Comments on: Is Obama Set to Repeat Clinton’s Big Mistake? http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2009/01/09/is-obama-set-to-repeat-clintons-big-mistake/ Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:34:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ehosterman http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2009/01/09/is-obama-set-to-repeat-clintons-big-mistake/#comment-2536 ehosterman Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:04:44 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/?p=384#comment-2536 The budget surplus didn't occur until after the Republicans took over Congress as a result of Clinton's initial over-reach. If you knew anything about history, you'd have known that budget deficits were growing after his middle class tax increase. There was no surplus until after the government shutdown because of his fight with a Republican congress. The budget surplus didn’t occur until after the Republicans took over Congress as a result of Clinton’s initial over-reach. If you knew anything about history, you’d have known that budget deficits were growing after his middle class tax increase. There was no surplus until after the government shutdown because of his fight with a Republican congress.

]]> By: Fred Maidment http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2009/01/09/is-obama-set-to-repeat-clintons-big-mistake/#comment-2534 Fred Maidment Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:30:13 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/?p=384#comment-2534 ...but peace? Hardly. Just because the media wasn't covering it like they now cover Iraq doesn't mean we weren't fighting. From Bosnia to No-Fly Zones to Attacks on our embassies (and our muted response), we were engaged in battle time and again under Clinton. As for prosperity, Clinton inherited a strengthening economy that was already in recovery mode, happened to be in position when the internet was born, and had a lot of economic (NAFTA) and regulatory (banking) reforms forced upon him by a Republican congress. It is unfortunate that so many of those reforms are now lambasted as causes of our current economic situation, rather than the real causes.. It is equally interesting how all of the "good" that happened in the '90s is always remembered Clinton's bag (even though most of it wasn't), but all of the "bad" is remembers as the shenanigans of those nasty Republicans in Congress... …but peace? Hardly. Just because the media wasn’t covering it like they now cover Iraq doesn’t mean we weren’t fighting. From Bosnia to No-Fly Zones to Attacks on our embassies (and our muted response), we were engaged in battle time and again under Clinton.

As for prosperity, Clinton inherited a strengthening economy that was already in recovery mode, happened to be in position when the internet was born, and had a lot of economic (NAFTA) and regulatory (banking) reforms forced upon him by a Republican congress.

It is unfortunate that so many of those reforms are now lambasted as causes of our current economic situation, rather than the real causes.. It is equally interesting how all of the “good” that happened in the ’90s is always remembered Clinton’s bag (even though most of it wasn’t), but all of the “bad” is remembers as the shenanigans of those nasty Republicans in Congress…

]]> By: bs http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2009/01/09/is-obama-set-to-repeat-clintons-big-mistake/#comment-2533 bs Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:28:19 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/?p=384#comment-2533 that Clintoon had absolutely nothing to do with. Oh wait, his VP invented it. I'm sorry, I was mistaken. that Clintoon had absolutely nothing to do with.

Oh wait, his VP invented it. I’m sorry, I was mistaken.

]]> By: gekster http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2009/01/09/is-obama-set-to-repeat-clintons-big-mistake/#comment-2532 gekster Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:17:39 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/?p=384#comment-2532 Seems I've been pussin about that all day. With all due respect for the Man,to bad we can't dig up Uncle Ronnie and play weekend at Bernies for about 8 years. Seems I’ve been pussin about that all day.
With all due respect for the Man,to bad we can’t dig up Uncle Ronnie and play weekend at Bernies for about 8 years.

]]> By: moconnell http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2009/01/09/is-obama-set-to-repeat-clintons-big-mistake/#comment-2529 moconnell Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:44:25 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/?p=384#comment-2529 "That shift pushed his presidency off course, and he never really recovered" ...then we all had to suffer through eight short years of peace and prosperity, punctuated by a budget surplus. Wow, that sure was a drag. Go on folks, keep making the same mistakes. They can only make the R party smaller. “That shift pushed his presidency off course, and he never really recovered”

…then we all had to suffer through eight short years of peace and prosperity, punctuated by a budget surplus. Wow, that sure was a drag.

Go on folks, keep making the same mistakes. They can only make the R party smaller.

]]> By: farstar99 http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2009/01/09/is-obama-set-to-repeat-clintons-big-mistake/#comment-2523 farstar99 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:58:17 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/?p=384#comment-2523 Clinton stumbled on both of these. The latter defined his presidency from day one. The gun issue finished his far left allies in Congress. If we had a real leader in Congress, that leader would make sure Obama can't foist responsibility off onto Congress or duck this issue. Get him on the record, define his position, identify his collaborators and water carriers in Congress and continue to ask him why, when his only support comes from the fringe, he's not supporting that fringe. If the response is, "that might force him into doing what we don't want." NEWSFLASH: He's going to do it anyway. So the point is accountability. Make him own what he is. Call out his alliances and make them plain to everyone. The press isn't going to do that, so a conservative GOP leader has to. Do we have any? Clinton stumbled on both of these. The latter defined his presidency from day one. The gun issue finished his far left allies in Congress. If we had a real leader in Congress, that leader would make sure Obama can’t foist responsibility off onto Congress or duck this issue. Get him on the record, define his position, identify his collaborators and water carriers in Congress and continue to ask him why, when his only support comes from the fringe, he’s not supporting that fringe.

If the response is, “that might force him into doing what we don’t want.” NEWSFLASH: He’s going to do it anyway. So the point is accountability. Make him own what he is. Call out his alliances and make them plain to everyone. The press isn’t going to do that, so a conservative GOP leader has to. Do we have any?

]]> By: tsquare http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2009/01/09/is-obama-set-to-repeat-clintons-big-mistake/#comment-2519 tsquare Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:50:40 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/?p=384#comment-2519 and have Obama veto a couple of wacko left bills only to sign a few not quite as wacko left bills... we (the GOP) could really be screwed and have Obama veto a couple of wacko left bills only to sign a few not quite as wacko left bills… we (the GOP) could really be screwed

]]> By: Scope http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2009/01/09/is-obama-set-to-repeat-clintons-big-mistake/#comment-2511 Scope Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:27:55 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/?p=384#comment-2511 Haven't the Dims bveen the ones working through the night to get this rag ready for Obama on day one? If Summers has anything to do with it, someone needs to remind him that there can only be one president and administration at a time. Haven’t the Dims bveen the ones working through the night to get this rag ready for Obama on day one? If Summers has anything to do with it, someone needs to remind him that there can only be one president and administration at a time.

]]> By: The_Gadfly http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/2009/01/09/is-obama-set-to-repeat-clintons-big-mistake/#comment-2510 The_Gadfly Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:23:06 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/brianfaughnan/?p=384#comment-2510 McConnell might actually switch to our side and oppose this crap squared sandwhich! What I don't understand, is that while you and I will probably object most vociferously to the job losses and other economic devastation in this plan, McConell and the rest of the politicial calculators who clearly don't care about that, ought to at least understand there's no political gain for them in going along with the plan. If the plan works, Obama gets credit and more Dems get elected. If the plan doesn't work, there's no differentiation of the Reps from the Dems to run on in the next election. McConnell might actually switch to our side and oppose this crap squared sandwhich!

What I don’t understand, is that while you and I will probably object most vociferously to the job losses and other economic devastation in this plan, McConell and the rest of the politicial calculators who clearly don’t care about that, ought to at least understand there’s no political gain for them in going along with the plan. If the plan works, Obama gets credit and more Dems get elected. If the plan doesn’t work, there’s no differentiation of the Reps from the Dems to run on in the next election.

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