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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (17636)7/17/2002 11:41:49 AM
From: Original Mad Dog  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
"Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Remember that? Just one of many examples.
Now if you want to argue that the President has little to do with the economy, I'll go along with that. That's Steven's position. But it also means Clinton was a poseur, a liar, a fool, or an ignoramus.

If using that line makes a President a poseur, liar, fool, or ignoramus, then Ronald Reagan was all of those.....he used the line over and over and over again during his 1980 Presidential campaign. He ended the final debate with a direct question:

Reagan's closing remarks
In his closing remarks, Ronald Reagan asked a simple yet devastating question that would resonate with voters in 1980 and beyond: "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" For many voters, the answer was clearly "No."


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Clinton took credit for something which all Presidents take credit for when it happens on their watch.
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