bill clinton

Bill Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States, serving two terms in the oval office from 1993 until 2001. Although the Clinton presidency was marked by economic prosperity, including record low inflation and unemployment as well as an all-too-rare balanced budget, the Clinton years were also plagued by political scandal.

Despite enjoying near record high public approval ratings, scandals like Whitewater and Travelgate, as well as several well publicized extra-marital dalliances left a mark on Clinton, and in 1998 he became the second U.S. president in history to be impeached by congress, as a result of alleged improprieties with intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton however remained in office to serve out his second term as president when the Senate failed to convict him.

In 2008, Clinton's wife Hillary mounted an unsuccessful campaign for the Democratic nomination for President, which she lost to Barack Obama. She later accepted Obama's appointment to become Secretary of State in the Obama administration. Clinton continues to support causes such as AIDS research through the efforts of his Clinton Foundation. In 2009, former President Clinton once again made news by winning the release of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who had been imprisoned for 140 days in North Korea.

On the blogosphere, you'll find Clinton fans at sites like Huffington Post, as well as his detractors at sites like World Net Daily.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “bill clinton”

 

• Heartsick

  
  The Pink Flamingo — Authority: 116
  What The Pink Flamingo is seeing with Mitt Romney is making me heartsick.  Last week I had some hope.  I now have none.  I will never ever ever vote for Mitt Romney.  I don’t care who he blackmails into running for VP or what the pundits say.  I don’t like people like Romney. He is a lounge lizard.  He has ...
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• Obama’s Faux Populism Sounds Like Bill Clinton

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 697
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• To The Moon, Alice

  
  Ian Andrew Bell — Authority: 85
  Why is it that every time a politician feels themselves sagging in the polls, they invoke some improbable, obviously impossible, pipe dream about the space program?  This pantomime is almost invariably played out in front of a NASA audience in Cape Canaveral, involves some completely ludicrous timeframe, and involved ...
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• Bill Clinton without the charm

  
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  Is a perfect description of Newt Gingrich, according to Emmett Tyrell. Naturally, Gingrich is not at all fond of the frequently-made comparison: Newt Gingrich insisted Wednesday in Miami that there was nothing similar about his personal failings and those of Bill Clinton—even though both men were having ...
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• Little Big Differences: Rivalry as an Organizational Design Strategy

  
  Random Focus — Authority: 102
  In 1917, Sigmund Freud coined the phrase, “the narcissism of small differences,” suggesting that our greatest hatred is directed towards those most similar to us. Although he was referring to adjoining tribes, the phrase can just as easily apply to other situations. It is a phenomenon that describes human ...
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• Gingrich: The Republican Bill Clinton

  
  Good Sense — Authority: 98
  Clinton and Gingrich with their mistresses, circa 1995. Are Republicans about to elect Clintons Republican equivalent to the White House? Last Saturday South Carolinian Republicans did an amazing thing: they declared to the world that personality is more important than moral character in a president.  They ...
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• Obamas Campaign 2012 Energy Ad

  
  Cutting Through The Fog — Authority: 103
  Just last week, Obamas 2012 campaign team released this video:Now, while theres a lot that I could take issue with in this ad, there is one thing that is simply a blatant lie.At the tail end of this video, the narrator states: "for the first time in 13 years, our dependence of foreign oil is below 50%". I guess from ...
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• Bubba Takes The Cake: At last, the Clinton Legacy

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 468
  -By Daniel Clark Former White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier likes Bill Clinton, so there’s no reason he would have made up the story he told at the Katzen Center for the Arts, as cited by an article in Washingtonian magazine’s Capital Comment Blog. Not that there would be any reason to doubt him, since [...]
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• I also think that the diffusion of the media has complicated...

  
  brooklynmutt — Authority: 580
  I also think that the diffusion of the media has complicated things. For example, I was just watching — I don’t know if you heard what I said in the other room — I was just watching MSNBC, and they had a woman that used to work for me and a couple of other people on there, and they were talking about the ...
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• Tidbits from Wednesday at the Humana Challenge

