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In reply to the discussion: CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!11!!1!! [View all]Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)Bill Clinton who had TWO TERMS given to him by a grateful public did veto a budget bill shutting down the Government. The public steadily blamed Newt the toad and the Regressive Rethugs for it. In the end, the Rethugs caved like the spoiled little bastards they are.
Why is it that nobody remembers the time when strength got us what being liked did not? I mean, seriously. For a minute now, just one minute. Bill Clinton vetoed how many welfare overhaul bills the repugs sent? He told them he would, and he did. Until they addressed his concerns and set the program up to perform as HE was willing to accept.
President Obama on the other hand, refuses to break out the rubber stamp and slam it down leaving a big red box with the word "VETO" and then sign that he is absolutely standing up for principal.
President Clinton may be a tad too moderate for my tastes. But at least we had someone who would FIGHT for us. Now we have a more LIBERAL president, who rolls over gives up at the first sign that someone may say something mean about him.
If you want to know who was more dangerous to the Rethugs, Clinton, or Obama. Look at it this way. By this point in his administration, President Clinton was already under investigation for Whitewater. A six year boondoggle that wasted something like sixty million dollars to prove that Clinton didn't do anything wrong. Not even a process crime was brought against him or the Administration. Unlike that f***** bas**** Bush where Scooter got busted for lying to investigators.