posted August 28, 2008
President Clinton gave a fantastic speech in which he spoke about his prosperous presidency which created an economic boom in the 1990s. What he intentionally left out is that in the six years of his eight-year reign, President Clinton had a conservative Republican Congress who kept him accountable regarding America's fiscal situation at the time.
The Republican Congress made the effort which allowed for a balanced budget and a surplus thereby triggering economic prosperity.
That, ladies and gentleman, is the truth and reality he chose not to mention.
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That's funny because anytime you hear about the good things that the Republicans did after the 1994 "Revolution", you never hear them mention Bill Clinton either. I guess it works both ways.
I'm not a big Bill Clinton fan, but it did take cooperation from both to pass laws. Its not as one-sided as everyone wants to make it.
Ben Schulz
Chattanooga
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Mr. Carl Miller was quick to point out that President Clinton had a Republican Congress who kept him accountable regarding America's fiscal situation.
Didn't President George W. Bush have the same Republican Congress (House and Senate) for six years? Why didn't they help Bush? If I remember correctly, when President Clinton left the White House we had a surplus. Now we owe 10 trillion. That is $10,000,000,000.00 Did the Republican Congress not like Bush or something?
I am surprised that Obama or anyone else would even want to take over the White House after eight years of Bush.
If you like paying $40 a gallon for gasoline, $2 a dozen for eggs, A big increase in water, sewer and electric bills and everything else, then you need to vote for McCain.
Max Payne
Copperhill, Tn.
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Oops, missed the punch bowl with that one.
Could we please compare similar fruits if we're going to make comparisons? To do otherwise is nuts.
President Clinton left office with what appeared to be a budget surplus, at least on paper, but still had significant national debt. He also left office with a nation headed into recession with the actual figures having been hidden for almost a year and the so-called "day traders" a'fixin' ta lose their collective tushis. We had a "dot-com" industry that had been built upon the premise that a business could be started, run, and then sold at a profit without ever earning a profit ... without even the intent of earning a profit ... which sounds suspiciously like government. I'll never forget the day I called a friend during the year double naught:
Moi - "How's things Ern?"
Ern - "Let me call you back in a couple of days. Already today I've lost 11 grand, every stock I own is headed south on a bullet train, and it's only 9:30 in the morning."
Then, just after President Bush took office and it was becoming painfully evident that the country was in dire financial trouble we got hit with the most serious attack on American soil ever. Almost 3,000 people were killed for no more serious crime than to be going to work in the morning. This included men, women, and children ... most of them civilians.
To be sure, our Republican controlled congress at the time did my children and grandchildren no favors as they spent like drunken government functionaries who've never had a real job in their lives. Neither did President Bush do them any favors as he refused to break out that VETO pen, but what has the Democratically controlled congress done in the last two years? They not only continued the trend, but accelerated it. Their policies have almost doubled the price of gas and they've required that we burn what had been food in our gas tanks. Now there's real wisdom, eh? And then we have those who want to run down the road at 25 miles an hour, wearing their skinny nuthin's on two whimpy little wheels, with 18 wheelers and cars that weigh 3,000 pounds, expecting to be treated equally on the roads when, at the same time, they don't see any reason to obey the same rules of the road. Corn squeezins are for drinking, not pouring into a gas tank.
A jar of my Folger's instant has increased by 50% ... in the last year and a half.
Shredded cheese for The Girls' breakfast has almost doubled. A bell pepper was a buck and a half at Wally's joint last week. We're being invaded by illegals daily. A loaf of bread, the cheap stuff that's not fit for much more than feeding the ducks at Soddy Lake, is almost 2 bucks.
And we're supposed to trust any of them? Phooey!
I need chocolate, while I'm contemplating global warming and watching the outside thermometer dip below 70 degrees after a high today that didn't even reach 90 ... in August.
Royce E. Burrage Jr.
Royce@OfficiallyChapped.org
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