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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:33 PM Original message |
We Forget What It Was Really Like Under the Clintons |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. He lost the House of Reps after 60 years of a Dem majority! Even Reagan couldn't take the House back |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The argument of the article is that the Democrats should NOT have lost that majority |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. Obama must be getting desperate |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. What makes you think Obama's people put this out? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. So you do not believe Bill Clinton signed the telecom act, or other deregulation |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Our Middle Class enjoyed UNPRECEDENTED prosperity |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Clinton was a Tireless Worker |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Clinton was a Genius |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Prepare for Flush Times |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Everyone was working? |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Why do you work so hard to bury other posts? Why are you replying to your own posts? |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. "it was Clintonism that relegated the Democratic Party to the shadows" |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. That is the argument presented. Deregulation was never a Democratic platform |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. You seem to have missed my joke. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. sorry /nt |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Clinton laid the foundation for the mess we're in today. |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. We NEED the Clintons |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. He survived ken Starr? He was IMPEACHED over NOTHING. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. NEED? Oye gevalt! nt |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. he never laid that woman |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. My salary was 6 digits |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. I remember what it was like under Clinton... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. ditto nt. |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yep. I wish we had those "awful" conditions again. Life rocked back then. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. The internet boom should not be confused with the deregulation that occurred |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. You bet!!! |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. You are correct, different people have different experiences /nt |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Me too |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Yes. I made a nice six figures during Clinton's time in office |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. There was an internet boom going on at the time. The policies of deregulation were being laid |
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OneMoreDemocrat (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. If you don't mind my asking, and I completely understand if you do.... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. I'm an Illustrator and animator. My income is directly effected by the |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. I think your work is beyond gorgeous. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Thanks Midlodemoocrat |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Personal circumstance is not a good basis for decision imo |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. As I said, I can only speak for myself. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Indeed, which is why people should look at the actual record vs. read the above for 'accurate' info. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Don't forget - that $2 a gallon gasoline made it that much harder to |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Yeah, that peace and prosperity stuff is for the birds! |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. so does Monica |
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ursi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. I haven't forgotten and I don't appreciate the Clintons' sense of entitlement |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Jobs, peace, intelligent leadership. I know what you mean. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. yes Clinton was respected worldwide too |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. So then you agree also with media consolidation, banking deregulation, |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. I remember what it was like when Bill Clinton was president. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. So you are an advocate of the mass media mergers and banking deregulation |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
58. Yeah there was some bad but there was also some good |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's not that I have forgotten... |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. go join the freepers with this anti clinton rw talking point....a few |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. It was definitely a dark time for liberals. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. Don't forget promised health care reform that was ignored |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. In my view they did try to make that a reality. I don't know if the country was ready for it then |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Their reality was a corporate bonanza gift wrapped. That's |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
59. and people will pay for it to /nt |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. Clinton damaged the image of the Democratic party |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. Amen. ..n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. He moved the Democratic party irrevocably to the right. |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. Poverty was at a 20+ year low. |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
53. I remember the Clinton yeas. Far from perfect but absolute heaven compared to the |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
57. Delayed the Raygun/Bush fascism project by 8 years (more if they didn't steal the 2000 |
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