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Old 02-27-2009, 11:22 PM   #461
ISiddiqui
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Originally Posted by Grammaticus View Post
Don't you think the fiscal conservative flavor had more to do with the Gingritch congress? As far as NAFTA, all of the ex presidents wanted it, even Carter. I think the best thing that ever happened to Bill Clinton was having an opposition party congress.

That is probably a good deal of truth. But Clinton was a good politician and saw the writing.

Then again, the whole "triangulation" and "third way" were, to a lot of old leftists, selling out to become GOP Lite (or in Britain, "Tory lite").
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