We lost both Houses of Congress and so many state offices because Bill Clinton was political novice.

What history teaches us is that if Obama is our nominee and miraculously wins the election, we can expect a repeat of 1994 and another "Republican Revolution."

Um, Hillary is a Rodham by blood, which is what dynasty is about.  Chelsea Victoria Clinton is a Clinton, and if she decides to run for President in 2032 or 2036, then we can talk about a Restoration.

How about the greatest economy in US history, and a surplus?

why? well here's why:

electoral votes:
1968-191
1972-17
1976-297
1980-49
1984-13
1988-112
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1992-370
1996-379
2000-267(292 with Florida)
2004-252

maybe you should look deeper than just the surface of things.

8 years of peace and prosperity.

Everyone needs to know that this is what is neccessary to be a BO supporter.  You have to try to demean and smear Bill Clinton so the great BO, whose accomplishments are limited, is pushed foward.  The fact that traditional hard core dems think Bill Clinton is an Icon doesnt matter.  Bill Clinton must be destroyed so Barak (i havent done much) can take his place.

Did you not see the poll showing BC will 87% approval amrong dems.  But that doesnt matter all that matters is replacing the clinton's with the BO crowd.  Really sad.  But i guess when you support a guy who spent 20 years with a nutjob anti-white anti-american pastor you have to demean everyone else to move ahead.

Since we are doing the smear Bill Clinton again i think it is ok for me to present my opinion of BO.  He is a smart guy but a classic person who is alway trying to cut in line in front of everyone else.  That is ok but the sad thing is he thinks cutting in line is ok.

david

I didn't realize that Bill was running for office.

Hillary is not Bill. Besides that little point, this is not 1992. We are dealing with completely different circumstances than what Bill was dealing with.

I appreciate the presidency of Bill Clinton. He'll always be one of my political heroes.

But arguing that because times were good then then they will be with another Clinton is intellectually dishonest.

Also, we lost Congress while he was in office, not after.

You know andre, whenever I read diaries like this that dismiss the accomplishments of the Clinton I years, I wonder whether the author actually remembers the political climate of the era.  I lived in DC during much of Bubba's tenure.  The entire Republican Congressional delegation was duty bound to kill any Administration proposal on arrival without question, along with a good chunk of the pliant Democratic leadership.  The hostility to the President was unprecedented and quite successful.  Per the marching orders of the VRWC, which BTW Hillary Clinton correctly identified early on, the President was not to be permitted any legislative victories, period.

The few accomplishments you refer to were compromises to forstall much worse things from happening.  I remember, I was there and I was paying attention.

andre, why aren't you focusing on the REAL enemy, McCain?

why are you so determined to shit on the legacy of the last 2 term successful & POPULAR democratic president?

The last 2 termer since FDR, in fact?

there is a nice diary by an Obama supporter who is focusing his/her energies on the true Republican, McCain.

this is possibly the biggest troll spam diary I have ever seen. but its almost as fun to refute this bullshit just as I bet Andre X has fun saying stupid shit and pissing people off. he also feels good putting someone down.

Thank you Andre for your eye-opening diary.

You are right, Bill Clinton was a lying, philandering prick.

But he is also a political genius, the only Democratic candidate for president who ACTUALLY F*ING WON (TWICE!!), who left office with soaring approval ratings, and who paved the way for even more progressive issues/legislation/candidates to be considered legit and reasonable all across the nation.

BILL CLINTON IS THE UNITY CANDIDATE THAT BARACK OBAMA WISHES HE WAS. Remember the brigde to the 21st century? Bill Clinton is the only Dem since JFK who was able to convince white/ rural/ poor/ uneducated/ voters to switch to our party and accept our ideas. Blasting him defeats the purpose of his legacy and only hurts our candidates (BOTH of them, our party, and more significantly, our COMMON BELIEFS.

Please stop with these diaries, they are repulsive. Even Obama would agree with me on that.

Andre, if you are a true Democrat, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Yes Please - restore the House of Clinton(s).

I made 30% more than I'm making today.

Under Clinton, he oversaw the most prosperous growth in recent economic history.

My 401K was the best it ever was when he was President.

My condo, which was destroyed in the NOrthridge Earthquake was fixed fairly quickly due to FEMA's quick response.

Crime rate was the lowest in decades (10,000 cops on the street).

He put through the Family and Medical Leave Act so YOU could take time off to care for YOUR kids or PARENTS without fear of losing your job.

Passed the Brady Bill.

Only Democrat since FDR to be elected to 2 terms in office.

I say BRING ON HILLARY!!! As fast you CAN.

Also, I'd like to add that what Andre X is doing here to Bill Clinton is what Jerimiah Wright just did to Barack Obama: Trashing a moderate candidate without thinking about the bigger picture, which of course is BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE.

You are obviously more radically left than Bill. Without thinking about the bigger picture (which is that the positions of the Clinton Admin were, at the very least, a move in the right direction) you selfishly chose to focus in on more radical positions you WISH the Clinton Admin would have taken.

Likewise, Wright is more radically left than Obama. And without thinking about the bigger picture (which is that electing Barack would be at the very least a move in the right direction) Wright selfishly chose to focus in on more radical positions he WISHES Obama would address.

Change doesn't happen over night, and if it weren't for the Clinton Admin our country would be much, much, much worse off and many of our candidates would have never even been considered. Obama and Hillary both included.  

Andre X doesn't seem to care about anything but that Sen. Obama is AA. He accuses other AA folks of being traitors to their race if they do not support his candidate.

hahaaaa. this a joke right?? man the only thing worse than this single minded thinking is it being aimed at the ONLY successful dem pres. in 30+ years. Man o man have you sunk to a new low.

You have no other dem president to compare to in the past 3 decades, how would anyone be able to attest there has been a better one with modern day terms?? Is he better than president Gore? oh wait...Is he better than president Kerry? oh wait....yes cause he actually GOT elected, twice.

Honestly, you bashing Bill doesn't help Democrats, it hurts them. HURTS.He sure as hell is better than Bush and if you dont think so, you might as well change parties cause you're a lost cause...

fine 27 years (counting from the end of his term in '81). technicality.

touche.