Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the united states. He served office from January, 1933 to January, 2001. He ran for and was in the democratic party. He was from Arkansas, Bill Clinton's real name is William Jefferson Clinton. Bill Clinton’s vice president was Al Gore. He achieved things as president, but his good image was gone after he got impeached for an affair. He had a very controversial presidency, some people liked him, some people hated him.
Bill Clinton is of the democratic party. He is the hero of the left, a liberal democrat. Within a year of office, he cut taxes on the nations poor and made them rich. He was pro-choice, pro-gay, pro-gun control, and a tax-and-spend liberal. He felt the people had their rights and beliefs and he respected that, he was a huge civil rights president. He also tried, but failed, to pass universal health care in his presidency.
Bill Clinton's had one vice president while he was president, Al Gore. Bill Clinton and Al Gore were known as the “odd couple” because they never got along and they had such different personalities. Al Gore was disappointed and blamed Bill for the Monica Lewinsky scandal and also blamed Bill for his loss to George W. Bush in election. Despite this, Bill wanted to have a good
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I do agree with only some of his political views, but others I do not. It is known that the crime rate fell during his presidency, he built up a good military for our country, the economy was getting bigger during his office, and his pro-environmental policies helped our nation, he turned out to be a pretty good president despite some of the controversy from the scandals that took place. He also grew in foreign policy and was striving to make a good education system. I agree with all of these things, my opinion on him is that he was a good president, but got caught up in bad scandals that ruined his
President William “Bill” Clinton was the United States 42nd president. Bill Clinton was born in Arkansas on August 19th 1946. In 1976 he was elected to become the Attorney General of Arkansas. Two years later he became governor, becoming the youngest governor. Clinton ran for president in 1992 with running mate Al Gore. His presidency ran from 1993 to 2001.
William Jefferson Clinton was
Bill Clinton had several positions in office before he ran for president.Bill was an attorney in Arkansas then he eventually went up to the Governor. In 1992 George Bush and H.Ross Perot ran for president with Bill.Bill won with a popular votes of 44,909.889 and electoral votes of 360.Then,Bill ran again in 1996 against Bob Dole and H.Ross Perot and won again with electoral votes of 379.While Bill was in office Albert Gore Jr. was his vice president.
Some presidents are remembered for their successes and some are remembered for their scandals. William Jefferson Clinton was a president that is known for his biggest affairs with Monica Lewinsky (John Harris). In 1999 Juanita Broaddrick accused 42nd president William Jay Clinton of sexual assault. He was also accused of pardoning his brothers criminal record (Kaizen). Clinton was a president with many success but most of success were overshadowed by his scandalous behaviors.
She married Bill Clinton on October 11, 1975, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Being First Lady of Arkansas, she improved educational standards and health care access. Their daughter, Chelsea, was then born in 1980. Bill was elected for two terms starting in 1992. As first lady, Hillary continued to lead the fight to reform our healthcare system so that all families could have access to affordable healthcare. Insurance companies and other special interests defeated that effort, but Hillary did not quit then. She began working with Republicans and Democrats to create the Children’s Health Insurance Program that provided health coverage to over 8 million children and cut the rate for uninsured children in half.
One of the things Clinton is most famous for, but not the proudest of, is his affairs. The issue of Clinton having an affair with Monica Lewinsky is purely personal. It should have been discussed within his family and in his family alone. Many people seem to forget that Presidents before him have done the exact same thing. John F Kennedy is probably the best known with his affairs. This doesn't diminish the fact that Clinton took it one step farther and lied about the affairs.
