The Clintons' win-loss record

Washington Times ^ | Sunday, November 28, 2004 | House Editorial

[JohnHuang2]

The Washington Times
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The Clintons' win-loss record

Published November 28, 2004

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Two weeks after yet another Democratic debacle at the polls, a crowd estimated at 30,000 celebratory partisans joined Bill and Hillary Clinton in a literal and metaphorical rainstorm to commemorate his two-term presidency at a ceremony dedicating the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock. With Bill reportedly still weak and tired from his recent heart-bypass surgery, Hillary handled many of the non-stop media interviews, including a lengthy prime-time appearance on the Fox News Channel the night before the dedication.
    How appropriate. Having been clobbered in the Nov. 2 elections, the Democratic Party lies in tatters. Meanwhile, Hillary, emerging as her party's front-runner for the 2008 nomination, turns in a co-starring performance at the Clinton library celebration in Little Rock, where the all-Hillary-all-the-time media extravaganza effectively turned into a debutante party with all the presidential trimmings.
    While the last 12 years have obviously been great for all Democrats named Clinton, perhaps their party colleagues should take a closer look at how they have fared since the self-styled "Comeback Kid" turned a 25 percent, second-place performance into victory in the Feb. 18, 1992, New Hampshire primary. The record for the Democratic Party is as definitive as it is devastating.
    Going into the 1992 elections with Bill Clinton at the top of his party's ticket, Democrats occupied 266 seats in the House, producing a 100-seat advantage over Republicans. With only 166 representatives, Republicans hadn't controlled so few House seats since the day after the 1982 election, when the highest ...

[goldstategop]

I don't get what the Democrats see in Clinton. Look at what's happened to them in the last 12 years, you'd think they'd exile him to Siberia. But no, he's still highly regarded in party circles. Then again to liberals, failure is actually an indication of true greatness. The worse you do, the better a person you are.

[JohnHuang2]

I don't get what the Democrats see in Clinton.

I'm just as baffled. Clinton has proven an unmitigated disaster for the Democrats.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Follow the money...

[sheik yerbouty]

They see the devil and that's enough for them.

[E Rocc]

I don't get what the Democrats see in Clinton. Look at what's happened to them in the last 12 years, you'd think they'd exile him to Siberia. But no, he's still highly regarded in party circles. Then again to liberals, failure is actually an indication of true greatness. The worse you do, the better a person you are.

Clinton himself is the most succesful politician they have had in the last quarter of a century. He's also good enough of a barbarastreisander to fool the gullible...which they are.

-Eric

[operation clinton cleanup]

HRC in '08 would be a gift to Republicans... I still do not think she could win in the primary's, even if they ran the same cast of losers.

[7.62 x 51mm]

"With Bill reportedly still weak and tired from his recent heart-bypass surgery, Hillary handled many of the non-stop media interviews, including a lengthy prime-time appearance..."

Billy Jeffy Bubba is WEAK FROM STDs - Sexually Transmitted Diseases - damaging his already-compromised immune system, and will *decline*, soon.

Good riddance, lowlife, traitorous shitfilth scumbag! Your socialist, bitch-co-partner, Hitlery, too!

Decline, decline, decline, decline, decline, decline!!!

[sinanju]

"I don't get what the Democrats see in Clinton. Look at what's happened to them in the last 12 years, you'd think they'd exile him to Siberia. But no, he's still highly regarded in party circles. Then again to liberals, failure is actually an indication of true greatness. The worse you do, the better a person you are.

Clinton himself is the most succesful politician they have had in the last quarter of a century. He's also good enough of a barbarastreisander to fool the gullible...which they are."

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I thought the generally accepted wisdom amongst our sort was that pace their murderous "politics of personal destruction" jihad against all who opposed them (republicans) or failed to support them (democrats) during impeachment '98 that they have the dirt on all their dem colleagues and can destroy the career of any who fail to stand up and salute empress Hilary.

[REDWOOD99]

I thought you didn't like Clinton.

[7.62 x 51mm]

< /smirk >

[norton]

"I don't get what the Democrats see in Clinton."

I don't either;
But let me pose another question:
Given the record outlined in the original....why'd the Republicans [ and most everyone else ] dump on Newt Gingrich after he led them to the Contract with America??

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

I definitely see your point.

I was one of the hearty few who actually defended him after the disastrous '98 midterm elections.

That being said, I think that Dennis Hastert has proven to be a much more capable Speaker than his predecessor, even if he isn't quite as brilliant a tactician and political strategist.

[investigateworld]

Now Now, (may I call you .308?) don't hide your feelings!

[JLS]

Shhhh. Don't tell anyone.

Seriously, I have long maintained that at some point in the future a historian will make a name for himself writing a book or article hypthesizing that Bill Clinton was a GOP mole whose job was to take down the Dim party. And heck maybe he is, a real mole could hardly have done a more effective job.

[JohnHuang2]

...a real mole could hardly have done a more effective job.

heh, heh, heh -- very true.

[jocon307]

"Decline, decline, decline, decline, decline, decline!!!"

I like the way you say that!

[SkyPilot]

Republicans temporarily lost control of the Senate in June 2001, when James Jeffords became an independent, but the GOP regained majority status at the ballot box in November 2002. Republicans improved their majority in the House in the 2002 and 2004 elections. Today, the GOP controls more House seats than it has since the 1946 election. Republicans also added four Senate seats in 2004 (55-44-1) as George W. Bush won re-election by 3.5 million votes.

I had forgotten about that Ba$tard Jeffords. I wonder what life is like in the Senate for him now? It must be like Benedict Arnold having to serve in the Continental Army after its victory over the British.

[SkyPilot]

Billy Jeffy Bubba is WEAK FROM STDs - Sexually Transmitted Diseases - damaging his already-compromised immune system, and will *decline*, soon.

Drudge and the UK tabloids reported years ago that BJ Clinton has herpes. I wonder what else he was infected with during his deplorable lifestyle quest?

I wonder if he contracted the same thing that killed Arafat?

[beyond the sea]

They see the devil and that's enough for them.

ditto