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Clinton and Gore were in office for eight years, and much of what's wrong now (not all, obviously) is the result of their policies. To choose just one, it is all fine and good for them to talk about how we should do something about global warming, but they're the ones who caved into the automaker unions and failed to press for tighter CAFE standards, thus encouraging the spread of SUVs.

Korea, Iraq, Israel, NAFTA, and a bunch of other policies were either guided or supported by Clinton. Bush has been in office for "only" 4.5 years, so every single problem of the world can't be laid at his feet.

It's easy to be an out-of-power politician because "anything is possible" from that viewpoint. But a message like that coming from somebody who has already held the Presidency is pretty lame.

by asdf on Wed Aug 10th, 2005 at 03:31:35 PM EST
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But a message like that coming from somebody who has already held the Presidency is pretty lame.

A Powerful Statement!

I can agree Clinton was a better president than his performance and policy statements since.

Jimmy Carter is our best ex-president, earning a well deserved Nobel Peace Award, Jimmy's tenure as president was inadequate. Viewing the hostage taking in Tehran in 1979 from outside the US in the Netherlands, I was very critical of Carter's failure to resolve the crisis. See appeasement of terror in Germany on a number of occasions, I was sure Carter would take any military steps necessary to assert the strength of the US in the ME and amongst Arab nations. Especially after the oil rich states had the West in a strangle hold, the OIL BOYCOT after the Yom Kippur war in 1973.

This failure cost him the election of 1980, gave Ronald Reagan and young neocons the presidency from 1980 thru 1992, and ultimately young George Bush from '00-'08. Reagon con suis brought us and the world the havoc of Osama Bin Laden's mujadeen, Iraq's Saddam Hussein support against Iran, Pakistan's Islam atom bomb and the present state of world affairs.

When you need to take a stand, fight your own battle and do not let another nation do the fighting for you!

After thought of ex-leaders Ruud Lubbers, men who have been in power, is certainly lame.

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by Oui on Thu Aug 11th, 2005 at 08:03:03 AM EST
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