Clinton only went along with welfare reform because we had an aggressive Republican Congress that pushed through the reform and it was obvious that there was massive public support for the idea. Bill liked to be popular, politics be damned.
Bush didn’t really do that much to what we think of as welfare, and the entitlement programs he expanded were mostly things like the prescription drug program, etc. What Bambi is doing has completely reversed the policy direction of some 20+ years and brought us right back to the “Great Society” at its worst.
It doesn’t matter to me why Clinton did what he did. I realize that it was Newt’s Congress that forced him into a lot of things. However, he signed the welfare reforms in 1996 and we have to give credit where credits due. Meanwhile the one who is supposed to have been our guy (Bush) not only created the new perscription drug entitlement, he also created more charties depending on the government trough/plantation with his compassionate conservatism.
Right now Obama is veering to the left and there are some in our party that are helping him. The RINOs helped him get the porkulous and budget passed and now there are idiots that are for the card check. I don’t care what party they are from. If they are for big government they are not on my side!!