Bill Clinton balanced the budget and was not a bad president. Bill Clinton, however worked to lift certain equity trading regulations put in place to prevent the pilfering of the market. These seeds he planted, I believe contributed substantially to the 2008 financial catastrophe. I guess they all do something stupid sooner or later. Too much power and influence pulling their strings.

@ Sean

I'm inclined to substantially agree with you on that point. Not sure though. I'll try to read up on it.

Yeah, they (Prez, and Congress) took/stole social security funds and balanced the budget, amazing. Peace? 9/11 happened directly after Clinton left office, the seat wasn't even cold. Bush and Cheney may have never happened if Clinton would of kept it zipped up. Are these the wonderful things we are talking about?

@Not this Time -

1) Social Security was untouched during the Clinton administration, currently has a SURPLUS of $270 BILLION, and can met all its obligations for the next 25 and 75% of all obligations thereafter, in perpetuity, with NO CHANGES in law. Those "I.O.U.'s" Bush flashed when he claimed that Soc. Sec. was bankrupt are called US Treasury Bills, which also comprise most of the trust fund his parents still hold for him, and are currently accepted as the most stable investment in the WORLD!

2) Remember a document left for Dubya's administration, by Clinton's, called "Bin Laden Determined to Launch Attack Within the United States", which was COMPLETELY IGNORED until 9/11?

Got TRUTH?

Look up credit default swaps (under Clinton) by the way, rubin, geitner, sommers.all billy boys peeps. Balanced the budget because of pub congress and a new industry pops while he's pres. (Microsoft, intel, Internet bubble. Ever heard of it) btw Enron was booming numbers when bil was pres, gwb takes over and we learn it's all garbage. Safety and security? Pakistan sells nukes to north Korea, Iran, and Libya during bills tenure. OBL is bombing the wtc for the first time, then bombs the cole, kohbar towers. Where's bill? Yup. He was a real winner. Oh then he himself sold sattelite technology to the Chinese then they 'contributed' to his museum..what a crock.

matsgerrlee:
In 2010 Social Security paid out more in benefits then it collected from payroll taxes. This is the first time this happened. The surplus you speak about is IOU's from Washington. Since Social Security needed to pay out more then they collected the Social Security administration cashed in some of the IOU's. Where does Washington get the money to pay the IOU's? They borrowed some from China and also printed more money. Remember the debt ceiling crisis last year and the call to raise the debt ceiling? Why? Washington needed to borrow more money to meets its obligations. One of those obligations is Social Security IOU's they have to start paying back. Remember President Obama said on Aug 4 last year; if the debt ceiling is not raised then people will not get their Social Security checks.

National debt increased from $4.4 trillion to $5.6 trillion during Clinton administration. The budget, deficit, was balanced because 1) Republicans in Congress shut down government unless a balanced budget was passed 2) the dot.com boom increased payroll taxes and 3) Clinton tax increase in early 90's. . Clinton also sent former President Carter to North Korea as an envoy, which resulted in giving North Korea nuclear powerplant that was suppose to be used for peaceful purposes only. North Korea then processed the spent fuel into plutonium and has worked with Iranians.
Sudan had Bin Laden and offered to turn him over to the US but Clinton turned the offer down. Clinton administration also implemented a policy preventing the CIA and FBI to share information.

he became a good president..once the Rep congress took charge..then things really got good..he knew he had to get along to go along... cooperation with his congress.. a Rep congress made things work well.. credit due to the Reps.

Just quoting Bill Clinton.

No Carol, you weren't. President Clinton said "Preaching to the saved." So, no, you weren't quoting him in your headline. A quote is when you repeat something someone said, verbatim.

@Dallas Hughes -

The headline above IS "PreachING to the Saved". Flash mis-quoted, but it IS a direct quote.

Does anyone around here actually READ before posting?

Depends on your definition of es.

Maggie "The Wiki Gov"

Presidents don't write the bills. Yes, deregulation is what screws us every time.
We keep trying to anthropomorphise entities like banks, and trading houses, and corporations at our own peril. If anything these creatures are more like bacteria. Single purposed entities who will only take until they are controlled with antibiotics. Look at Wall Street, they backed President Barack Obama in the last election only as a hedge on the bet that he would win, now? All there money is behind Mitt Romney, because his policies will benefit their pocket the most.

Don W. You're preaching to at and with the saved!

For the record, I think your original headline was fine. You were referring to (not quoting) a significant direct quote and using it in a headline. Nothing wrong with that
:-)

What was Bush's excuse?

"I don't know where he is. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him." -- America's worst President, on Osama Bin Laden

Thankfully, our current President took care of the problem.

Are you sure it wasn't Lincoln?

And created more problems.

