It was as if he only cared about problems outside the Country and was usually willing to jump in and help while being oblivious to the needs of people at home. That was a large part of why he denied a second term. And, of course, the "Read my lips, no new taxes" clip was replayed over and over when he did exactly that.
But when I read your post, it reminded me of how I felt during a good part of the Clinton administration. There was frequently a soap opera playing. There were the scandalous, vicious things Republicans simply made up about both Bill and Hillary Clinton. I think it was retaliatory for his not standing down and giving the elder Bush a second term. But one thing turned into another and after awhile, it just this general malaise that seemed to settle over the Country as if blue skies would never appear gain.
And here is the worst part I have to admit. I was a Republican during this time. Eventually, when the Monica Lewinsky scandal hit, that malaise turned into an everyday nightmare. I cannot describe the depression. But when Ken Starr issued his report and later put the evidence on the Internet for the whole world to see (complete with pictures of then President Clinton's private parts) as an embarrassment to the President, I resigned from the party and came on over to the Dems. I could not allow my name to be associated with the Republican party. After a short while I realized, this was the party where I should have always been.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report
At the time it was released, the report was criticized for making controversial accusations about exactly what Clinton did.[3] The report claimed "the details are crucial to an informed evaluation of the testimony, the credibility of witnesses, and the reliability of other evidence. Many of the details reveal highly personal information; many are sexually explicit. This is unfortunate, but it is essential."[3] This accusation was proven to be false.[3][4][5] Because Starr regularly leaked tidbits to press about the lurid, lengthy sexual details that were mentioned in his report, he was criticized for using the scandal as a political maneuver[4][5] and was charged for violating legal ethics by presenting information irrelevant to an investigation as evidence of legal wrongdoing.[4][5] Also, it is unclear whether Starr had the legal authority to ask Clinton questions about his sexual relationship with Lewinsky, as the OIC was convened solely to investigate Whitewater and Paula Jones' claim that Clinton sexually assaulted her. Questioning about a sexual relationship void of assault appears to be both irrelevant under the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) as a whole and under Rule 413, which allows questioning about separate allegations of sexual assault (which was never asserted about Lewinsky's relationship with Clinton).[6]
The reason I am bring this up, is that a few weeks ago I started feeling that same sort of malaise and mentally reached to identify when it was I felt this way before. And then I remembered.
I am thinking that when Republicans do not electorally speaking "get their way" they make the whole Country miserable. I hope we are not sliding into another era of that dimension....
Sam
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