What do you miss most about the Clinton years?

[Sannum]

I miss the economic freedom that my family and I had.

I miss the feeling of safety and security, in more ways than one.

I miss going to bed and not worrying about what bullshit I would wake up to the next day.

I miss seeing Clinton on an almost daily basis.

I never thought it would be this bad.

[TriMetFan]

1. Everything but the Repuks.

[lonestarnot]

2. I miss not worrying about who is sneak'n around doin' God only knows

what. I miss being able to say Mr. President and writing it in capital letters. I miss his articulate manner. I miss having a President we could send out of country and not be embarrassed! I miss being liked by some of the other parts of the world. I miss the peace! I miss it all! I miss media that wasn't owned by corporate amerika. And so on and so on!

[FreedomAngel82]

19. I also miss not being paranoid

Since I have been studying the Bush administration and being politically aware I've been a lot more paranoid lately. x(

[lonestarnot]

29. You are not alone trust me! n/t

[Mr Rabble]

3. I miss rational debate.

I miss progress made.

I miss the good economy.

I miss the optimism.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Hope n/t

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[seabeyond]

5. i wasnt talking friggin religion all the time n/t

[Just Me]

6. Some sense of peace, security and hope for the future. n/t

[coloradodem2005]

7. Everything about them.

Because they were better than this. Furthermore, I don't understand why I have to be held responsible and pay for all the problems of the government and economy. If anything, I tried to help prevent them.

[solinvictus]

8. Peace..

Economic stability, putting out resumes and getting multiple offers within a week, having a President who gave a crap about America, and not being sincerely angry and ashamed at our nations policies abroad.

[Donailin]

10. Being able to live in love instead of fear.

I know we create our own reality on a lcoal level, and I was never so consumed with the local level as I am with the federal level, the global level, of what tomorrow will bring.

I have no optimism, no real hope. I can't shake it, this is NOT like me and I feel utterly at the mercy of some whack job in DC.

My curse is my desire to know everything about everything, and the more I know, the more dire things look.

I can't find any good news. You hear something, get a glimmer of hope, only to see that thing that should have had the nation screaming in protest is crushed under foot by the media. Can ANYONE gove me some good news?

[enid602]

11. Clinton

Surpluses! And the feeling that even though fewer funds were being spent, at least some of them were being spent to help people.

[alcuno]

I just miss Clinton.

I'm so sick of the whiny guy in the WH I can barely stand it.

[Erika]

12. I miss the UN giving a standing ovation to our President

as he united the world. I miss his hope and optimism. I miss his intellect and knowledge in world matters. I miss his humor and his humanity. I miss his caring for the U.S. common person rather than world corporatists. I miss his humility.

[FreedomAngel82]

22. Question with the UN and Clinton

Wasn't he the only president they ever stud for?

[Erika]

34. I do not know

But the UN gave him a standing ovation the week that the right-wingers tried to hang him. Instead, Livingston, Gingrich, etc abandoned DC after being exposed.

[phylny]

13. I miss press conferences where reporters actually asked

real questions, and President Clinton actually used coherent language in answering.

[BuyingThyme]

14. Freedom, democracy, America the beautiful, and all that crap.

(If there's a time to be corny, I guess this is it.)

[Scout]

15. Optimism.

Peace and prosperity. An intelligent president that I actually enjoyed hearing speak. A First Woman instead of first pussy.

I'm sure there's more.

[MrSlayer]

16. Working 12 months out of the year was good.

Since Chimpy's arrival I've been lucky to get 6 and I haven't worked at all this year. A strong economy was a great boon to the construction industry here.

[Undercover Owl]

42. low unemployment rate was nice...

But then I suppose unemployed people don't really want to work, do they? :sarcasm:

Seriously, though. The job market has been HORRIBLE since Emperor shrub took the throne. FReeps, try to deny that.

The economy was much better when Clinton was in office.

[Tinksrival]

17. Salad Days........

I miss the bridge to the twenty first century that Bush blew up.

I miss the future my kids should have had.

I feel bad for them....I did have the salad days, for a while. :cry:


Don't stop thinkin about tommorow.....don't stop, it will soon be here.
It will be here....better than before. Yesterdays gone...yesterdays gone. oohhh ...doncha look back... :cry:

[FreedomAngel82]

18. I'm with you

I was pretty young and growing up in the Clinton years (thank God) so I definietly miss those years. Education and the schools were definietly a lot better. I also miss when we used to have a well respected leader we could all be proud of. Bush is such an embarrassment.

