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He talked about a conspiracy by the Republicans to ruin his daughters wedding. I thought he was crazy at the time, but now I believe him. I remember his hour

He talked about a conspiracy by the Republicans to ruin his daughters wedding. I thought he was crazy at the time, but now I believe him. I remember his hour long presentations with the flip charts of how things were screwed up. Too bad he didn’t win. Instead we got the scumbag Clintons.

protomyth 7y ago
At the time, I thought it was all conspiracies and a really weird publicity stunt. I had no intention of voting for Bush or Clinton, so I went ahead and voted for Perot. Looking back, and seeing some of the stuff that has come out about the other candidates, I too now believe it was all true.
akhilcacharya 7y ago
Bill Clinton left office with a 60+% approval rating, higher than Reagan when he left. Bill won both elections with 370+ electoral votes. I think the American people were mostly pleased.
- YinglingLight 7y ago
  Hindsight is a helluva thing
- newfriend 7y ago
  Public opinion often has very little to do with what is actually good for the country.
  - melling 7y ago
    GDP and jobs grew more under Clinton than Reagan too. They were definitely good years for the economy. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-08-01/ranking-presidents-economic-records-by-gdp-growth https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-08-01/rankin...
    - mensetmanusman 7y ago
      Sugar high as we sold out the middle class (look at any wage data)
- adventured 7y ago
  That's cherry picking numbers somewhat. Clinton never got a majority of the popular vote. A mere 43% in 1992 and 49.2% in 1996. Contrast that with Obama's 52.9% in 2008 and 51.1% in 2012. Or Reagan's 50.4% in 1980 and 58.8% smashing in 1984. Reagan was obviously a lot more popular with the electorate than Bill Clinton and it shows in the only way that ultimately matters: votes. Approval ratings are at best bullshit, at worst they're aggressive propaganda from the corporate media machine to favor their candidates.
  - gowld 7y ago
    Votes are not a measure of approval. They are a measure of preference within a highly constrained ballot and FPTP game theory.
  - zimpenfish 7y ago
    > Clinton never got a majority of the popular vote. A mere 43% in 1992 and 49.2% in 1996. Doesn't change your point, really, but for completion, a Clinton also got a non-majority 48.2% in 2016.

protomyth 7y ago

At the time, I thought it was all conspiracies and a really weird publicity stunt. I had no intention of voting for Bush or Clinton, so I went ahead and voted for Perot. Looking back, and seeing some of the stuff that has come out about the other candidates, I too now believe it was all true.

akhilcacharya 7y ago

Bill Clinton left office with a 60+% approval rating, higher than Reagan when he left. Bill won both elections with 370+ electoral votes. I think the American people were mostly pleased.

YinglingLight 7y ago
Hindsight is a helluva thing
newfriend 7y ago
Public opinion often has very little to do with what is actually good for the country.
- melling 7y ago
  GDP and jobs grew more under Clinton than Reagan too. They were definitely good years for the economy. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-08-01/ranking-presidents-economic-records-by-gdp-growth https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-08-01/rankin...
  - mensetmanusman 7y ago
    Sugar high as we sold out the middle class (look at any wage data)
adventured 7y ago
That's cherry picking numbers somewhat. Clinton never got a majority of the popular vote. A mere 43% in 1992 and 49.2% in 1996. Contrast that with Obama's 52.9% in 2008 and 51.1% in 2012. Or Reagan's 50.4% in 1980 and 58.8% smashing in 1984. Reagan was obviously a lot more popular with the electorate than Bill Clinton and it shows in the only way that ultimately matters: votes. Approval ratings are at best bullshit, at worst they're aggressive propaganda from the corporate media machine to favor their candidates.
- gowld 7y ago
  Votes are not a measure of approval. They are a measure of preference within a highly constrained ballot and FPTP game theory.
- zimpenfish 7y ago
  > Clinton never got a majority of the popular vote. A mere 43% in 1992 and 49.2% in 1996. Doesn't change your point, really, but for completion, a Clinton also got a non-majority 48.2% in 2016.