Um lets see, Clinton presided over the largest and longest economic expansion in US history, managed to eliminate the deficit, substantially changed welfare, has significantly changed the North American economy with NAFTA.
"... the worst Presidents in modern times." yes absolutely terrible performance. With performance that bad, George W. Bush's performance is just stellar - net loss of 3 million private sector jobs, the government in debt to the tune of trillions, the economy finally coming out of the recession. Something just doesn't add up with your logic. larry On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:49:27 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But your two heros, Carter and Clinton are in the > books as the worst Presidents in modern times. > > -sm > > --- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Andy wrote: > > > Yikes. I guess being president of the US is a > > small achievement. Get real. > > > You can't find many that have been as successful. > > > > Sure they have to work hard, blah, blah, blah. But > > they have > > thousands of handlers telling them exactly what to > > do, they just have > > to do it. Where's the challenge? Let's take a > > closer look: > > > > 1.) First you have to meet the minimum requirements. > > > > 2.) Next, you have to win the primary. This is a > > function of how good > > your PR team is at destroying the other guys. For > > example, Mr. Bush > > got the nomination after his team turned Mr. McCain > > into a sniveling > > coward. > > > > 3.) Finally you have to win the election. This has > > the same > > requirements as #2 except it's easier because you > > only have one guy to > > beat. > > > > What about this requires personal excellence? > > Nothing except the > > debates and then these aren't judged on points, > > they're judged on how > > "cool" you are. > > > > One could make a reasonable argument that the winner > > of The Apprentice > > is more personally challenged than a presidential > > candidate is. > > > > Being a GOOD President, now that's a large > > achievement! (Just ask > > Mr. Carter ba boom ting!) > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133095 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
