Open Left

i remember a clinton quote

about how he wishes there was more left wing criticism on either health care or welfare or maybe the budget. can't remember.

i generally am hard on billy clint, and see him as someone who always took the easy way out and had very little impact on the country's direction as a result (aside from keeping the GOP out). but i'll admit he's a product of his time, and couldn't do much without leftward pressure. whether he was a strategist who mainly wanted to stay in power, or a strategist who wanted to be more progressive than he was, we failed to push him.

and by we, I mean you because I was 11 when he was elected :)

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by: danthrax @ Mon Jun 15, 2009 at 17:48:43 PM CDT