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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:12:07 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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which distinguishes him from, say, George W. Bush, who was a divider.

Actually Clinton was the divider. The last president to **** off that
many people was Andrew Johnson. Bush just drove the wedge in a little
deeper on your side.

Really? So at the end of Clinton's presidency, you're going to claim that
the US was ridiculed and thought little of worldwide compared to when Bush
was IN office?


You have to say the US was about as divided as it could get during the
Clinton administration. They impeached him and at least 40% of the
country thought that was the right thing to do. The vote was 45-55 in
the senate. That is "divided" no matter how you measure it.
There were plenty of Europeans who thought our Iraq policy was wrong.
It was really just us and the Brits.

At least 60% of the people thought it was a right-wing stunt. That's a
majority, btw. The country is ALWAYS divided, but compared to now? Come on.