Had a dyed in the wool Republican admit something to me today I never thought he would say

[NNN0LHI]

He admitted that if there were no presidential term limits Bill Clinton would still be president today.

Do you think he was right?

Don

[madaboutharry]

1. He would have had

a third term at the very least.

[still_one]

2. No, many progressives were getting quite frustrated with Bill at the time /nt

no. Many progressives were getting very frustrated will Bill /nt

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

12. And who would have beaten him?

[bluestateguy]

3. He would have easily beat George W. Bush in 2000

But had 9/11 happened on his watch it is likely that he would have been blamed, rather than the country rallying around him, as was the case with Bush. And I think he would not have made it in 2004.

[eqfan592]

6. That's assuming that Pres. Clinton would have ignored all the intelligence available at that time...

...as Pres. Bush did. I'm not saying that it is certain that it would have been prevented, but we would have stood a better chance of that being a reality I think.

[emulatorloo]

15. Except for the fact that Clinton listened to Richard Clarke and his other advisors re OBL

Gore did as well.

Bush and Condi didn't.

[Hippo_Tron]

4. He had heart surgery in what would've been in his third term, I think not...

I think he could've been a three term President and defeated Dumbya in 2000. But four or five terms, don't think so.

[Egnever]

5. No

[Historic NY]

7. For all his foibles he has an uncanny ability to connect to folks....

imagine even after being impeached, leaving office with even higher approval ratings then when you came in.

[Laxman]

9. That's because all real people have foibles.

He's a real and genuine person and everybody makes mistakes. It's the people who pretend that they're perfect who should scare the hell out of you. Romney and Ryan. Perfect smiles, perfect hair, perfect families (if you're rich and priviliged) Normal people should run like hell from these guys.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. Yeah-- it's not the foibles and mistakes. It's how you handle them. We...

all screw up and have bad days. The best of us, those who are worthy of leadership, deal with it.

[TreasonousBastard]

14. The only other impeached President in our lifetimes left in disgrace, even though...

he had extraordinary legislative and diplomatic accomplishments. He made the country better, but will never be forgiven for it.

That one never connected and we knew instinctively that he was a miserable crook no matter what good he did. Clinton came across as one of us-- imperfect, but honest about it.

It's not so much what you do, it's who you are that begs the trust.

[truebluegreen]

20. Not to get too technical...

but Nixon wasn't impeached. Just almost. The House Judiciary ? committee passed several articles of impeachment, but the whole House never voted on them. Nixon bailed first.

[TreasonousBastard]

23. True dat. But, I suspect most people consider it "close enough"...

and the Presidential equivalent of a guilty party copping a plea.

[dkf]

8. Yes.

[BeyondGeography]

10. That's crazy talk

What's interesting is this closet Clinton worshipping you hear/read/see all the time from the wingnut side. Just more evidence of their destructiveness; if he's so talented, why did they spend eight years hunting him down?

[WooWooWoo]

16. you answered your own question

they hunted him down BECAUSE he was so talented. Clinton was on another level, politically, so he was the white whale. Take him down and you take down the entire opposition party.

Same reason they're denying Obama left and right and refuse to negotiate with him. Even if Republicans got part of what they wanted in deals with Obama, the president still claims all the credit, and they aren't going to give him a list of accomplishments like they gave Clinton.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. Probably

He certainly would have owned any of the assholes the GOP has served up, especially Dumbya.

[RagAss]

17. He should have been installed as Emperor for life in 1992.

[jillan]

18. What infuriates me about this statement is the way the GOPers destroyed his last 2 years.

Even when Clinton wanted to go after OBL, the GOPers stopped him from doing that - calling it "Wag the Dog".
They used the same tactic then that they use today - they said he was changing the subject so people wouldn't talk about his failures.

Republicans are just BAD for this country in every way possible.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Democrats (especially Clinton) make more money for the country than Republicans (chart)

Who makes the greatest gains, even after taxes?

[Cleita]

21. Funny how the conservatives are all coming out of the closet for

Democrats these days.

I do believe Clinton would have gotten a third term if he were able to run. I would have voted for him so would have everyone I knew. Too bad Al Gore didn't use him in his campaign. He might have been able to get enough votes to win, in spite of the voter suppression, hanging chads and other nonsense that enabled the SCOTUS to appoint a potted shrub as our President.

[Orangepeel]

22. Bill Clinton would not be nearly as popular as he is if he were still President

So no.

[MrSlayer]

24. Yes. He could have been President as long as he wanted to be.

I don't know if he would have wanted more than five terms though.