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Originally posted by John W BoothModerate, pliable, always smiling, not dogmatic, good public speaker and comes off as human with human weaknesses.
Explain Bill Clinton's enduring popularity, assuming you accept the premise.
Also, people love to take down a public figure. Well, he was taken "down." Pretty hard, I might add. Yet, he hung in there and bounced back after intense embarrassment. People probably admire that about him.
Also, the economy was good during the last years of his presidency and there was relative peace and prosperity... even though it may have had more to do with history than his policies.
He represents the pre-9/11 world when communism was no longer feared and Islamic extremism was not yet feared; the good old days, if you will; the apex of the pax Americana.
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29 Nov 10
Originally posted by John W BoothIf you were Southern you would understand that he behaved as a perfect gentleman. Unlike, say, that reptile-belly-crawler Newt. Some people still appreciate chivalry.
Explain Bill Clinton's enduring popularity, assuming you accept the premise.
29 Nov 10
Bill Clinton is an extremely corrupt man who should have been impeached for reasons other than sex with Lewinski. If sex was the only thing he did wrong I might think favorably of him too.
The short answer is ignorance.
Most people are ignorant to the fact that he is guilty of setting our economy up for a fall and only remember how the economy was booming during the last years of his presidency. He and little Bush should be hung side by side for treason!
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Originally posted by John W BoothPerhaps being a President who gave America it's only balanced budget (a surplus actually) in many decades, as well as being the lone voice of reason when Republicans in Congress shut down the government in the 90's, may have had something to do with it. Conservatives will be quick to pounce on his womanizing ways. I agree, he has some things to answer for in this area. Nevertheless, he was a President who insisted on fiscal responsibility, enviornmental stewardship, and working with other countries to solve threats of terror and piracy, rather than trying to police the world the way his succesor did.
Explain Bill Clinton's enduring popularity, assuming you accept the premise.