  
  Wei Under Par — Authority: 494
  The Shark As you may have noticed — especially those whose jobs rely on Wikipedia (like mine) — there was an Internet blackout to protest SOPA . Now I’m horrified WUP even published anything on Wednesday, but so be it. I spent the afternoon (weather couldn’t be more perfect, by the way, and I may have even ...
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• Bill Clintons post-mortem on 2010

  
  xpostfactoid — Authority: 504
  In an in-depth interview in Esquire , Bill Clinton delivers a detailed recap of recent U.S. political history thats for the most part economically determinist: Democrats were bound to win in 08, Republicans in 10.  But I have one bone to pick. Clinton alleges a couple of messaging errors & omissions on Obamas ...
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• Oh Noes! Romney tax rate at 15%!

  
  The Ponds of Happenstance — Authority: 116
  Google "Romney 15%." Go ahead, try it. Or google "Romney tax rate." Look at all those people pontificating on the subject. Theyre everywhere. Even at the Wall Street Journal . The outrage is brimming over. Then theres the money Romney made through speaking engagements. Outrageous! Has the man no shame? How dare he ...
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• Former president Bill Clinton calls MSNBC “our version of Fox.”

  
  Bluegrass Pundit — Authority: 477
  He meant to say the MSNBC id the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party. (Politico) — Former president Bill Clinton has turned media critic – dubbing MSNBC “our version of Fox.” Clinton told  Esquire magazine  MSNBC has become just like Fox News — and he blames the insatiable demand for cable news ...
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• Floridas Marco Rubio Joins Backlash to PIPA Bill

  
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  SAN DIEGO — Republicans think that Marco Rubio is a sort of magic elixir that can instantly cure what ails them. And what is this ailment? Its the fact that many Latinos — especially Mexicans and Mexican-Americans who represent more than two-thirds SAN DIEGO — Republicans think that Marco Rubio is a sort of ...
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• Now this is Tebowing I could enjoy…..

  
  IowaDawg's Blawg — Authority: 124
  I saw any good looking woman tebowing like this, I would join her real quick! (unless wife was with me, then I could not) From HERE. ### by Andrew Restuccia – The Hill President Obama’s jobs council called Tuesday for an “all-in approach” to energy policy that includes expanded oil-and-gas drilling as well as ...
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• Normans appearance in desert a testament to Clinton

  
  Local Knowledge — Authority: 109
  LA QUINTA, Calif. - As Greg Norman walked into the interview room Wednesday at the Humana Challenge, he was kidded by a long-time acquaintance who asked what he was doing there. With that trademark smile, Norman tapped the logo of the Clinton Foundation on the microphone he was holding and said, "That right there, you ...
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• Thomas Caplan “The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen”

  
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  A former covert operative turned movie star returns to the life of espionage once again — and with a huge, world-saving mission — in Thomas Caplan ‘s thriller “The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen.” Ty Hunter is a strong, handsome, charismatic star. But the task before him is a lot tougher than acting. ...
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• Newt Gingrich Called Segregationist by Muslim-American Group, Criticized by Former Presidents Clinton & Carter

  
  The Hinterland Gazette — Authority: 524
  Newt Gingrich Called Segregationist by Muslim-American Group, Criticized by Former Presidents Clinton & Carter (Wikipedia) They are coming out in full force against Newt Gingrich, on both sides, Democrats and Republicans. This infighting in the Republican Party and among the presidential candidates is only ...
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• Bill Clinton Liked It Better When There Was Less Competition In The Media

  
  Say Anything — Authority: 607
  Former President Bill Clinton described MSNBC as “our version of Fox,” but more interesting than that comparison is Clinton’s views on the evolution of media in general. He considers all this new political and news content made possible by mediums like cable and the internet to be a bad thing : The existence ...
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• Will Humana become more than a golf tournament?

  
  Jacksonville sports news - Jacksonville.com and The Florida Times-Union — Authority: 657
  PGA Tour events have raised more than $1 billion for charity. But how many events do more than just write a check? The Humana Challenge could be the new model for a golf tournament in terms of walking the walk for charitable concerns. Formerly the Bob Hope Classic, this weeks Humana Challenge begins the first year ...
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