As the first Democrat in nearly 20 years to hold the position, Bill Clinton saw a successful, yet embattled tenure in the office of the presidency. As he looked to pass the torch to his Vice President Albert Gore Jr, a virtually unchallenged bid in the Democratic primary, as he carried all of the delegates, with the stance and platform of being a more moderate alternative to the liberal Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey. The Republican Party was locked in a more challenged series of primaries with the two frontrunners being Senator John McCain of Arizona, and Governor George W. Bush of Texas. The major third party candidates were consumer advocate of the Green Party Ralph Nader, and his running mate Winona LaDuke, as
President Clinton’s Presidency started with the historic upset defeat of incumbent President George Herbert Walker Bush. Assuming his role as the 42nd President of the United States on January 20th, 1993, President Clinton embarked on a series of initiatives primarily focused on social reform. During President Clinton’s first term his administration signed into law the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Violence Against Women Act, and the North American Free Trade Agreement. President Clinton actively pursued diversification of senior level government positions during his first term as well, with Janet Reno becoming the first female U.S. Attorney General, Madeleine Albright becoming the first female U.S. Secretary of State, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg becoming just the second female Supreme Court Justice. President Clinton also worked to actively reduce the federal budget deficit. In 1996 President Clinton ran as an incumbent for his second term as President; President Clinton defeated Republican Senator Bob Dole with a considerable margin of victory in the Electoral College,
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He got authority at the end of the Cold War. During Cold War, in order to compete with the Soviet Union's military power, the federal government spent a great deal of financial resources to establish a powerful military. The quality of life of common people decreased year after year. At that time, people desired to have a new powerful authority to rebuild people's confidence. Clinton won the 1992 presidential election with 42% of the vote against his predecessor, George H. W. Bush who had 37.4% of the vote. Clinton's wining ended the
The governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton, was the first Democratic candidate in the election of 1992, becoming the first Democratic president since 1976. He was the president number 42 and occupied two presidential period between 1993 to 2000. When he was nominated to the presidency in 1992 by the Democratic party, Clinton centered his campaign in creating jobs, focusing on the image that is close to ordinary people because he does not come from an elite of millionaires like his challenger George W. Bush. Clinton was favored with the career of three rivals counting Ross Perot. In fact, he won with the 43 percent of the votes, while Bush won only with the 37 percent. Consequently, the Democrats retained their majority in both chambers of government. Bush, acting as President in functions, proceeded to sending 20.000 American soldiers to Somalia under the auspices of the ONU to keep the peace and help to support the humanitarian aid. This action received the support of the President-elect Clinton, like the signing in January of 1993 of Start II Treaty related with the nuclear disarmament between Bush and the Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
President Clinton was a man entangled in his own ruins. He went from one lie to another and eventually was so caught up in them, that he was trapped. These lies brought on his downfall as a great leader. He was flawed like everyone, yet being a representative of the people, you need to keep these flaws hidden so that weakness is not shown. His failings were revealed to the whole world and his pride and integrity fell with them. The world no longer saw a leader, but a broken man. This was his ultimate failure. However, another big failure Clinton had while in office was his failure to
On November 3, 1992 William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States. Even though his campaign was troubled by accusations of draft dodging, the newly elected President won by promising to address pressing economic issues, including the ever escalating national debt. Throughout their entire two terms, the Clinton-Gore Administration made America thrive. Social reform, improved education, and exuberant economic prosperity crowded the long list of the administration's accomplishments. However, despite its achievements and triumphs, the Clinton-Gore Administration was punctured and exemplified by a monumental scandal, a scandal that led to national embarrassment, a tumultuous investigation, a hectic trial, eventual impeachment, and finally acquittal.
Bill entered politics in Arkansas, and was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas’s Third District in 1974. Bill married Hillary Rodham the following year, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School, in 1980. He only had one child named Chelsea. Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. He regained office four years after losing a bid for a second term, and served until he defeated George Bush and third party candidate Toss Perot in the 1992 presidential race and became the President on January 20, 1993. He was Governor of Arkansas from 1979-1981 and 1983-1992) Bill’s vice President was Albert Gore Jr. Both White House and Congress were held by the same party for the first time in 12 years, but the Republicans won both houses in 1994. Bill Clinton was a Democratic President under the United States.
Seeking reelection in 1996, Clinton had a number of achievements. Among them was a deficit-reduction plan, a college-loan repayment plan, the Family and Medical Leave Act, an anti-crime bill, and a welfare reform bill.
Hillary Clinton is an American politician, she was the First Lady to the forty second president of the united states Bill Clinton, and she was also the sixty seventh United States Secretary of State. To add to her former accolades she is also a candidate for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential Election. She was born in Chicago, Illinois to a Methodist Family, her father was a manager of a small business and her mother was a homemaker. She graduated from Wellesley College and then claimed her Doctor of Law degree or Doctor of Jurisprudence from Yale Law School. Although she has many accolades for herself that merit a lot of respect, she is probably most known for, sadly, either the scandal involving her husband and one of his secretaries or the scandal with her email account.