Perry logan August 16th, 2009 1:27 pm
"At worst he is another Clintonite Repug."
I take issue with that.
Bill Clinton is a real Democrat. He's nothing like the screw-up Obama has proven to be.
Clinton lowered the poverty rate, expanded college benefits for veterans, etc., etc. Not bad for a moderate Democrat.
Clinton even raised taxes on the rich (which the Bamanator would never do). This is not Republican stuff.
More importantly, Clinton did not pump trillions of dollars into the financial sector, allow countless war crimes to fester, or expanded blatantly fascist policies. These are all uniquely Obamian accomplishments.
Bait & Switch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDq2yBgzels
So true, and laugh out loud, but it's not really funny of course.
Clinton was a right winger who obviously helped set the stage for today's failed economy.
But with respect to the basics of the political process, unlike Obama, at least Clinton sometimes knew what "take your best shot" means, and why you always have to do that in politics. And so, at least Clinton often got something rather than essentially nothing in negotiations with Congress, even when it was a Republican congress. In other words, Clinton was at least slightly more effective with a Republican congress than Obama seems to be on health care with a Democratic congress.
It is becoming increasingly obvious that Obama's health care reform bill will be less valuable than Clinton's was, even though Clinton didn't get anything at all through, laugh out loud (again).
What part of "When you are in the hole and can't get out, at least don't dig the hole deeper while you await assistance" does Obama not understand?
[The above exchange was in response to this article.]
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