monica Lewinsky off the front pages) AND THEN FORGETTING ABOUT IT!! Crediting him with bombing Iraq even though IT DID NOTHING is at best stupid and perhaps delusional.
After the Republican Congress defeated his proposal for a huge program of health care reform, Clinton shifted emphasis, declaring "the era of big government is over."
What the above is saying in essence is that you can credit the GOP win in the 1994 election to whatever economic results followed, including budget surpluses. A steady drop in interest rates ensued literally as soon as the Republicans won the 92 election. If you trace long term interest rates' decline in the mid-nineties, it coincides exactly to the Republican victory in the mid-term election.
Under Clinton's leadership, the United States was able to reduce military spending, since we did not need a large military. We had so few enemies, because we had allies instead of enemies..
Without saying so explicitly, the author seems to be suggesting he turned some enemies into friends. It would be nice if the author of this B.S. would name what countries he was talking about. This is a total fantasy. There was no country that was turned from enemy into friend by the Clinton admin. The Soviet Union ceased to exist during the first Bush administration. The nations of eastern Europe who were enslaved by the Soviets and had been officially military opponents were freed also during the Bush administration and became our friends. This all occured largely because of the Reagan administration's policies of getting the Soviets into an arms race they could not sustain, a policy that was bitterly opposed by liberals like Clinton. It was those developments that enabled Clinton to make meat-ax cuts in defense without seeming to pay any price for it, at least not immediately.
Israel and the Palestinians were talking peace, and hostilities were limited.. Peace was achieved through diplomacy instead of threats and a huge arms buildup. Clinton's flights abroad kept the United States at the forefront as a peacemaker and as an effective negotiator.
What peace where was achieved? Again the author of this bizarre piece doesn't say. No peace was achieved in the Middle East. It was during Clinton's last year in office that the situation deteriorated badly in Israel. Clinton's policy was essentially to try to compel Israel to trust and make huge concessions to Yassir Arafat, a corrupt, evil person, while asking him for no concessions of any kind. In Korea, the Clinton administration negotiated a bizarre agreement to give N. Korea a nuclear reactor, and then didn't demand that we could monitor their weapons programs to see whether they were making nuclear warheads. We've recently learned the N. Koreans have been busy making nuclear warheads ever since.
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