[fooj]

20. Peace of mind...

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[nickshepDEM]

21. Everything. I dont remember much because I was so young...

But I remember things being better.

[Undercover Owl]

51. Yes, you remembered correctly.

Things were better.
I remember that I took the good economy, and all the other positive changes, for granted.

I took the Clinton presidency for granted. I thought he should have been more progressive, but at the time, I didn't realize that he was so in-tune with Americans, in general. So moderate. He wasn't perfect, but he WAS a hard worker. Shrub is NOT a hard worker. Shrub has LOUSY work ethic.

[Mikimouse]

23. Feeling confident and secure...n/t

[sellitman]

I miss having a President with an education.

Instead of the mental midget we have now.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

24. The words "oral sex" everyday on cable news.

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What about the children?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (perfectly punctuated, thank you very much).

[Undercover Owl]

37. LOL! what about the children?!

"oral sex" became a household phrase!
People were forced to think about oral sex more frequently than before, due to being reminded constantly. :9

I wonder if any studies were done to find out whether oral sex acts occurred more frequently among the general populace, during the Lewinsky scandal. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a spike in oral sex acts at that time in history!:think:

[Pool Hall Ace]

45. I don't have children, but if I did, I would much rather

talk to them about oral sex than worry about them being drafted into endless wars, or worry about paying for their health insurance, or worry about what the economy will be like when they grow up.

When Clinton was in office, I was learning about the stock market. Now, I don't want to go near the stock market pages.

When Clinton was in office, I was a non-exempt with paid overtime. Now I'm a non-exempt with more overtime hours but no more overtime pay.

And if I'm watching a TV someplace where I don't control the remote, I have to leave the room whenever Assface appears. Just the sound of his voice makes me want to hurl. :puke: That was never a problem with Big Dog.

[Kerrytravelers]

25. I miss everyone's thoughts and concerns mattering.

Not just the left's concerns, but Clinton spoke with those o nthe right, listening to them and working with them. He respected people, even when he disagreed strenously with them.

Balance. I miss the balance between the right and left in this country.

[Erika]

30. Clinton worked for compromise

Bush works for total dominance based on his view and the hell with the rest of Americans.

[Erika]

26. Bush's vision is of hate, fear, and gloom

and corporate profits.

[leftofthedial]

27. having a good-paying job

being able to travel withouth pretending to be Canadian

and I miss not being subjected to daily sleaze, hypocrisy and criminality by those in power.

Optimism has been replaced by fear an oppression. It's like a weight on the chest.

[kedrys]

28. Everything

I had a great job, everyone was happy, there were no rethugs in my neighborhood, I could get a good night's sleep, I could 1) watch the news and 2) not hurl or have my head explode...

Prolly would be shorter to list the things I don't miss...none of which come to mind right this second...

[Eloriel]

31. I don't miss the Clinton years any more

I miss living in a sane, safe world. Mostly sane world. I feel so completely like a fish out of water or an alien on a foreign planet, or perhaps like a character from some dull novel who's stuck in a world that doesn't make sense to her.

Or something.

The Clinton years seem SO far away, in the far, far distant past that they just don't seem to matter any more. Other than as a pleasant memory, that is. But that too almost seems surreal by this time. (DID it really happen that way??)

[CAG]

32. About 1500 good men and women...

An economy not based on a federal credit card...

Not being paranoid about what some Ashcroft crony is reading what I type in my emails...

Having a president with an IQ>65...

[Gyre]

33. I miss a sane man leading the only superpower in the world.

Gyre

[Erika]

36. and being respected by the world for it.

[sleipnir]

35. The Clinus.

n/t

[barb162]

38. everything seemed better back then

[barb162]

39. including international relations

[proud2BlibKansan]

40. Intelligent leadership

that's what I miss the most.

[Undercover Owl]

44. very succinctly put!

nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

50. I was going to say

a prez who reads a newspaper.

[Cleita]

41. After twelve years of Reagan/Bush he gave us hope that

we were at last taking the right path into the next century and the next millenium. He so turned things around for the better in so many ways. I too never thought we would be here in this low, low place after Clinton.

[Tux]

43. I miss

The good income I had. Wasn't great but making $16,000 a year with a part time job was good.

