09-03-2008, 03:07 PM
[quote PeterB]
... 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. .
Bill Clinton got on the elevator at the right time. The cold war was over and defense spending was dramatically cut. Let's also not forget that a Democrat, I mean Republican controlled Congress sent Clinton budgets that restrained spending.
Oh, I like your graphics; they are indeed silly examples that do nothing to prove what caused an event. One could just as easily substitute "Congress" for "President" in each graph to "prove" a point.
... 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. .
Bill Clinton got on the elevator at the right time. The cold war was over and defense spending was dramatically cut. Let's also not forget that a Democrat, I mean Republican controlled Congress sent Clinton budgets that restrained spending.
Oh, I like your graphics; they are indeed silly examples that do nothing to prove what caused an event. One could just as easily substitute "Congress" for "President" in each graph to "prove" a point.