The pendulum swings and Clinton just happened to be president when the US’s pendulum swung up. There were several factors and him being president didn’t hurt that but I really don’t think it would have mattered who the president was, The US was on an unstoppable upward swing. When things are going well we tend to relax and I think that is exactly what happened to the US. We were too relaxed and didn’t pay attention to the storm clouds in the Middle East or in our economy or to several other fronts forming on our horizon. Clinton has proved he could be a good leader but because of political, sexual, and legal scandals he couldn’t be effective as President and literally left our pants down after he was out of office. The longer Bush is president the more I think he is incompetent but many of the problems the US has faced since his presidency would have had to been faced regardless of who the president was. I wish I could bang my head on the wall and say that Gore or Kerry could have done better, I should have voted for them, but I think they are even more incompetent. The US is due for another up swing and it sure would be nice to have a good strong, competent leader going into it.

That’s my 2 cents.