President Bill Clinton would like you to know he feels kind of bad now about some of the unintended consequences of the 1994 Crime Bill he signed, like the "three strikes" provision and some other stuff that led to prison overcrowding. Honestly, nobody could have seen it coming, except maybe all the progressives at the time who predicted the law would fill up the prisons with nonviolent drug offenders, and nobody cared much because who wants to be called soft on crime?
Nothing wrong with reviewing past decisions in light of subsequent events and questioning the reasoning behind them. Doing so is vitally important so that we don't keep repeating the same mistakes. But it's a little bit disingenuous to ask "what were they thinking?" when the real question is "what were we thinking?" Because as I recall the "three strikes" proposal was pretty darned popular with the public at the time. Passing it and signing it into law were seen by the general public as totally non-controversial actions that had broad bipartisan support. Yes, it was clearly wrong; no question there. We have plenty of reasons to question and reject the whole "lock 'em up" strategy. We should have done so back then. But we didn't and it's important to admit that. So to say "Damn Clinton" without also saying "Damn us" is more than a little bit dishonest.
I tend to agree, but the damage is still done and needs to be corrected. "Admitting you have a problem is the first step." Without ever admitting wrongdoing, we'll be saddled with the catastrophic effects of the Bush 2 Reign of Error for years and years to come.
Another eight years of Eternal War and trashing the economy for the sake of the Single Percentile will certainly teach us a lesson! And maybe politicians will learn to stop being the enemy of perfect! We're going to keeping hurting ourselves until the people who want us dead stop us!!
Also the Religious Freedom Restoration Act - intended to allow Native Americans to smoke the peyote, used now to deny gay weddings their dream pizza party.
Also DOMA and DADT.
Also he rather dropped the ball on the breakup of the Soviet Union and expanded NATO because we want to have a nuclear war to protect former Warsaw Pact states, I guess? Needlessly humiliating a former empire appears to be having some consequences.
Did he do ANYTHING right? Well he did apologize for allowing the genocide in Rwanda....
Frank Zappa thought that guy would make a great president, but then Frank thought the CIA invented HIV/AIDS, so never mind. If he were alive today he'd probably be a 9/11 truther.
All the policy things, and such, that the President, and like, proposed to do, with maps and such in U S America, was like, really ... bad, and so forth.
And let's be honest...we all miss blow job scandals. Why, just the other day I was thinking about Obama and blow jobs and....Wait, what were we talking about?
Nothing wrong with reviewing past decisions in light of subsequent events and questioning the reasoning behind them. Doing so is vitally important so that we don't keep repeating the same mistakes. But it's a little bit disingenuous to ask "what were they thinking?" when the real question is "what were we thinking?" Because as I recall the "three strikes" proposal was pretty darned popular with the public at the time. Passing it and signing it into law were seen by the general public as totally non-controversial actions that had broad bipartisan support. Yes, it was clearly wrong; no question there. We have plenty of reasons to question and reject the whole "lock 'em up" strategy. We should have done so back then. But we didn't and it's important to admit that. So to say "Damn Clinton" without also saying "Damn us" is more than a little bit dishonest.
I tend to agree, but the damage is still done and needs to be corrected. "Admitting you have a problem is the first step." Without ever admitting wrongdoing, we'll be saddled with the catastrophic effects of the Bush 2 Reign of Error for years and years to come.
Another eight years of Eternal War and trashing the economy for the sake of the Single Percentile will certainly teach us a lesson! And maybe politicians will learn to stop being the enemy of perfect! We're going to keeping hurting ourselves until the people who want us dead stop us!!
I'd much prefer not fucking up in the first place, but ya can't fix what ya can't even admit is broke
Wikipedia is your friend; it was the repeal of Glass-Steagall.
The Devil Newt Gingrich made him do it.
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Also the Religious Freedom Restoration Act - intended to allow Native Americans to smoke the peyote, used now to deny gay weddings their dream pizza party.
Also DOMA and DADT.
Also he rather dropped the ball on the breakup of the Soviet Union and expanded NATO because we want to have a nuclear war to protect former Warsaw Pact states, I guess? Needlessly humiliating a former empire appears to be having some consequences.
Did he do ANYTHING right? Well he did apologize for allowing the genocide in Rwanda....
He wasn't a Bush.
Frank Zappa thought that guy would make a great president, but then Frank thought the CIA invented HIV/AIDS, so never mind. If he were alive today he'd probably be a 9/11 truther.
shit, who, I mean really WHO, could have ever expected political triangulation to lead to terrible policy?
Amazing how many Prezzes have stupid younger brothers. Even the stupid one.
ding ding ding; we have a winner. that sums up everything wrong with the Clintons (disclaimer: I'll vote for Hillary over ANYONE in the GOP clown car)
All the policy things, and such, that the President, and like, proposed to do, with maps and such in U S America, was like, really ... bad, and so forth.
Is Marilyn Mosby running for President yet?
And let's be honest...we all miss blow job scandals. Why, just the other day I was thinking about Obama and blow jobs and....Wait, what were we talking about?
Shouldn't we all.