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To: bentway who wrote (530232)	11/18/2009 12:00:36 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574439

We could have had a Clinton but got an O'Bummer.

To: bentway who wrote (530232)	11/18/2009 12:38:43 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574439

Bentway, when pasting links, it helps to read them first: > To keep the government running in times of deficit, it is necessary to increase the limit of debt that the Treasury Department is authorized to accrue. In response to Clinton's unwillingness to make the budget cuts that the Republicans wanted, Newt Gingrich threatened to refuse to raise the debt limit, putting the country in default, which would presumably have had political consequences for Clinton. Looks like it was Clinton who didn't want to cut spending. Tenchusatsu

To: bentway who wrote (530232)	11/18/2009 11:01:15 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 1574439

I've read that story both ways. Gingrich and Clinton were on a collision course, it's true, but both parties claim that they were trying to get the government to hold the line on spending or they'd force it into a shut down. Here's a quote from the link you posted: "In response to Clinton's unwillingness to make the budget cuts that the Republicans wanted" Either way, I think Bush Sr., Gingrich, and Clinton can be given credit for broad-based fiscal discipline. The point isn't to vilify Clinton, it's to vilify Bush Junior, who was the single worst President this country has seen in my lifetime.