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In reply to the discussion: Bill Clinton was a great president [View all]Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)The long term damage done due to NAFTA (and the policies that followed) is greater than the short term gains we saw.
The same can be said about his support for the death penalty since we all know that this country still convicts innocent people and some of them are put to death.
Also, "personal sexual appetite" was not the problem. It was his inability to control his appetites that caused the problems. Also the perjury. That was also a "con".
The way welfare was reformed is also a problem for me. Limiting how long people can have government assistance was a more conservative answer to the problems which existed than I can support.
The failure to pass health care reform was also a pretty big failure. Lets not forget about bombing Yugoslavia either. It isn't like Iraq is the only country he ordered strikes against. Even those pardons he handed down on his last day in office are a bit of a problem. That could have been dealt with better.
Great is not an accurate description of his Presidency. Adequate would be closer to the truth. It really is a shame that misrepresenting the administration's actions is what this forum has now sunk to.
Unless I am mistaken, most of us do not come here for spin.