How many scandals has the Bush Administration had vs. the Clinton Administration?
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No bias here just facts.  please read below:\n\nClinton:\n\nDuring Clinton's tenure, the U.S. enjoyed continuous economic expansion, reductions in unemployment, and growing wealth through a massive rise in the stock market. The economic boom ended in Q1, 2000, 10 months before his term ended in January, 2001, possibly indicative of a stock market bubble. Although the reasons for the expansion are continually debated, Clinton proudly pointed to a number of economic accomplishments, including:\n\nMore than 22 million new jobs \nHomeownership rate increase from 64.0% to 67.5% \nLowest unemployment rate in 30 years \nHigher incomes at all levels \nLargest budget deficit in American history converted to the largest surplus of over $200 billion \nLowest government spending as a percentage of GDP since 1974 [7] \nHigher stock ownership by families than ever before \n220% increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 300% increase in the Nasdaq from 1993 to 2001 \nThe reasons for this growth are hotly debated, but Clinton supporters cite his 1993 tax increase as the reason that eventually led to the reduction in the annual budget deficits every year of his tenure. These deficit reductions stimulated consumption and consumer spending and strengthened the dollar, which encouraged foreign investment in the United States economy. Alan Greenspan supported the 1993 tax increase, which was approved by Congress without a single Republican vote. [8] Critics of Clinton point to Alan Greenspan's strong chairmanship of the Federal Reserve, 1995 spending cuts and the Republican Party's Contract with America initiatives as alternative reasons for America's strong economic growth of the late 90's. Critics also argue that the economic recovery had already begun before Bill Clinton took office and did not pick up momentum until 1995 and 1996, after the GOP took over Congress (despite the fact that GDP growth was higher in 1994 than in either 1995 or 1996). Many economists attribute massive growth to the dot-com boom which just happened to come during Clinton's term, thus adding many new jobs which may not be directly attributed to policies of the Clinton administration.\n\nIn 1999, Clinton was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice by the U.S. House of Representatives. He was acquitted by the Senate. The perjury charge arose from Clinton's testimony about his relationship to Monica Lewinsky during a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former Arkansas-state employee Paula Jones. The obstruction charge was based on his actions during the subsequent investigation of that testimony. On February 12, the Senate concluded a 21-day trial with the vote on both counts falling short of the Constitutional requirement of a two-thirds majority to convict and remove an office holder. The final vote was generally along party lines, with all of the votes to convict being cast by Republicans. On the perjury charge 55 senators voted to acquit, including 10 Republicans, and 45 voted to convict; on the obstruction charge the Senate voted 50-50. [22] Clinton, like the only other president to be impeached, Andrew Johnson, served the remainder of his term.\n\nThe day before leaving office, Clinton agreed to a five-year suspension of his Arkansas law license as part of an agreement with the independent counsel to end the investigation. Based on this suspension, Clinton was also automatically suspended from the United States Supreme Court bar, from which he chose to resign. [17][18] Clinton's resignation was mostly symbolic, as he had never practiced before the Supreme Court and was not expected to in the future. Clinton also was assessed a $90,000 fine by federal judge Susan Webber Wright for contempt of court. The Paula Jones lawsuit was settled out of court for $850,000.\n\nIn addition to impeachment and the Whitewater scandal, the Clinton White House was the subject of many other controversies.\n\nThe White House travel office con
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Clinton brought many scandals to the White House ; had numerous affairs( he lied under oath: "I did not have an affair with THAT WOMAN"); the Whitewater scandal;Travel Office fiasco ; the death of Vince Foster.. Clinton was the greatest security risk to the United States .He was more concerned with a golf tournament than the military mission that was waiting for the "go-ahead, with pilots in the cockpit , having to abort , because Clinton refused to be distracted from golf .Clinton used the Soldier's & Sailor's Relief Act of 1940 to delay the Paula Jones misconduct lawsuit-but had to withdraw that argument after many in the military lost complete faith in him and protested .The list is endless-and don't forget Bill & Hillary looting the White House when they left.\n  "W", on the other hand inherited a severely weakened military after "The Clintons" left office , along with a loss in morale for recruitment of troops . George Bush's committment to the military has made great strides to protect our nation. Homeland Security after 9/11-whereas after the first bombing of the WTC , under Bill Clinton, he couldn't be bothered to go to the scene .On 9/11 the Secret Service tried to get George Bush away from Gound Zero , for his safety-but he refused to leave until the "heroes" were able to say what they wanted to say to him ."W" has proved to be a take-charge President who is determined to protect the US and defend freedom. Those who followed Clinton , have only talked about protecting the rights of the enemy; and denouncing the very soldiers who are protecting our nation .When hundreds of thousands of mutilated bodies were found in Saddams mass graves , Ted Chappiquiddick Kennedy compared President Bush to a BRUTAL DICTATOR. WHEN AMERICANS WERE BEING BEHEADED, Clinton's crowd was upset over abu Grabbe .President Bush has seen many of his programs succeed . Besides Homeland Security, the Patriot Act , and keeping our economy from crumbling after 9/11, George W. Bush values our military and values the American people-despite what his detractors may say .When George Bush took the Oath of Office, he meant it !
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Well, Clinton did a lot more wrong then George Bush has done.  You have to rememeber he was under criminal investigation from the start.  He was morally corrupt as well.  He brought the deficit down sure, but at the expence of a horrid economy which we are in the midst of rebuilding right now.  Taxes were higher, which meant people were making less money, all the while feeling all warm and fuzzy thinking things were great, all the while spending more and more... So the more people went bankrupt as a result.  People don't like Bush because his first election was decided by an electoral vote, just as every election since the country was founded has been decided.  Bush spied on 1100 or so suspected terrorists, who have been on the watch list for years... the country is angry.... Clinton did the same thing to millions of people through the CIA... for economic issues.. and it's under the carpet like a pile of dirt with that information.  Clinto lied under oath in a Federal Court.. only to have Monica bring the dress out... Bush has yet to even be brought to trial for a traffic violation.
