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W. and the damage done

President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.

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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 08:21 PM

    @Carmina

    Interesting. You know you are right because:

    Clinton was the WORST president US ever had, apart from FDR who had the Galls to introduce new deal and the damned social security which invested the suckers' money in Treasury Bonds instead of the high returns stock market.

    Second by producing a budget surplus, Clinton prevented many an stock broker from earning honest money and thus directly contributed to the Madoff affair.

    Thirdly by continuing to keep terrorist attacks off the US mainland, clinton failed to raise awareness of the real problem terror amongst US citizens by refusing any terrorists to attack US mainland through his stupid, stoid listening to his moronic intelligence chiefs.

    Fourthly by introducing medicare for the poor and elderly he stole money away from highly qualified and well paid doctors who could have provided better, high-priced medical care to those elderly who could have been treated faster by pledging their homes or heirlooms or borrowing from credit cards.

    Fifthly by forcing Freddie & Fannie Mae to extend loans to middle and low income groups to buy their first homes, he deprived the high income group from buying those properties thus practicing racial discrimination.

    Lastly his reduction of military budget steadily eroded US competitiveness in military action thus contributing to our spectacular defeat in Iraq. In a way Clinton was responsible for our defeat in Iraq as he had refused the military to buy its latest M1-Abrams and armor-proofed humvees.

    NOTE: For the rest of the majority who are NOT republicans, please note the above post was sarcasm. For Carmina it is bible as Carmina really believes God spoke through her to trust Bush as the only disciple of Jesus and that Katrina was god-sent to clean up the wicked people just like God sent Sodom and Gomorrah into ruins.

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