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In reply to the discussion: I often wonder if he were Caucasian with a different name [View all]Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)57. Bill Clinton
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back to the despicable tactic of broadly hinting that people who don't support the President
cali
Jan 2014
#4
I don't dislike him. I find him extremely likable. I think he's probably a good human being
cali
Jan 2014
#2
And again, you guys are unable to separate disagreement with issues and 'hate'.
laundry_queen
Jan 2014
#69
He would be the greatest President ever and would have gotten a D Congress throughout
treestar
Jan 2014
#5
I would think mostly the same as far as policies go, and probably think less of him if he were
quinnox
Jan 2014
#8
You need to add 'and was from a silver spoon family.' They hated Clinton because he grew up poor. nt
onehandle
Jan 2014
#9
Erm...but Clinton left himself wide open with a personal character flaw.
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2014
#36
of course that isn't true, but can you succinctly state what he's done that you think merits him
cali
Jan 2014
#17
OK. The Economic recovery that isn't. I'll give you expanded healthcare coverage although
cali
Jan 2014
#30
...then slightly over 50% of the population can't be too racist to vote for a black man.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2014
#37
IIRC, Reagan, Clinton, and Dim Son were substantially higher at this point. nt
MannyGoldstein
Jan 2014
#48
It's impossible to know, because there's never been a white Democratic presi... hey, wait a minute!
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2014
#23
I don't know....."Bill Clinton" was about as caucasian sounding as you could get.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2014
#49
I don't know. They hated Bill Clinton with a passion too. They fear anything that is different
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#77
Oh they would go after his record. But not as hard. If people were given a chance to
applegrove
Jan 2014
#91
If he still had the same policies, I'd still think him a "centrist" rather than a progressive.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2014
#98