Bill Clinton a good president?

[Randy]

http://clinton.procon.org/

William Jefferson Clinton, known as Bill Clinton, served as the 42nd President of the United States from Jan. 20, 1993 to Jan. 19, 2001.
His proponents contend that under his presidency the US enjoyed the lowest unemployment and inflation rates in recent history, high home ownership, low crime rates, and a budget surplus. They give him credit for eliminating the federal deficit and reforming welfare, despite being forced to deal with a Republican-controlled Congress.
His opponents say that Clinton cannot take credit for the economic prosperity experienced during his scandal-plagued presidency because it was the result of other factors. In fact, they blame his policies for the financial crisis that began in 2007. They point to his impeachment by Congress and his failure to pass universal health care coverage as further evidence that he was not a good president.

Was Bill Clinton a good president?

 

[DrLeftover]

Ask Monica.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

He did a good job. The world was a less chaotic place back then.

 

[DrLeftover]

He did a good job. The world was a less chaotic place back then.

Obviously a case of selective memory.

We'll start the refresher course with a little mess called "Bosnia."

The word "Genocide" is used in the title:
http://www.history.com/topics/bosnian-genocide


Oh, and then there was Aristide getting thrown out of Haiti and ending up HERE!

and then.....

Shall we continue?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Go ahead, doesn't change my opinion.
I was speaking on an "in general" basis. Sure bad things happened, they always have and they always will.

 

[DrLeftover]

Go ahead, doesn't change my opinion.
I was speaking on an "in general" basis. Sure bad things happened, they always have and they always will.

So, it was just as chaotic, just you weren't paying attention in the middle nineties.

 

[Bluezone777]

You can add the 1994 Rwanda Genocide to the list of examples of chaos occurring in the nineties along with the WTC bombing in 1993, US embassy bombings in 1998 and the USS Cole bombing in 2000.

I don't think things were any better or worse overall as I think it has more to do with which people are better or worse off during any given decade that changes and not the overall welfare of people in general.