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The longer Hillary stays in the race, the more one is prone to reflect unsentimentally on the Clinton years in the White House. Mrs. Clinton’s arrogance squandered a chance for universal healthcare. Bill helped elect a GOP Congress for the first time in 40 years. He pushed through NAFTA and a host of destructive deregulation. He brought China into the WTO with no protections for American jobs. He squandered historic opportunities, lastly sinking into the squalid Monica scandal. She picked a state in which she had never lived as her senatorial entitlement. The net was to make the election of 2000 close enough for the Republicans to steal, leading to the calamity of W and Dick.
Rogue Columnist (via azspot) (via marco)
Gore didn’t lose because of Bill Clinton. Clinton left office with a 65% approval rating, which is the highest of any president. Gore lost, in part, because he tried to distance himself from Clinton and did not allow Clinton to campaign for him full force. Basically, Gore ran a shitty campaign.
Posted on May 14, 2008 via AZspot
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