Completely awful, but also this:
Bad! Though the main blame goes to congressional Republicans and not Billy.
Obviously terrible, but context is important. The Democratic Party, Congress, and public opinion were all very right wing during this period. Laying it all at the feet of Bill is asinine. I don't know why so many people have trouble grasping the fact that Congress is a thing.
Even Bill himself has many regrets from his Presidency. A lot of people condemn him for DOMA as well, nevermind that the Republican Congress dumped it on President Clinton's desk six weeks before the 1996 election. His veto would have either been overridden or may have even prompted Congress to send a constitutional amendment to the states (even a more limited "states rights" amendment would have prevented Obergefell last year). The crime bill also had some particularly nasty provisions, but general public was gung-ho on law and order back then. Do remember that Gallup recorded the highest support ever for the death penalty in September 1994, at an 80-16 margin. Bill Clinton could have fought everything we now know and believe as wrong, but do you not think that would have made him a one-termer? Imagine what a President Dole would have done alongside Speaker Gingrich in 1997. He probably would have been a one-termer as well, but imagine the Contract with America on steroids.
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