The Clinton era..was it really that good for America?

Published: January 8, 2008, 11:56 pm

With Hillary declared the winner in the first primary of the silly season Tuesday night, lets pause to consider the results of the last Clinton in the White House.Whatever you think of Hillary and her politics, one thing is abundantly clear; she is riding on the coattails of her husbands eight years as President. A good yardstick of what will happen under a Clinton44 reign can be read in those ancient tea leaves of Clinton42's era. My point-of-view is that, as progressives, with Bill Clinton we were in the frying pan and the heat was on high. We then jumped into the fire with the election of George Bush..but I digress.David Morris dissects the first Clinton's time in office very well this week in an Alternet article. I also tear into the Clinton's, the DCCC and the Clinton's personal democratic PAC known as the DLC here.Bill Clinton, with the flourish of his pen, changed the course of all telecommunications. He signed into law the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This act allowed a

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