Bill Clinton era vs George W. Bush era

United States
January 10, 2007 5:15pm CST
Before George W. Bush became president and made it known to the world that a high IQ is not required to be president of the United States, I remember paying $0.92 per gallon for Gas, everyone having jobs, and the U.S. army or worrying about defending our own borders rather than Iraq's. Bush promised Saddam had weapons of mass destruction...Ooops Bush said Saddam had al Qaida link...Ooops The Iraqi's will welcome us with open arms...Ooops Donald Rumsfeld is a good general...Ooops...Big, Big, Ooops The list could go on and on. What has Bush accomplished that was positive for this country, let see:Umm, well, he...no, no, that wasn't him. Hang on, I'll think of something. I GOT IT!! He proved that Barny Fife could have in fact run for the presidency.
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@Ciniful (1587)
• Canada
10 Jan 07
Although I agree with your main point, I wouldn't over beautify the era when Clinton was in charge either, like saying everyone had jobs ... not true. But in general, Clinton was a much better president. I'm so tired of the Bush supporters yelling back what a horrible president Clinton was, all because of his scandal. As far as I'm concerned, what goes on between a man and his wife, president or not, is between a man and his wife ... it has no reflection on his job. And the simple fact is that regardless of Clintons trying to defend himself with lies during that little fiasco, Bush is a complete and utter idiot and a failure as a president. He has made mistake after mistake, and still continues to believe he is above the law. He's broken the law (illegal wire taps anyone?), pushed it, bent it and flat out erased it, and yet there are still people supporting this guy? Why!?!? Clinton screwed an intern. Bush screwed the country.
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• United States
10 Jan 07
Your last sentence is awsome!! I agree I may have over emphasized, but I was basically trying to make the point of how much better Clinton was. Bush supporters bring up the Monica thing because it's all they have. With Bush, it's hard to find anything to bring up that doesn't make him look bad.
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@foxsoon (150)
• Australia
11 Jan 07
Welcome to the world of politics, and even me here at Down under do hope you guys get a good president next term, hopefully from the Democrats. Since our Aussie's Johnny Howard seems to always yes sir Bush and follow every command US gave out.
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• United States
11 Jan 07
I like that catchy phrases...I think I will write that done and put it on my wall...
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@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Bill Clinton may have been a bad boy but he was a good president. Basically, the president is an administrator and Clinton was a brilliant one. He named competent people to the cabinet and he listened to them. Robert Rubin was the first Treasury Secretary in 150 years to actually balance the budget. Madeline Albright kept us out of war. (Colin Powell probably would have too if he'd chosen to work for Clinton instead of Bush). The Katrina disaster would never have occurred if James Lee Witt still headed FEMA instead of the horse show guy. Overall the Clinton Presidency was a successful one. His private life didn't affect the country and wasn't the country's business anyway.
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@DinaDi (60)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Voting for Hillary will be a detriment to our society!!!
@badpenny (741)
• Lancaster, Texas
11 Jan 07
We can have good old Bill back! All we have to do is VOTE FOR HILARY! I know I plan to.
• United States
11 Jan 07
I'd love to have him back. His experience would be exactly what this country needs to fix the mess Bush made.
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@trish32 (1471)
• United States
11 Jan 07
It's rather difficult to compare Clinton's presidency with Bush's presidency considering that during the Clinton presidence 9/11 didn't happen. There's no guarantee that Clinton would've handled things any better than Bush has because the minute those planes started hitting targets in our country the whole country changed.
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Better check those dates of things that were cut. Most of those were put in when Clinton was in but they did not come into effect until the next presidency. This often happens so you have to look at when the dates were actually voted in not when they are inacted. The social security cuts, the medicare cuts for example, were all from when Clinton was in office. He pushed and got them voted in, he just made sure that they would be for after his turn in the oval office.
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@myfriendz (1226)
• India
11 Jan 07
i think bill clinton era was more non violent than the bush era bush has a violent nature and deals every thing with violence
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@chertsy (3798)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Of course you would think that, since many Americans forgot that Clinton really didn't do anything against Al Quida when they openly took credit for the attack on the USS Cole and other bombings. He was to busy playing around with another woman than doing his job.
• Romania
11 Jan 07
It's hard to think the US could have found an even worse president than G.W.... I wonder if he can even spell I.Q...not sure about that one. Clinton was far better than Bush, economically, he rebuilt the US and everybody prospered.