The innovative businesses that appeared.

Explosion of education, science books, and the openness of intellectuals.

The hope of a better tomorrow and faith that it would continue.

Seeing pics of Clinton honoring Hatsumi Senei (grandmaster of ninjutsu) then later Clinton making a speech on the Martian meteorite.

And

An economy that said, "Work hard and you can have it all!"

[Tactical Progressive]

46. The trajectory

The country was getting better economically, and the information age promised it would get better still. There was an almost unlimited optimism in the future.

Greenspan and Bush took care of that problem.

[Skittles]

47. having a real president who could speak without a teleprompter

just that alone is worth missing

[kcass1954]

48. I miss honesty in the administration.

The only thing Clinton lied about was personal. I never felt he was lying to me about the important stuff.

[Blue Diadem]

49. I miss always having hope

that no matter what happened, things could and would get better. I haven't had that feeling since Bush took office.

There was also a comforting feeling with Clinton. Bush behaves like some fool who is scared to death of his own citizens and the rest of the world. He blunders through the day making an ass of himself. Clinton was confident, Bush is an embarassment.

I miss being proud of our President.

[AnnitaR]

52. I miss Bill!

I miss the way we were viewed around the world when he was President. The photos of his trips to other countries were always so amazing. People loved him everywhere he went.

They still do.

There are a lot of things I miss but that is probably what I miss the most because I fear it is something that we are never going to get back.

[ngGale]

53. Miss seeing happy, smiling people...

now we see scared, angry, crazy people.

I miss feeling secure and independent, trusting that I could go to bed and the world would still be here upon my awakening. I could count on Bill Clinton being up all night, taking care of any crisis we faced as a country. He could also smile while taking a proverbial Repug beating. He didn't rule with fear - and he could have, considering event's that happened. He chose to handle most issues without our really knowing. I thank him for that, his smiles, while treating us with respect as a people. The best thing about having Bill Clinton - the rest of the world loved him as much as we did - and still do.

Bush is ever worse than I thought. He has surpassed even my expectations, or lack thereof. He's distant, remote and cold - I can't think of one good point he has. IMO, he makes this country feel like an abused child.

[yurbud]

54. the story buried on A26 was usually good news

Clinton's dick was on A1, but when you got to the back of the A section, you saw that he made them add college to the welfare reform bill instead of just sending them to McDonald's, or something else that got little to know coverage but would help working people.

[Vektor]

55. I miss having a President that I actually LIKED. n/t

[Jamastiene]

56. Hope

There was something on tv about Hope, Arkansas and Clinton. I remember the end of the 80's and that horrid, wretched feeling of hopelessness I felt. And, of course, Bush Part I said my generation didn't matter because we were all slackers. I remember hearing "Don't Stop" when I was watching Clinton. That song had the most signifigance when associated with Clinton and the Clinton years. So between being able to have hope once again, like I did during the Clinton years, and what that song represented to me back then, I believe that was what I would have to say I miss MOST. The others you mentioned are definitely on my list as well. Plus, I felt like the country was safer back then, which is why my head hits the roof when anyone claims the repugs are better at national security than dems/progressives. We WERE safer under Clinton from outside threats. Right wing wacko groups were the biggest threat then. If you keep up with hate group activity, it's obvious which side is the most law abiding. That would be ours.

[Dees]

57. An intelligent saxophone playing man with a REAL sense of humor.

He gave us opportunity, hope and peace.

[laylah]

58. Peace and prosperity

along with the worldwide RESPECT of our once great country.

Jenn

[MiniMe]

59. Feeling Safe n/t

[0007]

60. Listening to the right wing cry

[Deja Q]

61. While I disliked many of his policies (I'm left, not corporate centrist)

I did like the facade of freedom, with freedom to have any employer that I wanted because it was a booming decade.

I did like feeling readily optimistic, without one iota of fear.

[izzybeans]

62. I'd say money, sanity, and the sex, the sex was good too n/t

[Tsiyu]

63. I miss making a decent living most of all

and not having to deal with freaks like the idiot in a big pickem-up truck on the road last week, who got out at a red light to rub and polish and act like he was worshipping his W'04 stickers pasted all over his rear window.

I swear, the guy was psycho. They're all psychos.

I miss open discussion about issues, and having a Statesman for a leader rather than an imbecile.