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During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. It was a phony peace which is now beginning to be evident. North Korea did not abandon a nuclear program. Five FBI agents working full time on Islamic terrorism after OKC was criminal dereliction of duty. 9-11 happened because Clinton misdirected his FBI to go after "right wing" domestic terrorists. Tim McVeigh was an anomoly. We are not far from seeing the definite proof of the Iraqi connection at OKC. The economy runs in cycles. Any CEO of a Fortune 500 company could have run the economy -- we didn't need a rapist criminal to do it. We didn't need a guy who allowed our missile secrets to be sold to the ChiComs and then accepted a bribe from Bernie Schwartz to keep him out of prison. If Clinton was the only Democrat who could have presided over an economy that was on the upswing in George Bush's last two quarters, then the Democrat Party should never again nominate a presidential candidate. As we have seen with the failure of the dot coms, much of the economy was smoke and mirrors. George Bush is picking up the pieces of the disaster and going after the cheating execs. Even the federal government was using phony numbers.

He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. So what? He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in most places, and vastly reduced welfare roles. Thanks largely to the beginning of a long-term economic growth cycled, created by the economic policies of Ronald Reagan, we reaped economic benefits because when people keep more of their own money they start businesses and employ people. Lower capital gains cause people to build buildings. Shorter depreciation causes businesses to invest in capital equipment, giving jobs to those who manufacture the equipment, those providing raw materials, and everyone in the distribution of the equipment. The crime rate dropped because of actions such as "Three Strikes" in California.

He proposed the first balanced budget in decades, and actually achieved a budget surplus. The budget would have been balanced much earlier had the Democrats given what Republican presidents have wanted for a long time -- a line item veto. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination. Check out the 1989 lawsuit by black legislator Ben McGee against Governor Clinton and other officials. Ask the black woman who had the child he fathered if he has taken care of his son. Clinton uses black people as he has used any group he thinks will give him a political benefit.

After the Republican Congress defeated his proposal for a huge program of health care reform, Clinton shifted emphasis, declaring "the era of big government is over." Unbelievable lie. We live in different universes.

He sought legislation to upgrade education, to protect jobs of parents who must care for sick children, to restrict handgun sales, and to strengthen environmental rules. Upgrading education means playing ball with the teachers unions. They only have an interest in doing what is best for them. Look at the state of our public schools. They are disasters in many areas, yet they oppose vouchers. Restricting handgun sales, as proven by John Lott ("More Guns, Less Crime") has actually been detrimental.

In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Personal indiscretions? Rape is not a personal indiscretion. Intimidation of witnesses is not a person indiscretion. Solicitation of false affidavits is not a personal indiscretion. Perjury is not a personal indiscretion. Introducing a false affidavit to the court is not a personal indiscretion. Giving a "troubled stalker" top secret clearance at the Pentagon is not a personal indiscretion. Suborning perjury is not a personal indiscretion. Getting aides to lie and cover for him is not a personal indiscretion. Using government assets and attorneys paid by U.S. taxpayers to cover his criminal activity is not a personal indiscretion. Attempting to fix a federal civil rights trial is not a personal indiscretion. Creating a hostile workplace in which compliant women are rewarded is not a personal indiscretion. Giving government jobs for sex is not a personal indiscretion. But he was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges brought against him. He apologized to the nation for his actions and he continues to this day, to have unprecedented popular approval ratings for his job as president. He never fully apologized. He was only sorry he got caught. He continues to blame his "enemies" for his troubles. Instead of doing his job, he used a federal workplace during business hours to satisfy his perverse desires.

In the world, he successfully dispatched peace keeping forces to war-torn Bosnia; He bombed Iraq, when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He lobbed a few bombs (to essentially keep Monica off the front page), but until George Bush took action, there were several years in which there were no inspections and he did nothing about it. During that time, Hussein was working on his chemical, nuclear, and biological programs.

