From: paul@hsh.com
Newsgroups: alt.politics.bush,alt.politics.clinton
Subject: Re: Hey! Now It's All CLINTON's Fault!
Date: 5 Nov 92 22:38:33 GMT
Organization: HSH Associates

In article <2AF95C9C.7269@news.service.uci.edu>, jdooley@maemaster.eng.uci.edu (John R. Dooley) writes:
> In article <1992Nov4.153313.174@hsh.com> paul@hsh.com writes:
>>
>>In a perverse kind of way, it is sort of a relief that the left now runs 
>>the White House AND the Congress.
>>
>>Those of us who didn't endorse Clinton can now go from defense to offense,
>>and in fact, we'll enjoy ourselves (in a Pyrrhic kind of way). 
>>
>>Because from January 20, 1993 on, EVERY bad thing that happens will be
>>Clinton's fault.  Higher taxes.  Higher deficits.  More regulations.  More
>>spending.  Homelessness.  Pollution.  Hunger in Africa.  Drought in
>>California.  Everything will now be Clinton's fault -- just as everything
>>after January 1981 was Reagan's fault, and all bad events after January
>>1989 were Bush's fault (so sayeth the left). 
> 
> And, perhaps, you can blame him for higher economic growth, lower
> unemployment rates, health care costs under control, reduction of
> the deficit, etc. etc. 

Nope.  Y'all gotta be consistent.  After all, it's been drummed into our 
heads that the 1980s were a horrible, horrible time, the "decade of greed,"
where 18 million new jobs really weren't created (and anyway, if they
were, they were all burger-flippers and gas jockeys), median income really
didn't rise for every income quintile, bringing interest rates down from
21% was terrible, charitable donations really weren't up 23%, etc ad
nauseum barf. 

So we have to be consistent:  it stands to reason that since Reagan and
Bush didn't do anything good, neither will Clinton.  Hey, you can't change 
the rules *now.*

In short: lighten up.  ;)

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  |  my view, is central to any attempt we are going to make to have |
  |  a short term economic strategy and a long term fairness         |
  |  strategy, which is part of getting this country going again."   |
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