"John H" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:50:44 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:28:41 +0000, Calif Bill wrote:


Whatever President Bill's shortcomings, he is damned smart,
well-informed, and articulate. On the other hand, Dubya keeps his
pants
zipped. So far as we know.

Neither makes for a great President.

I thought "Slick Willie" was a rather apt name for Clinton, but during
his
Presidency, I developed a grudging respect for his competence. What
surprises me, is that some hold such a deep hatred for the man. After
all, his time was relatively uneventful and prosperous. Now, I will
admit
to an anti-Bush bias, predominately because of Iraq, but what astounds
me,
is that some are calling Bush one of our greatest Presidents. I just
don't understand it.

Personally, I don't think there is all that hatred of Clinton. He wasn't
bad. I
think what you see a lot are comparisons to Clinton when someone starts
putting
the knife in Bush's back. Very often a comparison to Clinton is
appropriate
simply because he did the same thing or something close to it.

As to Bush being one of our greatest Presidents, and your inability to
understand it, accept it on faith.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I will not go along with one of the greatest. He may go down as a good one.
Great would be cutting back on a lot of the Pork, getting Feds out of most
of the Dept. of Education crap and letting the states have their one money
to educate the children. Give guidelines or certain milestones on
requirements, but not controlling the complete curriculum via the purse
strings. Spend the money on the interstate highway system as needed, and
cut the funds to the arts and entertainment. Is not the Federal
Governments job to support the A&E! Add what you think should be cut. As
to the Defense budget, I think it is still only about 20% of the total
budget.