He became a global proponent for an expanded NATO, more open international trade, and a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking. Ask L.D. Brown what Clinton did to stop drugs from coming into Mena. Remember "That's Lasater's deal." Republicans before Clinton, the same Republicans who are responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union, were for an expanded NATO. Increased international trade has been a Republican issue for years. Finally, we had a Republican Congress to not stand in the way of its implementation.

He drew huge crowds when he traveled through South America, Europe, Russia, Africa, and China, advocating U.S. style freedom. He want there and played to big crowds because he is an apologist for America. His only desire is to be admired like a rock star.

Under Clinton's leadership, the United States was able to reduce military spending, since we did not need a large military. This is a huge problem which had to be faced by President Bush. The man who told us he loathed the military proved it every day of his administration. We had so few enemies, because we had allies instead of enemies.. Nonsense. He was a foreign policy failure because he had no moral compass which allowed him to distinguish between good and evil. During his term, our allies did not trust us, and our enemies did not fear us.

Israel and the Palestinians were talking peace, and hostilities were limited.. Murdering Yasser Arafat was the most frequent guest at the White House. We are seeing the results of making Arafat believe he was going to be able to eventually push Israel into the sea. Peace was achieved through diplomacy instead of threats and a huge arms buildup. He would apparently be in agreement with Neville Chamberlain who was almost responsible for the destruction of Great Britain. Clinton's flights abroad kept the United States at the forefront as a peacemaker and as an effective negotiator. This fool did not recognize the threat to this nation, even after the first WTC bombing, the embassy bombings, the OKC bombing, and the attack on the USS COLE. He was asleep at the switch while Islamist terrorists were busy around the world. He knew someone else would have to clean up his mess.

Under this present administration, our "excess tax money " has recently been "returned" to our nation's wealthiest citizens. Nonsense. Those who paid taxes had some of the money returned. Our present unsound fiscal policy should be a wonderful gift to our grandchildren. Our hopes for eliminating the national debt were dashed with the election of Bush, who at once set out to cut taxes for the wealthy, and increase military spending to an unbelievable record level. I continue to be amazed at the lack of education in the field of economics. Even John Kennedy proved it, and he proved it well. He cut the tax rate substantially. The result was a phenomenal increase in the amount of taxes collected. Ronald Reagan also proved that cutting the marginal tax rate had tremendous revenue increases for the Treasury. Unfortunately, Reagan did not have a line item veto and the Democratic Congress spent like there was no tomorrow.

It seems that the old method of diplomacy to achieve peace, has now been replaced with a philosophy of superior military power, as a means for enforcing this nation's policy as defined by the president. For those who missed government class, the President of the United States takes an oath to defend this country, not defend the United Nations. Our nation has done more good for more people than any other nation in the history of this planet. When we defeat an enemy, we build them back up and they become a trading partner. There is no greater beacon of freedom than the United States. For that, I will never apologize. This aggressive policy has alienated many of our allies, who now consider the USA as a country that threatens world peace, under the guise of fighting terrorism. Thank God we have a president who can see things in terms of good and evil. Without that ability and the same kind of vision as Sir Winston Churchill, we would be doomed. Not only have our foreign relationships suffered serious decline under Bush, but our National economy continues to deteriorate, as unemployment, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and Corporate Insecurity are constantly a major national problem. The economy was sinking in the last stages of the Clinton administration. Even his own economic advisors admit that is the case. He left a mess. Thanks to Clinton's utter failure to do something serious about the threat of Islamist terrorists, the WTC was hit. It caused a devastating blow to our economy. World peace is now in jeopardy, as threatened by the global goals of George W. Bush. It is time to read a history book, one not created by an idealistic leftist who does not understand the use of power. One country in this world is capable of keeping the peace -- the United States of America. No one else will do it. It is a good thing that there were not too many of you whiners around when it was time to fight Hitler. You would be speaking German, although with the state of the public schools, you would not have been speaking it well. The global goals of George W. Bush were shown in Afghanistan as women who could not show their faces or play music, danced in the streets when Mullah Omar and the Taliban got out of town. Go away you little Clinton kneepad creeps. The adults are again in charge.