Bill Clinton is an effin genius

[malaise]

I don’t care who likes him. Sometimes you have to compartmentalize issues linked to complex characters,
Those 50 million to 1 million jobs by party that he mentioned last night sent folks scrambling to fact check. Guess what - go back and check from WW2.

After all the fact checking, Clinton was correct and then some

Milk the facts Dems. Milk the effin facts.

[blm]

1. There is a lot of data out there that dispels the media-driven myths.

Biden-Voting Counties Equal 70% Of The U.S. Economy
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/11/17/biden-voting-counties-equal-70-of-the-us-economy-infographic/
?fit=scale

[BluenFLA]

2. After 3 straight DEM defeats for president

Clinton brought us back and delivered! There was so much he got done and he resided over a great and prosperous time period in our country.

[LisaM]

9. Yeah, for me, he was the best President we have had.

I got out of college during the Reagan years and it was a struggle. The Clinton economy got me a foothold into the middle class.

[Backseat Driver]

34. We only got older...I used to tell my DH, "At least Bill Clinton kept us working."

A lot of water and trauma under the GOP corporate fascist slugs' dam, and still I stayed. It will be 54 years soon after the election! I had HOPE under Obama. Then, clearly Ms Clinton was the best candidate in . 2016. DAMN TFG to the fire of 1000 suns. We'll likely never recover as a couple; but we won't go back! Ladies, bring it - FORWARD!

[GoreWon2000]

58. 2000 election was stolen by the Bush brothers & repug SCOTUS

The orange turd is now using the Bush brothers Florida 2000 election theft road map.

[LiberalArkie]

59. They got away with it and it just embolden them.

[malaise]

60. THIS

Rec

[GoreWon2000]

62. Exactly, that's how we got the orange turd.

[SheltieLover]

3. He truly is a genius!

As is Hilary!

[Attilatheblond]

21. His rival for her attention in college said she was the smartest of the 3 of them

And we know Former Sec Reich wouldn't fib to us.

[SheltieLover]

22. No doubt in my mind he was right!

[BoRaGard]

4. Milk the Facts.

Milk the Truth.

Great advice, and great slogans, Malaise

[pat_k]

5. Yep.

Even selecting other time-frames, or comparing with COVID taken out, Democratic administrations are ahead. Maybe not 50 to 1, but consistently better.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/22/clinton-dnc-jobs-created-since-cold-war/

[blm]

6. More inconvenient facts:

Trump added twice as much to the national debt as Biden: Analysis
https://thehill.com/business/4736740-trump-biden-fiscal-policy-deficit/

By the numbers: Trump added $8.4 trillion in borrowing over a ten-year window, CRFB finds in a report out this morning.
Biden's figure clocks in at $4.3 trillion with seven months remaining in his term.

If you exclude COVID relief spending from the tally, the numbers are $4.8 trillion for Trump and $2.2 trillion for Biden.

[central scrutinizer]

7. Clinton bowled a yorker

Wicket!

[rubbersole]

15. ...after he got on the Upper Wacker.

[malaise]

61. Haha - middle stump flying

Love that analogy😀

[BootinUp]

8. Politicking on the economy was always his superpower. Nt

[ailsagirl]

10. "Sometimes you have to compartmentalize issues linked to complex characters"

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Excellent point-- you put it so well!!

[Clouds Passing]

11. To the Rs: It's the rockin' Bideneconomy stupid.

[oasis]

12. Bill's mind is sharp as ever! He's da guy

who can lay it all out in detail!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. Democrats since FDR are better for the economy. Bidenomics is working.

[malaise]

16. Saw 88 million to 32 million sinceWW2

That means ReTHUGs have been even worse since the Reagan years. Their neo- liberal project has been an abysmal failure.
Milk it Dems.

[FHRRK]

14. Want to know another fact

The Stock Market performs 2x better under Dems Administration's.

Years ago, I put together a list of 15 economic indicators from FDR through Obama. Then equally rated each one and graded on a curve.

All the A’s went to Dems, as did all of the B’s. Carter was the only Dem to get a C, but there was zero daylight between Carter and Reagan.

All the D’s went to Repubs and the one F went to W. I am sure if I did it today, adding The Shitstain and Biden, we would see one more F and one more A.

Amazing how perception is the exact opposite with Repukes.

[malaise]

17. This should be an OP

Rec

[tulipsandroses]

18. I was a teen mom. I just mentioned the joy my parents felt when I graduated

college the first time and then later on how my son felt when I got my Masters degree.
It was Bill Clinton that helped make that possible. He increased child care subsidies by 70%. I was able to go to college full time because I could put my child in daycare.
Giuliani claims he turned NYC around and there was less crime, because of stop and frisk. It was during the Clinton years. Because of prosperity, because more jobs and because people like me could go to college.

From teen mom to where I am now - I am not rich. I make a pretty good living. Started my own business this year. I'm living in my own home. It's not paid off yet. But it's my 2nd home purchase.
I can't say all this would have been possible without the child care subsidies I received.
It's been paid back and then some, given the income tax and sales tax I have generated since that time. It's good to invest in people. Democrats understand that.

