I still don't understand why Republicans hate him. Consider his accomplishments:
* Passed NAFTA, a trade agreement supported by the GOP
* Led the attack on the remnants of the social safety net, signing Republican-written welfare "reform" (and smirking that "the era of Big Government is over")
* Signed the Defense of Marriage Act banning same-sex marriage in an appeal to religious conservatives... and a vicious little jab at the gay activists who had supported him
* Fought for the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, expanding the federal death penalty and limiting prisoners' rights
* Favored wide use of American power abroad, with "interventions" in the Balkans; also laid the groundwork for the current debacle by calling for regime change in Iraq
* Made "balancing the budget" his top concern at the expense of social spending, following the counsel of conservative Wall Street advisors
And on, and on. Seriously, why do conservatives hate him? Were his wars not disastrous enough to gain their approval, or what? He would have been considered too far to the right to lead the Democratic ticket in earlier years. Actually, on balance he was a pretty dreadful President.
Because of the "D", and that huge right-wing smear campaign obviously - after 12 years of laziness republicans were too used to their little arrangements in Washington even if the silly little electorate had a different opinion on that.
And I always have when someone calls Clinton "left-wing" though he gets alot of credit from me for his role of Northern Ireland and his foreign policy. By default the best US president since the War (not that that is hard or anything...)
By "the War" you mean WWII, I assume? I'd probably agree with you.
