09-03-2008, 10:10 AM
SteveO beat me to this, but...
... and before someone (cough, freeradical, cough) brings this up, yes, I am aware that correlation is not causation, and that, yes, it's possible Clinton was not responsible for this. But-- it's hard to deny that it happened under his leadership, and... it wouldn't have happened if, at the very least, he hadn't been doing things which at least did not work against it, if not encouraged it. So don't go spouting rubbish about the Republicans being the party of fiscal conservatism -- they haven't lived up to that reputation for some time now.
... and before someone (cough, freeradical, cough) brings this up, yes, I am aware that correlation is not causation, and that, yes, it's possible Clinton was not responsible for this. But-- it's hard to deny that it happened under his leadership, and... it wouldn't have happened if, at the very least, he hadn't been doing things which at least did not work against it, if not encouraged it. So don't go spouting rubbish about the Republicans being the party of fiscal conservatism -- they haven't lived up to that reputation for some time now.