I will say that Eisenhower, Reagan, and Clinton had successful second terms for the most part.
Ike-1958 and 1960 recessions
Reagan-Iran-Contra
Clinton-Impeachment
Those are all minor. I've never heard anything bad about the 50's. How bad of a recession was it. The 1960 Presidential Election made the US look like heaven so Ike must have left on a good note. Ronald Reagan wasn't effected badly by that scandal and obviously recovered in no time. Clinton was popular when he left office because the GOP fell for his trick and went after his affair when there were 900 other things he could've been impeached for.
900 Things? Really? Didnt Kenneth Star investigate him for 8 years and spend 80 million dollars, and didnt come up with one thing except for the lying under oath. Talk about a witch hunt. Too bad we didnt have an independent counsel when Dubya was in office. I would love to have seen that investigation, and trial that would have resulted.
1. He ATTEMPTED TO LEGALIZE DOMESTIC SPYING after the Oklahoma City bombing. Nixon was accused of this in WATERGATE!!! (This could've been avoided without Waco.)
2. He issues an executive order to SEARCH PUBLIC HOUSING WITHOUT A WARRANT.
3. Communications "Decency Act" which would've outlawed discussing abortion online.
4. The David Koresh raid. Koresh COULD'VE BEEN ARRESTED IN THAT TOWN instead of the ridiculous riots that took place at his home. There would've been NO OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING without the Waco incident.
5. He made up the bogus accusation of child abuse to storm into Waco which IS NOT A FEDERAL OFFENSE. Texas was capable of taking care of that themselves.
6. WARS IN HAITI, SOMALIA, and BOSNIA WITHOUT A CLEAR PURPOSE (Bush was clear as to why we invaded Iraq).
7. The appointment of Janet Reno who participated in MISTREATING PRISONERS in Dade County. Oh that's right, it's ok to MISTREAT PRISONERS as long as they are AMERICAN CITIZENS. He had a second class view of American citizens.
8. Clinton sent terror suspects to countries where they could be TORTURED!!!
9. White House for sale. He rented rooms in the White House to foreigners and used the money towards his 1996 reelection campaign.
10. No effort was done to understand McVeigh's motivations.
