Bill Clinton trumps George W. Bush
Yael T. AbouhalkahOne former president - Democrat Bill Clinton - showed up at his party’s national convention and gave a stemwinder of a speech that energized his party.
The other former president - Republican George W. Bush - wasn’t even allowed to come to his party’s national convention.
One former president - Clinton - presided over balanced budgets and a fast-growing economy, facts he was able to highlight at his speech in which he lacerated the other party’s claims.
The other former president - Bush - endorsed tax cuts named after him, tax cuts that put this country into hundreds upon hundreds of billions of dollars of debt. Bush also presided over the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression.
One former president - Clinton - showed a way forward, a way to get this country and its middle-class back on their feet.
The other former president - Bush - was nowhere to be seen.
Bill Clinton preached that Democrats are proud of their country, partly because it tries to do its best to care for others, especially with programs such as good health care.
George W. Bush believe - as Mitt Romney does - that giving tax cuts to the wealthy will propel this nation forward.
Who stood up to make his case on national television?
The one who had the better case to make, Bill Clinton.
George Hunsucker
Northland
8 months, 2 weeks agoEarth to YT….
Bush is no longer President. Your beloved big 0 is and has made the following “progress”… National Debt + 5 TRILLION Unemployment—over 8% for 43 MONTHS Median Income MINUS 4,000
Everywhere you look, people are just sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better off then we were a mere 4 years ago—
Steven Fetter
66223
8 months, 2 weeks agoMy daddy can beat your daddy any day, Naa, naa, naa!!!
By the way, the Democrats must believe that lower taxes are healthy for the economy. They have not raised taxes or repealed the Bush tax cuts, are touting that they will not do so (except on the 1%), in the future, and offer tax breaks on any favored program they wish to push on the American public.
Bush had many unforeseen issues go against his Presidency. So did Obama. We shall see how welcome President Obama will be at the Democratic convention in 2016.
Bill Mccwiliams
8 months, 2 weeks agoLets face it, even the Republican party can’t put enough miles between “GOOD OLE BOY DUBYA” and themselves! Why are they so ashamed of this guy? 8 years of him as president, and not even an invitation to speak at his own party’s convention.
Kind of funny how they went from the stupid redneck Texas attitude, of ” you either with us or you agin us.” Look how many trillions that idiotic comment cost the US taxpayers!
Now they have a corporate raider, who’s only priorities are himself, his family, and the 1% he is going to represent.
Dan Hartshorn
8 months, 2 weeks agohttp://www.theblaze.com/stories/krauthammer-blasts-clintons-dnc-speech-sprawling-undisciplined-and-truly-self-indulgent/
Yael - Listen to Charles Krauthammer and then go back and rewrite your column.
Joe Jones
8 months, 2 weeks agoThank GOD we have the “Objective Press” out there doing their Democratic function–giving us the lowdown on all sides!
HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA
A Solid WEEK of Akin bashing (at one time NINETEEN articles and comments on Akin)
Then a solid week lying about and bashing Republicans
And now a screed lionizing a serial sexual offender that “social engineered” us the the world into the current depression—and all for the sake of re-electing a guy that continues the malaise
Gods sake—do they have internet service down there at the Star? Do they READ whats going on in the world?
So Star—are you ignorant of what real people face? Or don’t care? Theres no third option
Patrick T. Condon
8 months, 2 weeks agoMulti-talented: performs as a literary artiste and acclaimed rimjob-esta. You, Yael, are a spectacle to behold.
Chip Chipperson
8 months, 2 weeks ago“And now a screed lionizing a serial sexual offender that “social engineered” us the the world into the current depression—and all for the sake of re-electing a guy that continues the malaise”
Writing is not your strong suit I presume.
Chip Chipperson
8 months, 2 weeks ago“And now a screed lionizing a serial sexual offender that “social engineered” us the the world into the current depression—and all for the sake of re-electing a guy that continues the malaise”
“Multi-talented: performs as a literary artiste and acclaimed rimjob-esta. You, Yael, are a spectacle to behold.”
Writing is not your strong suit I presume.
Kent Mueller
8 months, 2 weeks agoBill, it’s people like you who perpetuate lies. You called Romney a corporate raider? Even the Democrats who actually know what a corporate raider is have said very directly that Bain was not a corporate raider.
So, Bill McWilliams, do you feel foolish? You should.
Kent Mueller
8 months, 2 weeks agoOk, Bill, perhaps I should not have said you should feel foolish. My bad.
How about you explaining why you think Romney was a corporate raider? It’s easy to say something. Sometimes it’s much more difficult to back it up.
I’m listening.
Bill Mccwiliams
8 months, 2 weeks agoKent, I will retract my Corporate raider comment, but I believe the rest is 100% accurate.
Charles Purvis
8 months, 2 weeks agoIf we don’t know what Clinton’s meaning of the word “is” is, how could we possibly understand what he “meant” to say in this speech?
Ben Weddle
8 months, 2 weeks agoYael, could you just feign objectivity so I can still read the Star without the self loathing.