Was Bill Clinton One of the Worst Presidents?
Where will historians rank Clinton. I think that he'll go down as one of the worst presidents of all time.
He entered the Whitehouse with a House that was Democratic every single year since 1955, and a Senate that was Democratic for most of that time. Clinton tried to implement a leftist agenda, and couldn't get it through Congress. Clinton was so unpopular, that the Republicans took back both chambers for the first time in 40 years. For the first time in American history, a sitting Speaker of the House lost his reelection bid. The Republicans ran with Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America." Clinton then adopted the Contract with America, and passed it off as his own. The domestic agenda that Clinton implemented was a Republican one.
Economically, the US already started a recovery, and Clinton kicked back while the Internet stock boom happened. he took credit for that too.
On the international scene, Clinton ignored every single genocide, with one exception; Bosnia. Even that one did not involve US involvement until European incompetence went on for one year too many.
Early in the Clinton presidency, New York's World Trade Center was bombed. He did such a great job tracking down those who were responsible, that years later, US embassies were bombed, as was the U.S.S. Cole. Clinton's decisive retaliation was to lob one cruise missle on a tent in Afghanistan, and another in Africa. Clinton's ineffectiveness emboldened Al Qaeda to the point where they executed 9-11.
Bill Clinton: Terrible.
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