Why didn't Dems Applaud Bill for Welfare Reform, NAFTA, Giving Permanent MFN to China, & Gutting Our CIA?

Question

Isn't this man great?

Answer 1

Feeding the poor? Only demo's do that. Us conervatives think they oughta feed themselves like the rest of us hard working American's do.

Answer 2

Shouldnt you be working???

Or feeding the poor - now be a good good bootlicking right winger.....

Answer 3

Because things that affect our country in a negative way are NOT to be praised.

Answer 4

Bush Senior orchestrated NAFTA, it just so happens he left office before it was finalized and Clinton wrapped it all up.  If Bush had managed to get elected to a second term, it would be all his baby, not just half.

Welfare Reform was written by the then-Republican Congress, and Clinton vetoed it once.  But Newt and the forced it on him and he signed it even though he didn't particularly like it. So you have Gingrich and GOP pals to thank for that one.

From CNN while Clinton was president (no year given):

ALPHARETTA, Georgia (AllPolitics, August 2) -- House Speaker Newt Gingrich says Republicans plan to make a major push this fall to implement welfare-reform measures that President Bill Clinton refused to accept as part of the recently completed balanced-budget deal.

As for the CIA cuts, H.W Bush started it, and it actually reversed under Clinton before 9/11.:

The intel numbers game

By Shawn Zeller

Published on Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 05:46 p.m.

SUMMARY: Rudy Giuliani says former President Bill Clinton "gutted" the intelligence-gathering budget of the CIA. While the cuts were real, his remarks tell only part of the story.

It is true that Clinton oversaw decreases in the intelligence budget and that Tenet has described the budget situation when he became CIA director in 1997, four years into Clinton’s presidency, as a disaster. But Tenet has never placed blame on Clinton in the way Giuliani describes (which makes some sense since Clinton made him director).

Likewise, Giuliani neglects to provide some important context: The CIA budget cuts began under the first President Bush, and were reversed, under Tenet’s leadership, late in the Clinton presidency and before the 9/11 attacks.

It's impossible to tell who made biggger cuts because most of it is still classified.

I don't feel like looking up details about China right now.  *sigh* Why can't people research the truth before they twist it?

Answer 5

You should have done some research prior to posting this...

NAFTA and free trade? I suggest you look as far back as Reagan.

Gutting the CIA? Again go look at Bush Sr and his cutbacks re: the CIA.

China? Again-look back!

Welfare reform was bi-partisan and should be applauded by all Americans.

Answer 6

All of the above and more..............

Answer 7

Did you notice how clinton said very little about obama, but talked about himself most of the time.

Answer 8

w had 8 years to fix all you questions, bill was a great president. stock market doubled under him. he made a lot of you cons rich