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Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Clinton didn't do a bad job, however, his foreign policy was weak (understandable though, presidents in the US are rarely elected because of their foreign policy stance, recent times excluded), and he really should have kept his pants zipped.
Econimically, all he did was not screw with what was already in place, he (or Gore) didn't invent the internet, and had very little/nothing to do with the dot com boom/bust, that was a natural cycle that he was lucky enough to be in office during & claimed credit for. We were headed for a correction & who happened to be the president @ the time was just plain luck...
There's also a conservative/liberal cycle, and with the "graying of the US" (the bubble of the population getting older & remaining politically active), we're going to be conservative for a while longer. As the bubble of older US citizens dies off, is unable to vote, there will be another revolution of the younger folks taking control of the government & having more influence over new laws, policies, taxes, etc. It'll be interesting to be part of the next big change.
You forgot one thing. A signifigant portion of the retirement crowd scares very easily if you tell them the opposing party is going to muck with SS or Medicare. The Dems have been very effective in this area.
So a 'graying" wont be as conservative as you think.
