Would the economy be better for average people if Clinton was still Prez

The oil companies wouldn't like it so much. Then remember the those hybrid cars Al Gore was forcing Detroit to build.

Maybe they would have had innovation shoved up their........

world hate us? Would we even have a deficit? I just...can't...go....:cry: ...on.

As for dimson, there's this to consider...


We Should of Had Him

by Larry C. Johnson on December 29, 2005

The book the CIA didn't want you to read, JAWBREAKER by Gary Berntsen, is out and it kills. I've sent Gary a nasty note because his story kept me up till 4 am today. Just couldn't put it down. Gary spent most of this year battling CIA censors, who were refusing to release the book. They insisted on excising parts of the story that have already appeared in other books about CIA operations in Afghanistan written by Steve Coll and another CIA veteran, Gary Schroen.

Gary Berntsen was the second CIA officer sent to Afghanistan and put in charge of directing the destruction of Al Qaeda and the hunt for Bin Laden. He arrived in the fall of 2001, replacing veteran officer Gary Schroen, who had led the first CIA element into Afghanistan in the immediate aftermath of the 9-11 attacks. Gary 2, i.e., Berntsen, built on Schroen's foundation and played a critical role in directing the offensive that broke the back of the Taliban and scattered Al Qaeda.

The key news from Gary's book is that we had Bin Laden in our sights but Tommy Franks and JSOC Commander, Dell Dailey, dilly dallied and did not deploy U.S. troops requested by Berntsen to the battle at Tora Bora. We could of had him; we should of had him; but we let Bin Laden get away.

Gary's book is important in another regard. It shows what the CIA is capable of doing and why we need this capability in addition to the talents offered by U.S. military special operations forces. When the CIA puts its mind to it, it can move fast, innovate on the fly, and do some mind boggling things.

<clip>

More at the link:

http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/12/we_shoul...

interest on the national debt for one thing. No war to pay for. No shift of tax burden to the middle class. He would be doing SOMETHING about outsourcing and energy prices. You've got to be frigging kidding. I can't imagine how even freepers would argue otherwise but I'm sure they would.

no war in iraq, maybe, but that would be the only thing different

imagine sliding rapidly down a hill covered by snow, and you see a stonewall at the bottom. You're moving faster the further down you slide, and the further you go..the less control you have. Then you hit a gap in the snow..Clinton is President. You've slowed down..haven't quite stopped, but again have some control. Then Bush becomes President, and you've started the downward slide in the snow again..but at least you'll be moving a little slower when crashing into the wall. :wtf:

:evilgrin:

We wouldn't have the high levels of unemployment that we have now. I know that the unemployment rate is a helluva lot higher than 5%.

The world misses him too. I would love for him to be VP and give us hope again. He has grown so much since leaving the WH. I think he would make some amazing contributions to to the world, if we were lucky enough to get that opportunity.

Especially the families trying to get along on paltry military death benefits.