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Originally Posted by pan6467
First my disclaimer: I liked Clinton, I thought he had some good programs and truly tried to move the US forward.
That said, I feel that Congress abused its power to go after Clinton and to hold up important business for a year while they tried him for something 99.5% of American males would have done....... lie in court about having an affair. I know I would have, and it was truly noone's business. The GOP used this just to embarass Clinton.
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For one, I seriously doubt 99.5% of american males would have done what Clinton did. I for one, wouldn't have. I certainly wouldn't have had an affair, and would not have lied to protect myself afterwards (especially being considered an agent of the court). And it was other people's business, because they were trying to see about claims of him sexually harrassing someone else when he was governor.
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Would we have been better off had he been left to do his job (the job the majority of voting Americans twice elected to do)?
Yes, I believe we would have been. And there is no doubt in my mind Gore would have won easily in 2000.
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Well, by this logic people should leave Bush alone to do the job that he was elected to do. For one, Clinton never actually had a majority, he only ever got a plurality. Bush however, has gotten a majority, but people seem to like to forget about that.
Honestly, I think Clinton got lucky. He happened to be in office when there was a massive economic bubble that was brought about by a new technology. He did nothing to distinguish himself durning his presidency, and his behavior during and afterwards has done much to discredit him. He might have had great potential, but his constant self-interest sabotaged any real good he might have been able to do.