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On Presidents Day, remember & share what we could have had again The Clinton Era:
Surplus
22 million new jobs
4-balanced budgets due to the superb compromising ability of Bill Clinton
7 million fewer Americans living in poverty
Minimum wage up 20%
Assault Weapons Ban
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
Campaign Against Teen Pregnancy: all-time low abortion rates
Office on Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women Act
Childrens Health Insurance Program: 8.9 million children insured
Family and Medical Leave Act
Incomes rising at all income levels
WATERGATE:
Youngest lawyer ever appointed to an impeachment trial. 26-year-old Yale Law graduate Hillary Rodham.
CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND:
Investigated African American juveniles being placed in South Carolina adult prisons, and posed as a racist housewife to expose segregation throughout schools in the South.
FIRST LADY OF ARKANSAS:
Hillary successfully reformed the entire K-12 Arkansas educational system, expanded healthcare for those in rural Arkansas, worked at the Arkansas Childrens Hospital Legal Services, and co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. First female partner of the Rose Law Firm.
The joke in Arkansas was that they hired the wrong Clinton.
FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES:
Hillary spearheaded the Adoption and Safe Families Act, the Foster Care Independence Act, Office on Violence Against Women, the Campaign Against Teenage Pregnancy (lowering abortion and teenage pregnancy rates), and the Childrens Health Insurance Program providing 8.9 million low-income children with healthcare access.
In 1994, Hillary proclaimed on the world stage in Beijing, China:
If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are womens rights and womens rights are human rights once and for all.
TWO-TIME NEW YORK SENATOR:
Hillary secured 20 billion in federal funds to rebuild downtown New York City after 9/11. She also secured healthcare for 9/11 First Responders and expanded access to care for the National Guard, Reservists, and their families.
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE:
Passed the first-ever U.N Resolution on gay rights (proclaiming: human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights on the world stage), and made it so trans Americans can legally change their gender on their passport. Hillary also rebuilt relations with every nation after the disastrous Bush Administration, traveling to 112 countries more than any other Secretary of State. Our worldwide favorability rose 20% during Hillarys tenure. Her primary focus was on womens rights and health, bringing up issues such as forced abortion and maternal mortality rates. Hillary re-opened relations with Burma, enacted a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and killed Osama Bin Laden. She also was instrumental in putting together the Paris Climate Agreement, something Trump has since removed us from.
*Three-time popular vote winners.
*Two-time White House occupants.
Presided over our last great era the pragmatic 1990s.
Dont hate the player, hate the game.
The Clintons: two players that got actual results for the American people.
Vilified for playing the game and winning.
Haters have been hating since Arkansas.
Happy Presidents Day Bill & Hillary.
Made for the White House.
Should be in the Oval Office right now.
#3MillionMoreVotes
#TrumpIsIllegitimate
#StolenBy #Russia & #Comey
We were robbed.
2016 was stolen from the American people.
We should be outraged forever.
#PutinDestroyingUsFromTheInside
Dont believe the Russian-bots when they lie and spread propaganda about the Clintons.
The Clintons are a good family that genuinely cares about the American people.
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
~President Bill Clinton
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)Bill Clinton lost his way in several areas, but he was still a good President for me (and my first ever Presidential vote).
The loss to this country is pretty immeasurable when we take into account that we have a Russian agent as our Head of State.
Aristus
(66,394 posts)TreeStarsForever
(392 posts)She looks FABULOUS for 70-years-old:
And she looked BOMB during the 1990s:
Aristus
(66,394 posts)Those apple cheeks and that 1000-watt smile...
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)She also is intelligent and speaks coherently. Something that seems to be in short supply to the Dotard in charge.
Cha
(297,323 posts)Mahalo, TreeStarsForever!
TreeStarsForever
(392 posts)rainin
(3,011 posts)No joy on President's day, on July 4th, on Veterans Day, on MLK day. Every day is another 24 hour reality show where the objective is to get eyes on one sick man.
Please let this nightmare end.
TreeStarsForever
(392 posts)We had 8 glorious seasons of the Clinton years.
Sad so many Americans forgot.