Who was a better President: George Bush or Bill Clinton?

[Profcrab]

senseinobaka said:

Profcrab said:

My biggest beef with Bush, and that Republican congress, is that they second they got into power, they stopped being fiscally conservative.

 

 QFT

Well, under Newt Gingrich the congress was pretty fiscallly responsible. Remember the years when the national debt was balanced and there was tax surplus. But the party got rid of him for some reason.

 

Yep. Newt got a bad rap.  His own party tarred and feathered him and ran him out on the rail.  Part of that was his fault though.  The budget conflict was one thing, but Newt had a habit of being a bit too frank, and that was his undoing.  Funny, a polititian blacklisted for being honest.  All things said and done, he was a great Speaker of the House and he did more to cut back big government than any Republican in a long time.  Of course, it is always funny to see people credit Clinton for this when Clinton actually fought many of those cuts.

I give that post a 9.8.