2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My Endorsement of Hillary Rodham Clinton for President [View all]GitRDun
(1,846 posts)How about these things:
More than 22 million jobs were created in less than eight years -- the most ever under a single administration. And that's despite NAFTA impacts. And they weren't all internet bubble jobs either.
Nearly doubled financial aid for students by increasing Pell Grants to the largest award ever, expanding Federal Work-Study to allow 1 million students to work their way through college, and by creating new tax credits and scholarships such as Lifetime Learning tax credits and the HOPE scholarship.
Increased the percentage of schools connected to the Internet from 35 percent in 1994 to 95 percent in 1999.
Signed the Brady bill in 1993.
Family and Medical Leave Act.
Deactivated more than 1,700 nuclear warheads from the former Soviet Union.
5 new national parks, designated 11 new national monuments and expanded two others and proposed protections for 60 million acres of roadless areas in America's national forests.
Paid off $360 billion of the national debt.
Converted the largest budget deficit in American history to the largest surplus.
It's fine to not like Hillary. It's also fine to criticize Bill Clinton's mistakes. What's simply hilarious, however is you revising history yourself to create a narrative that Bill Clinton was not a good President. Even funnier you have people cheering your narrative.
No Presidency is a perfect one. Painting Bill Clinton's Presidency with your broad brush of negativity doesn't help Bernie's case....just makes you look tribal.