clinton was actually very middle of the road, and he wasn't that bad, unless you were a young chubby white secretary. he only got elected because he went on mtv and arsenio and appealed to my generation. he was the first president i voted for, and a lot of my gen thought he cared about us since - and this is bigger than you think - did impromptu mtv interviews and answered questions about what kind of underwear he wore. it seems cringe, but for a candidate to make himself so vulnerable and available and ingratiate himself to the youth, that was a big deal. people can say what they want about him, but he was actually conservative. he started the welfare to work rule where people on welfare had to hold jobs to continue getting benefits after a certain period, he banned fags from the military, and he lowered taxes on the middle class. he was even the first president in decades to have a budget surplus and the national debt decreased under administration. he pandered a lot though. the undisputed master of it, in fact.
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