>In policy terms, Clinton is certainly a putz (the mot juste for this
>man, IMHO),
>but I stand in awe of his amazing ability to bludgeon Republicans to
>death, a terrific public service on its own.
Yeah, but one reason they're so pissed at him is that he stole their program: welfare "reform," budget surpluses, shrinkage of the noncoercive functions of government, expansion in imprisonment (including something like 50 new categories of federal capital offenses), erosion in civil liberties, clearcutting of national forests....
Doug