On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:00:37 -0500, Kurt Ullman wrote:

In article ,
G. Morgan wrote:

It took GWB 8 years to royally **** the country into the worse shape it's
been
in since the Great Depression. GWB inherited a budget SURPLUS, we all know
he
left with our debt at an all-time high.

Actually he didn't. The surplus peaked in FY 2000 (which started in
October of 1999) and was on its way down. We were back in deficit by the
time GW's budgets came along. Clinton's surpluses were largely related a
grossly overheated economy.

....combined with a, more or less, conservative (Newt Gingrich, et. al.)
Congress with a choke-hold on Clinton.