[malaise]

20. Great post

Rec

[Bev54]

19. It was Bill Clinton that got me interested in US politics, as a Canadian.

I thought he was a great president and I was so pissed off with the BS impeachment. I worked in a business man's world and I knew about all their affairs and was propositioned myself. In those days you shrugged it off and went on. I hated it but did not ever consider holding their dalliances against their job performances. He was a weak man but a strong president.

[malaise]

23. Another great post,

I hated it but did not ever consider holding their dalliances against their job performances.

A very real truth.

[BlueKota]

24. I remember in an interview

with Madeline Albright, her telling an interviewer about a meeting she had with then President Clinton. She said she had been quite cross with him because she was trying to brief him on something important, and he kept working on the NY Times crossword puzzle while she was talking. She called him on it. She said in response he repeated back to her everything she had said previously. Then he showed her the completed crossword puzzle done in pen. She said she'd never seen anything like that before.

He truly is a genius.

[malaise]

26. LOL

Yes I know a few folks like him 😀

[PatSeg]

25. Yes, Bill is brilliant

Alan Greenspan said Clinton was the smartest president he ever worked with.

It is easy to forget how smart he is and what a great communicator he is. Those simple statistics should have been broadcast loud and clear for years now.

[malaise]

29. They need to broadcast those stats over and over for the next 76 days

Rec

[PatSeg]

38. Absolutely

Keep simple and direct. The numbers tell the story.

[BattleRow]

35. Maybe Greenspan should remind

his wife Andrea Mitchell about some of these facts..but wait..she's a presstitute,although not destitute...

[PatSeg]

39. "Presstitute"!

Great word.

Andrea really needs to retire.

[BattleRow]

42. Thank you.And I

very much agree she is well beyond her expiration date.

Since her marriage to Greenspan,she has,imho, dissipated on many levels.
She may have thought she married up,but,oh,at what a price.

Not the least ,to see his unfortunately unattractive 98 year old face first thing every morning.

[PatSeg]

47. I keep forgetting that he's still alive

What a strange pair they are.

[BattleRow]

48. Yes,And no doubt there's an

exceptionally incriminating exposure of their soul..or perhaps more accurately,the lack of a soul(s).

[PatSeg]

50. Yes, "lack of souls" sounds about right

Like creatures out of a horror film.

[OLDMDDEM]

27. My favorite president

[IronLionZion]

28. CNN and WaPo Fact Check said it is true

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/21/politics/fact-check-democratic-national-convention-night-3/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/22/clinton-dnc-jobs-created-since-cold-war/

If you use the time periods that Clinton used. 1989 to present, and start with the February immediately after each inauguration.

[malaise]

31. It's true from long before 89

milk the facts Dems😀

[Kid Berwyn]

30. Visited the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock...

...a wonderful tribute to the President and First Lady. Both my wife and I were amazed at their accomplishments and how few of them are given the recognition they deserve.



The building is right next to the Arkansas River. It really does resemble a bridge to the 21st Century.

[malaise]

32. Rec rec rec

[riversedge]

54. Thanks for photo

[billymerk]

33. intelligent

Bill Clinton is very intelligent and an expert politician.

[BattleRow]

36. Wild Bill is just

sweet William now.

BUT,you know what they say,the sweetest tunes come from the oldest violins..and he no doubt is a Stradivarius!

[proud patriot]

37. Yup I posted all about it on FB today

I also old every person came into contact with in the real world today To register to Vote !

[malaise]

40. You are a

Proud patriot 😀.

[proud patriot]

41. I am

and my heart is so filled with hope and joy , it's pouring out of me .

[kellytore]

43. 11 out of the last 12 recessions dating back to

The 1950s were started under a republican administration. I'm putting

[malaise]

44. Indeed

Adding this thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219370288

[TomSlick]

45. Some years ago, I heard the Big Dog speak at a small university in town.

He spoke at length with specific data points - all without notes.

[malaise]

46. I believe you

He’s way up there

[spanone]

49. Fucking A

👍🏼

[lynintenn]

51. He and Al Gore came to my small town in Tennessee

I was at a convention in Nashville on the night he was elected. it was a night I will remember forever.

[orangecrush]

52. He was my President

The 90's were a great time for me.

[C Moon]

53. "The come back kid." They dispised him. It was the first time I saw maga types.

One was walking out of a store with money hanging out of his rear pocket.
I said, "Sir. You're going to lose that money from your rear pocket."
He gave a nasty smirk, and said, here, keep it. I looked at it and while he was holding it. The fake bill said, "Bill Bucks" on it. With some right wing crap.

I guess the guy thought everyone was as low-life as him, and would steal it from his rear pocket.

[twodogsbarking]

55. The Cintons are very smart. Al Gore too.

We missed out on a lot not having Al and Hillary.

[ffr]

56. Portland, OR, KGW8 reviewed the question. It's not entirely accurate. It's 51.6 million to 1.3 million

Their verdict on Bill Clinton's claim:

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/verify/economy-verify/bill-clintons-claim-that-since-1989-50-million-jobs-were-created-under-democrats-while-republicans-created-1-million-is-true/536-8be72bc5-3d1b-4205-8ec6-59585e640769

[flying_wahini]

57. Yea, I still love Bill Clinton.

No he wasn’t a perfect President but I still admire him. He took a lot of shit from the GOP hypocrites.