Hillary Clinton: Obama, Bill Clinton better economic stewards than George W. Bush

CBS News ^ | May 16, 2014 | By Jake Miller

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Hillary Clinton touted the economic growth seen during the last two Democratic presidencies during a speech before the New America Foundation on Friday, and she warned that the U.S. risks falling behind global competitors if policymakers do not do more to revive the middle class by generating broad-based economic growth.

Clinton, a former secretary of state who's eyeing a presidential bid in 2016, praised both President Obama and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, for their economic stewardship. And she contrasted their years in the White House with the tenure of former President George W. Bush, saying eight years of a Republican presidency "taught us different lessons."

[ought-six]

Hey, Hillary. Tell me one thing — ONE THING! — that originated with Bubba that improved or stimulated the ECONOMY!

You can’t! Because he inherited what Ronald Reagan set in motion and then was dragged kicking and screaming to sign the improvements and stimuli set up by the Republican Congress!

[Fungi]

Bingo, and plenty of it.

[VRWCarea51]

Dear Hitlary, why did Spot refuse to kill bin laden?

Who did you support and arm in the recent Egyptian uprising?

Atleast Dubya knew who our enemies were and ordered actions to eliminate them.

Now pour yourself another double. It’s Friday and still early, shouldn’t you be passed out by now.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Hillary Clinton: Obama, Bill Clinton better economic stewards than George W. Bush...Yeah, right - Bush started with the end of the Clinton recession, amplified by the catastrophe of 911 and still cut the deficit by eighty percent with four straight years of unemployment below five percent - Clinton rode the bubble of the dotcom expansion until it burst under his regime - remember the NASDAQ dropping by half in the spring of 2000 - and spent down the "Peace Dividend" by cutting the military by twenty-five percent to squander the money on his leftwing domestic scams - Obama isn't worth mentioning except that he's continued to blame the 2008 collapse which was entirely the fault of his 'rat cronies on Bush while not being able to bring the economy to where it was before the collapse in spite of spending a couple trillion in "stimulus" funding.....

[al_c]

But Hilary, your party has been telling us that it’s Congress that fixes the economy. That said, let’s hear it for Newt ... and let’s blame Pelosi for the budget under Bush.

[ronnie raygun]

Economic stupids there I fixed it

[AppyPappy]

Bush had 4.5% unemployment.

[al_c]

W didn’t run in 08 either, but that didn’t stop the blame Bush madness.

[Le Chien Rouge]

Bill Clinton should kiss Ronald Reagan arse.

The collapse of the Soviet Union (thanks to Reagan military buildup) as well as the IT BOOM(lower capital gains of the 80’s laid the seeds for future start ups) led to a VERY peaceful, profitable 90’s.

All Bill Clinton had to do was lay back and let the interns service him.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Ingtar]

Gas prices:

Carter 1.74 2.64 +.90 +52%
Reagan 2.64 1.47 -1.17 -44%

Bush 1.47 1.42 -.05 -3%
Clinton 1.42 1.61 +.19 +13%

Bush 1.61 2.14 +.53 +33%
Obama 2.14 3.58 +1.44 +63%

I rest my case.

[SoFloFreeper]

blame bush!

[SoFloFreeper]

blame bush!

[gwgn02]

GOPe doesn’t care if Jeb or any other RINO loses anyways...they’ll cheer a HIllary Presidency on...statists of a feather flock together.

[ExCTCitizen]

Hillary thinks her husband and Obama were better then Bush 43? I knew you were not Mensa material, but you must be suffering from Alzheimer’s.

[jonrick46]

Mark Levin has made the connection. He is saying that The Hildebeast (the name I give her) is cuing up for a possible match up with Jeb Bush. This makes it an easy win for her. The zero infobots will associate Jeb with his brother G.W. and what happened to the economy. They will think that Jeb will cause a similar collapse of the economy if he were President. It does not matter if the facts say different (Bill Clinton allowed legislation that set the stage for the home loan collapse). The DemonRATs win on perception rather than facts. The zero infobots will see Jeb as damaged goods because of his brother and will not understand anything else that says otherwise.

The answer is to oppose a Jeb Bush nomination. The trap is set from which he will not escape.

[freekitty]

ROTFLOL. What a joke.

[RC one]

better bullshiiters anyways.

[Aria]

Hillary looks absolutely horrible, everyone agrees she hasn’t ever accomplished anything of merit ..... and yet she is considered the great fat butt rat hope. The rats figure her sex and her name recognition make her the perfect choice and therefore she gets money thrown at her..and the self-fulfilling prophecy chugs along. It’s just stunning that she’s gotten this far - what with the huge baggage, actually more than baggage, more like container ships full - of really bad history.

We just can’t overestimate the power of the media and those who know only what they’re told by the MSM.

[SunTzuWu]

Took only 7 minutes for someone to blame Bush.