David Victory: Did you ever consider that the reason President Bush said that he didn't know where Bin Laden was and that he wasn't concerned about him, was to throw Bin Laden off his guard and give him a false sense of security. Don't forget, this was at the same time they were piecing together the information obtained from a detainee about Bin Laden location. And, it was this information, that was collected during the Bush administration, that eventually led to Bin Laden.

@ salem

"Did you ever consider that the reason President Bush said that he didn't know where Bin Laden was and that he wasn't concerned about him, was to throw Bin Laden off his guard and give him a false sense of security."

Nope. Still don't.

Reagan gave bin Laden weapons, why didn't he kill him instead?

If bin Laden had no connections to terrorism against America at the time, why would he have been a target?

Why didn’t someone just shoot Hitler in 1930?

CIA Documents Prove Bush Could have Killed Bin Laden; Prevented 911
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/june192012/bin-laden-salon-tk.php

Yes S.V.
We know. Bush got Bin Laden; Romney saved the Auto Industry,
and the moon landing was a faked Democratic conspiracy.

Sarcasm intended
.

@ Dave

Got a link?

You run out of links? I knew that would happen sooner or later.

@ NF

His post. His job to provide a link if he wants to be taken seriously.

Relevance and reliability of sources aside, you've mastered the intricacies of the URL copy / paste procedure. If you can do it, anyone can.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/09/entertainment-us-usa-immigration-deniser-idUSBRE8680MN20120709.

@ Dave

Thank you for the link. Yep. Sure seems like there were shady dealings. Shame on Bill.

Denise Rich is swine, as are all the rich folks who give up their citizenship to dodge taxes. They get rich here, then jump ship and run off with their bags of gold.

Three losers all in a row.

The Commodities Futures Modernization Act of 2000 bill was introduced by REPUBLICAN Thomas W. "Tom" Ewing, did Clinton sneak it to the Republican to shake the scent?

Don W: I am aware that the Bin Ladens are friends with the Bush family. I am also aware that the Bin Ladens are part of a huge family and many have disowned Osama. I am also aware that the President allowed a Saudi jet to fly during the no fly period. You then say that Bush Sr. was in Washington at a resteraunt having dinner with Bin Laden during the attack and then you say Dubyas's own father was stranded in Houston thanks to the flight lockdown. So, where was he...Washington or Houston?
But, thats Ok, I'll follow your logic. Did you know that President Obama aunt and uncle are both illegal aliens living in Massachusetts on government assistance? That must make President Obama an illegal alien also...right! No wonder he can't produce a birth certificate.

You are a birther? It all makes sense now. :-D

Ahh yes...birther. Sorry to dissapoint you I am not a birther. In fact, I think that President Obama played this out on purpose. After all, it was the Hillary Clinton campaign and NYT that first raised the issue. The NYT even had stories "questioning" Sen McCain eligibility for the presidency because he was born in Panama.

Yes, we know. the Partisan hack site, Granitegrok, hates all things Democratic.

Yea, the Union Leader really embarrassed themselves with that crap, they trying to out stupid the granitegrok?

Nope you've hit the nail right on the head. Both parties, with particular emphasis aimed at the Republican party, actively try to keep their constituents in the dark on many of things they are doing behind closed doors. So in that respect it's hard to really know everything they are doing no matter how much research you do but I do agree with you that if you are going to vote for someone then it is your responsibilty to vet that candidate properly and not just vote for the candidate just because they are in opposition to the other party. Though I have to admit I did vote for Clinton's wife because I wanted to see Rpenlicans tossed from Congress.

Definition of IS video. Just to make it clear to everybody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4XT-l-_3y0

I can't find any evidence that Geithner was involved. He was the Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 1998-2001, so I am not sure why he would have written a bill for a Republican congressman. We can agree that it was bad legislation.

You seem too smart to be a birther. Occasionally, we get little nuggets of wisdom from the trolls on here that really show how classy parts of our state can be. It's the same group of people that want to take away kindergarten, defund education, and bible thump. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, of course.

I was able to find plenty of fringe websites supporting your claim, but you can find websites to support any assertion. I usually try to skim though those thousands of pages to find a source that seem credible. William Engdahl writes conspiracy theory books on the oil industry.

Perhaps if the people in Florida could read the ballot they would not hjave voted for Pat Buchanon and Gore would have been elected. Dems had people outside the polls telling everyone vote for Al Gore, the second name on the ballot. But, the butterfly ballot, the second mark down was for Pat Buchanon. Then you also had the networks projecting Gore as the winner before the polls were closed. And then the Florida Supreme Court ruling to change the laws of the election, after the election was held, and apply them to the election....But, I digress.....

I agree that the deregulation blows.

And you're referring to who? If it's me I don't claim to have any answers but I do claim to have established facts about wealthy elitist politicians that have their hands in mine and your back pockets and have gotten a pass on their activities by the voting public. Now if you enjoy supporting these wealthy elitist poilticians at your own expense that's your perogative, I donhowever don't.