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Give Clinton Credit [and a dozen barf bags]
Los Angeles Daily News
| 11-27-2001
| Garth Bishop
Posted on 11/27/2001 5:18:21 AM PST by boris
With academic imprecision, Thomas Sowell launches yet another diatribe against former President Clinton with Nov. 16th's "Clinton's Blame-U.S. Talk Asinine."
Is it possible that Clinton is as bad as Sowell and the other Clinton-haters say he is?
All Clinton did was lead the U.S. from Bush No. 1's recession, with $300 billon per year in deficits in 1991, to the year 2000 Golden Age of economic strength with the first budget surpluses since 1969.
Clinton's last budget forecast a trillion-dollar surplus over 10 years to continue paying down the $3 trillion Reagan left from the 1980's (which costs taxpayers $200 billion each year for interest alone).
Despite personal flaws that two-thirds of the voters forgave, President Clinton was good for the economic health of the country and deserves lots of credit for accomplishing this in spite of the eight years of continuing harassment from the super-conservative right wing of the political spectrum.
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The author is Garth Bishop of Los Angeles.
Freepers can reply to dnforum@dailynews.com. Letters shorter than 150 words have a much better chance of being published. You must include name, address, and phone or the letter will not be considered for publication. Only name and locality are printed.
--Boris
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:18:21 AM PST
by
boris
To: boris
Does anyone remember what prosperity was called in the 80s?
(hint - It started with "Gree" and ends with a "d").
To: boris
Is it possible that Clinton is as bad as Sowell and the other Clinton-haters say he is?YEP ..
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:22:36 AM PST
by
Mo1
To: boris
This would have been below 150 words no matter what... that's because no one can explain HOW Clinton did it.
Because he didn't.
To: boris
They just cant let go can they??
To: boris
I used to get mad when some ill-informed idiot wrote something like this. Then for a while, I got got sad at how much ignorance and hypocracy we have to struggle against. Now it's just good for a laugh.........
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:25:38 AM PST
by
1John
To: boris
No, Thomas Sowell, Joseph Farah and the rest of the so called "Clinton haters" gave Bezelbubba more credit than he really deserved...
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:26:17 AM PST
by
wjcsux
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To: boris
[and a dozen barf bags] Nah, one good body bag would do.
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:29:10 AM PST
by
Slyfox
To: boris
[and a dozen barf bags] On second thought, one good HAZ-MAT bag might be sufficient.
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:30:26 AM PST
by
Slyfox
To: boris
Another demo trafficking in the big lie. Clinton inherited an economy coming off a brief setback due to Gulf War shock and set for growth. His efforts to stifle it through tax increases and socializing the health sector were largely thwarted. In other words, whatever good he did for the economy was largely through his ineffectiveness.
To: boris
President Clinton was good for the economic health of the country and deserves lots of credit for accomplishing this . . . . . . and it had nothing to do with the first Republican Congress elected since the first term of the Eisenhower administration who wouldn't let DIRTXPOTUS spend everything he wanted.</sarcasm>
To: boris
So Clinton helped us trade 5,000 American lives for a new SUV in the driveway ?
To: boris
There are seminar callers, and there are seminar writers.
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:35:27 AM PST
by
Timesink
To: boris
Well, what else would you expect from Pravda? These idiots at the LA Times are economically and financially ILLITERATE. Let them suck on their thumbs and wet their beds now that Bubba is gone.
To: boris
Proof positive that the United States has the strongest, most vibrant economy in the world - even idiots and liars can get paying jobs.
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:37:34 AM PST
by
logos
To: boris
president clinton was good for the economic health of the country...ok, this is one thing he did not screw up too badly. but i dare anyone to name a piece of legislation that clinton or his administration was responsible for that improved the economy. don't say nafta because clinton got in front of the parade on that one.
clinton was at the right place at the right time. some argue that his tax increase actually hurt an otherwise robust economy.
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:41:33 AM PST
by
mlocher
To: freedomlover
does anyone remember what prosperity was called in the 80s? -- LOL!!!
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:43:28 AM PST
by
mlocher
To: Timesink
Tell me you don't think that the vast majority of letters to the editor are anything but seminar productions. . .
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:48:51 AM PST
by
mdwakeup
To: VRWC_minion
That about says it all. Beats the 150 word limit too. Perfect.
regards
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posted on
11/27/2001 5:48:54 AM PST
by
okiedust
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