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@foxsoon (150)
• Australia
11 Jan 07
Everybody prospered apart from the military, which is why I heard they all kept pushing the M.Lewinsky story until he decided to exercise some of his military forces into places like Somalia.
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@KING6746 (63)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Bush has given more money towards aids than any other president but besides that he really has not done to much.
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@foxsoon (150)
• Australia
11 Jan 07
Of course, you bomb a country and you send in the aid, and the odd thing is that since he became president, all kinds of natural disasters occur thus more aid around the world. And to make things a bit worse, the way he distribute money is a total waste where he can use it to do other better things which can aid other countries in other methods/indirectly rather than direct funding and get siphoned away by corruption. Cheers.
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• Portugal
11 Jan 07
I am not American but for sure you all and we "world" would be better without Bush, Clinton come back.
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@Sagarr (141)
• Pakistan
11 Jan 07
clinton was much better president
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• India
11 Jan 07
guys, bush seems to be changing like a hitler. he his doing whatever he wants. he dont want other nations to grow up. he killed saddam by saying saddam killed many peoples. actually that incident happened during iraq-iran war. war means peoples will be killed does bush doesnt know that. bush also killed lot of iraq peoples.then who is going to give punishment to him. the other countries should do something against USA. the time is came.
• India
11 Jan 07
clinton era was much better than anyone .who always think for betterment of whole world not for only his own country. atleast other countries were happy in his time ,but what bush had done is known to everyone ,though he want to uproot terrorism from society ,that is good but the mean he chosen is not correct ,i think none country was supporting him on his attack to iraq or taliban,and after it is duty of uno to do all these thing not of bush....
@DinaDi (60)
• United States
11 Jan 07
What the h*ll did you just say?
• Italy
10 Jan 07
W BILL CLINTON...BUSH IS A FANATIC...SEE WAR
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@hasseyg (312)
11 Jan 07
Yeah i agree Clinton was a much better president.
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• United States
11 Jan 07
I voted for the first time in the 2004 election. I was young and naive, and hell-bent on being a responsible citizen. I thought Al Gore was insincere, and agreed with Republican values because, hell, everyone I looked up to adamantly did. Please do not take this with a pound of salt, I think for myself, too. Just trying to give a little backstory. Anyway, so I voted for Bush and now I want more than anything for Hillary to run in 2008 so that I can help put her in the white house. Oh yes, but I still register Republican. With the President being little more than an agenda setting figurehead, I think its the person, not the politics, that matter. I think I may have made a mistake in 2004, and hope it is not too late. I worry about my friends who will go to Iraq, and my family who may suffer for this war, and occasionally about Nostradamus and World War 3 when I'm feeling melodramatic.
• United States
11 Jan 07
Clinton all the way. Who cares if he got a little nookie? The country was in MUCH better shape with him in office than good ol' stupid George W.
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@DeenaD (2684)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Don't forget, thought - the WTC was attacked the first time during the Clinton administration. They failed to destroy it only because they had a bad plan. They were planning the 911 attacks for YEARS, that is to say, since the Clinton presidency.
• United States
11 Jan 07
I don't remember ever paying 92 cents per gallon, lol. I do remember back in 1991 paying 99 cents for a gallon of gas.
@Zephory (176)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Everything nowadays is so technical. No matter what the decision weather it is Iraq or abortion, there is always going to be controversy. People and all there hype against Bush, it is mind boggling. I have no apathy for the majority of American citizens. Most people chose not to vote; yet they feel they can exercise their constitutional "god given" right to blantanly cut down President Bush and everything he does. The difference between Bill Clinton and George Bush is charisma. Clinton had it and Bush does not. I think that makes so much difference. I have the right to say this, because I voted. So listen up fellow Americans if you want to change the political spectrum of America, get up and vote!
@dejiflow (128)
• Nigeria
11 Jan 07
Think you have a higher IQ and can do a better job as president? then why are you an armchair critic... get up and campaign for votes.
@vans957 (18)
• United States
11 Jan 07
i really dont know alot about politics and i do not keep up with everything on them but i do remember things being so much more laid back when clinton was around vs. bush. clinton actually had a brain too. i feel like bush is just on a powertrip and wants to like make too much stuff right where our help isn't really needed
• United States
11 Jan 07
Gas prices in America are terrible right now. And unfortunately I believe it will just continue to get worse. I dont remember gas being 92 cents a gallon, but I do remember paying 1.00. Unfortunately all we can do is sit back and watch the roller coster ride of gas prices.