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There have been many...\n\nGeorge Washington\nThomas Jefferson\nJames Madison\nJames Monroe\nAndrew Jackson\nAbraham Lincoln\nUlysses Grant\nGrover Cleveland\nWilliam McKinley\nTheodore Roosevelt\nWoodrow Wilson\nFranklin Roosevelt - 4 TERMS\nHarry Truman\nDwight Eisenhower\nRichard Nixon\nRonald Reagan\nBill Clinton\nAnd The Worst One of All - George W. Bush
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This is kind of a lopp sided question as it is always easier to complain about whatever we currently have.  However in this case the answer would be George W. Bush.  I have read some of the answers that you have gotten and some are based on complete misconceptions.  Yes our economy was better under the Clinton Administration, however that was due to the fact that the things that Reagan did for the economy were finally bearing fruit.  By the end of the Clinton years we were back into recession that plagued the early Bush Administration.  Clinton campaigned in 1992 promising National Health Insurance, however in his 8 years as President was not even able to get it to the floor of Congress.  Clinton had Congress's approval for the same reasons as Bush did in 1998 to go to war with Iraq, yet he never followed through with it.  If we blame Bush for making mistakes in his reasons for going to war with Iraq, Congress and the President made the same mistake in 1998.  What seems to be a common thing for both the American Public as well as our Politicians is a short attention span and a short memory.  In retrospect most Americans now think of Nixon as being a good President as well as a great statesman, yet in 1974 he was the most hated man in history moving Hitler to number 2 for the first time in over thirty years.
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I would say many americans long for the Clinton years.  The economy was very good and no war.  Clinton's approval rating never sunk as low as Bush's, even in the midst of scandal.
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It was an attempted impeachment by The House of Reps.  Clinton was NOT impeached from his position as President of the United States.\n\nMy, my JETDOC, must be you haven't met up with Monica ;)  Maybe you should.  Your tongue...no, your type is sarcastic and undeserved, maybe such a release would loosen your stiffness some ;).  Must be a BUSH fan =)).  My thought is lying about a little oral sodomy does not compare to what BUSH has done to this country with his continued lies.  Such a comparison of lies..I still know who I'd choose...nothing like the smell of a sweet cigar!\n\njl_jack09, my apology for responding to JETDOC in your space...and I stand corrected by the happy man for my error in understanding.\n\nxo
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Heard of it a while back.  I think just about every president has done it.  This is what Bush was attacked over after 9/11 when he was accused of not paying attention, so Clinton was doing it as well.\n\nMonitoring of phone records is really nothing new.
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Monica Lewinsky had more president in her than George W. Bush ever will
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Bush and members of his administration are caught up in the nature of politics. Admitting a mistake opens them up to the politics of destruction, just as it has ALL FORMER administrations. And...ALL administrations had their share of 'goons'.
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Ever is a big word.  Hayes was known as a bad president.  Garfield, too, I think.  My mother recalls Hoover with venom.  Nixon was tried for impeachment and branded a crook, but he had a few triumphs that washed him in the history books.  I cannot say Bush is the worst president ever, but I will say he is absolutely, the worst to surface in my 42 years of life.
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I think a lot of the reason it seems that the Bush Administration seems to get away with everything is because of the media.  The media doesn't hold their feet to the fire like they would if this was a Democratic Administration.  If President Clinton had done one tenth of what President Bush has done, they would have impeached him and had him out of office years ago.  The Bushies have the media in their back pocket and then claim that the media is too liberal.   It's part of the problem when corporations own media companies.  Look at how they stuck their head in the sand over the Iraq War.  It's a shame, because this President should be held accountable for what he's done.
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Bush... Weapons of Mass Destruction! Way worse because Clinton's affair was personal and didn't involve the billions of people.
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Nixon and Clinton .......... and none of these two president committed a worst crime than bush\n\nsorry ...... i sincerely apologise and admitted my mistake as an honorable liberal do ..... SORRY! should have studied my history
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i'm not surprised whatsoever. \n\nI mean take a look at just a little bit of history: \n\n* Republican Nixon presidency - Watergate corruption; ended with proof\n\n* Democrat Carter presidency - no corruption\n\n* Republican Reagan/Bush presidencies - Iran Contra and World Bank corruption; ended with proof\n\n*Democrat Clinton presidency - no corruption; never proved any of the things they accused him of - he actually was impeached for stating he didnt have sexual relations with a woman who gave him a bj because he (like a lot of men) didn't believe a bj was sex. Ironically he was impeached for this when he was answering an irrelevant question on the stand for a DIFFERENT accusation. Was a complete setup. And they never found any proof for any of those charges.\n\n* Republican Bush Jr presidency - so far I think it's being called culture of corruption because its his entire administration involved. \n\nWhat I am surprised at is that Rove is going to get away with it.
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Typical of all administrations. Actually Bush has had statistically a longer running cabinet then most overall. Check out Clinton's turnove rate........very very very very high.\n\nSeveral Clinton Cabinet members did not even make it through the first term (Espy and Cisneros resigned in 1996 and both faced criminal investigations over the next few years) and one died while conducting an overseas trip on department business (Ron Brown). A few simply decided that four years was enough and asked not to be reappointed when Clinton began his second term in 1997.\n\nOnly four out of the 14 Cabinet members served through both Clinton terms (Reno, Riley, Shalala, and Babbit) and only Shalala seemed to avoid massive criticism.
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Ok, How about this... How many presidents came before George W. Bush?