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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E. T. who wrote (188623)	10/3/2001 12:38:30 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

under mr. bill we had the foundation of rot that lead to Sept 11. Under Presidents before mr. bill we saw the downfall of an enemy that could destroy the world. so if you wish to extol that stupid mr. bill did wonders for the economy by leaving America open to disaster and that's your idea of good, well your a fool. Eight years mr. bill picked who would run CIA and that created a CIA that could not. tom watson tosiwmee

To: E. T. who wrote (188623)	10/3/2001 1:10:17 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

You are quite wrong. The recession was caused by the Fed using high interests rates to flush out "stagflation", which had been hovering over the economy through Carter's term. The recession was a result of Carter's policies. The S&L debacle had been brewing for years prior to the Reagan Administration, and was primarily a matter of Congressional decisions. The Reagan Administration had one of the longest peacetime expansions in our history, after 82, and also drove down inflation. Further, the Bush recession (largely a result of base closings) was very brief, and the economy was in recovery, according to revised federal figures, long before Clinton took office. The first couple of years, the economy grew at about the rate it had under Bush, but really took off after the election of the Republican Congress. Also, support of the mujaheddin began in the Carter Administration, and did not automatically lead to the Taliban taking power, and Iraq, well, we accomplished our limited objectives, but Saddam proved to be more durable than had been expected.........

To: E. T. who wrote (188623)	10/3/2001 1:16:46 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Clinton entered office during the continuing Reagan Boom. The economy was growing at over 4% when Clinton first disgraced office. The high interest rates and the recession at the start of Reagan were the result of Carter policies. Similarly, Bush and Cheney warned a recession was probable before they entered office. The NAS had already crashed under Clinton and the markets were predicting a recession. So Clinton left a huge mess. In recent decades, Dem regimes always leave office with the economy tanking - among their other messes. Republicans always wind up restoring the economy and the rest.