In Reply to: left hand turn posted by late on February 23, 2000 at 06:56:43:
While I beleive Nixon and Clinton may have some maelevolent characteristics in common, I find it hard to stomach that Clinton may be considered a better president. Sure Nixon's handling of the economy may have been less than deft but we can find an easy parallel in Clinton's handling of our foreign policy. Take a look at the legacy of each. Nixon: The beginning of the end of the cold war (recognition of both USSR and China as our equals on the world stage). Don't forget that Watergate led to lasting government reforms involving scope of presidential activities, disclosure of information and additional power for Congress. Clinton- while our economy has benefited from his benign neglect our foreign policy is in a shambles. Russia, China, Korea, European Union, most of the middle east all consider us a laughing stock. His legacy: act, then worry about the letter of the law. I think even the most jaded Democrat would agree that Clinton has cheapened and degraded the office of the President by his obtuse replies, semantic shifts and refusal to comply with Congressinal requests. Not to mention his (admited) immoral acts.Ross Lipman
rl1856@ix.netcom.com
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- Re: left hand turn - Ross Lipman 13:54:56 02/23/00 (32)
- comparison - late 19:14:27 02/23/00 (29)
- agreed - Mart 19:34:07 02/23/00 (28)
- agreed - late 20:13:24 02/23/00 (27)
- Re: agreed - Mart 23:42:32 02/23/00 (26)
- Did *I* start all this? - Victor Khomenko 05:30:06 02/24/00 (25)
- ooops - late 05:33:04 02/24/00 (24)
- Help me out, someone... - Victor Khomenko 06:17:50 02/24/00 (23)
- Re: Help me out, someone... - Richard Jura 05:40:01 02/25/00 (20)
- Scumbag Presidents - Victor Khomenko 09:08:33 02/25/00 (19)
- Re: Scumbag Presidents - Richard Jura 13:11:31 02/25/00 (1)
- Re: Scumbag Presidents - Victor Khomenko 13:56:49 02/25/00 (0)
- "Absolute Power" - Mart 11:42:02 02/25/00 (5)
- C'mon, guys, we are going for the longest thread... let's not blow it! Just a few more, just a few...NT's count too!!! (nt) - Victor Khomenko 15:15:33 02/25/00 (4)
- Re: C'mon, guys, we are going for the longest thread... let's not blow it! Just a few more, just a few...NT's count too!!! (nt) - Richard Jura 18:21:02 02/25/00 (3)
- Keep them coming!!! And speaking of Dick... - Victor Khomenko 18:32:36 02/25/00 (2)
- In case you wanted to lengthen it further. - Mart 02:03:29 02/27/00 (0)
- "Nick Tortelli" from "CHEERS" - Mart 19:46:30 02/25/00 (0)
- woof - late 10:23:31 02/25/00 (10)
- closest to a political movie I liked was SPEECHLESS [nt - Mart 19:35:54 02/25/00 (9)
- i liked Being There for it's prescience, was an eerie feeling... - late 20:18:38 02/25/00 (8)
- there you go again - Mart 21:53:44 02/25/00 (6)
- saw 'Being There' when it first came out... - late 05:11:54 02/26/00 (5)
- I was wrong ... - Mart 17:51:14 02/26/00 (4)
- related stuff - late 09:18:00 02/27/00 (3)
- hope this helps ... - Mart 19:39:13 02/27/00 (2)
- Re: hope this helps ... - late 08:31:04 02/28/00 (1)
- Re: hope this helps ... - Mart 15:02:42 02/28/00 (0)
- Re: i liked Being There for it's prescience, was an eerie feeling... - Richard Jura 21:07:19 02/25/00 (0)
- PS ... - Mart 16:11:11 02/24/00 (0)
- you got it ... - Mart 16:03:02 02/24/00 (0)
- Re: left hand turn - Mart 15:47:17 02/23/00 (1)
- Re: left hand turn - Ross Lipman 11:04:25 02/24/00 (0)