I never voted for him. But in retrospect, if I had to chose between Bill Clinton and George W. Bush today it would be like choosing for dinner between a nice piece of medium-rare prime rib and a big hot steaming plate of poo. But maybe that’s just me.
Nonetheless, while the Clinton detractors have come out from under their rocks as the ex-Prez barnstorms the country on his book tour, Ron Brownstein took a look in today’s LA Times at a few of the items that Bubba’s detractors seem to be conveniently over-looking.
As Brownstein says, in a piece that doesn’t give Clinton a completely free ride, the critics who would dismiss so many of his accomplishments as “‘trivial’ says more about the critics than about Clinton.”
The most notable of accomplishments, obviously, were on the economy. Read the full article for his thoughts on Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics, etc. But here’s some of Clinton’s notable numbers (all according to Census Bureau figures):
77,000 under Reagan.
8.1 million under Clinton!
50,000 under Reagan.
4.1 million under Clinton! (a ratio of 80 to 1!)
That’s just a few of things that a Democrat in the White House has recently given to America. Ponder it.
Clinton cannot do all of that by himself. We had an explosion of jobs in the telecom and internet fields. It was like having two new industries. Then that all came crashing down at the end after the government went after Microsoft. Then we had Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing, and others finally get caught for hiding or missing billions of dollars in debt. A 30 billion tax increase could not do all of that. It all began with Reagan and the lowering of the tax rates and Greenspan lowering interest rates. More people had more money to spend and that is what fuels the economy.
The numbers, particularly those compared with Reagan, speak for themselves. Read the full article for more info. I realize the FACTS may not fit in with your wishful thinking. But they are hard FACTS none the less.