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11. Family Medical Leave nt

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:26 PM

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Lest we forget what the era of Bill Clinton's Presidency was like. [View all] Jitter65 Mar 2016 OP

In Britain he's remembered from helping bring peace to Northern Ireland. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #1

Neither Clinton is a bit shy about taking credit for things Ted Kennedy accomplished. merrily Mar 2016 #6

Surprised you didn't give the credit to Bernie. 6000eliot Mar 2016 #29

I call bs. Link to any post where I've misattributed or usurped credit. Or slink. merrily Mar 2016 #36

+10000 nt riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #35

Ted Kennedy had nothing positive to do with Northern Ireland. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #40

That was a major accomplishment BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #8

It's pretty big over here. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #39

I recall some good years liberal N proud Mar 2016 #2

Tax and fee hikes by Reagan and Poppy, combined with ending "welfare as we know it" merrily Mar 2016 #10

Is there a point to your excitement? liberal N proud Mar 2016 #13

Is there a point to your ad hom Reply 13, other than you can't refute anything in my post? merrily Mar 2016 #16

don't forget they used the SS surplus too Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #17

EXCELLENT POINT. I and millions of other Americans wuz robbed to help create that merrily Mar 2016 #21

Family Medical Leave nt WhiteTara Mar 2016 #11

Signed into law almost as soon as Bill Clinton became President - legislation that had been vetoed karynnj Mar 2016 #38

I agree with all your points, BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #12

In the 2008 primary, Hillary fully embraced Bill's acts and omissions, though she's now "evolved" merrily Mar 2016 #22

"Hillary's would be significantly better" kaleckim Mar 2016 #23

Those don't make up for... SHRED Mar 2016 #3

Ending welfare pulled families out of poverty? ok. Let's REALLY remember: merrily Mar 2016 #4

People also forget, or maybe don't know kaleckim Mar 2016 #14

Yes and his main guy on Social Security cuts, etc. was Bowles of Simpson Bowles, aka the merrily Mar 2016 #15

Lest we forget kaleckim Mar 2016 #5

excellent rebuttal! thanks Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #20

Never said it was a perfect record and the claims about NAFTA's job losses have been refuted Jitter65 Mar 2016 #33

Oh please kaleckim Mar 2016 #37

NAFTA, Deregulate Telecomunications, Repeal Glass/Steigel Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #7

You forgot the Patriot Act I and the Telecommunication Act. Wilms Mar 2016 #9

As long as we're on precursors to the post 911 Dummya years, how about bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iraq? merrily Mar 2016 #18

I see that hundreds of thousands of dead and injured bothers you, too. Wilms Mar 2016 #27

Those already exist, paid for by Saudis, among others, but are well-whitewashed. merrily Mar 2016 #28

Good point. Wilms Mar 2016 #31

Good catch. Both Bush Libraries, too. merrily Mar 2016 #32

NAFTA, explosion of the prison population because of the War on Drugs..... marmar Mar 2016 #19

Focus on the negative and blame it ALL on Clinton ... BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #24

or kaleckim Mar 2016 #25

I'm sorry, but you can deny history and reality all you want. marmar Mar 2016 #26

You seem to have a lot of cognitive dissonance BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #42

Who is "blaming them for all that is evil"? kaleckim Mar 2016 #43

Sorry..... marmar Mar 2016 #45

Not at all. eom BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #48

Which things attributed on this thread to Bubba did not happen on his watch? merrily Mar 2016 #30

Clinton was a good president, but Hillary is more of a hawk than he is adigal Mar 2016 #34

Some DUers long for the Bush years and hope Trump will bring them back Democat Mar 2016 #41

What does a left wing critique of Democrats like Clinton look like? kaleckim Mar 2016 #44

no .... welfare reform and mass incarceration are unforgivable....period dembotoz Mar 2016 #46

It's also important to remember that came in the context of GOP attacks about "Willy Horton" BainsBane Mar 2016 #47