On Jan 26, 9:14*am, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:55:48 -0800 (PST), wy wrote:
So you blame Bill Clinton for the mess the country is in today?
Go on, do go on.

You're short on history with that too, huh? *Ultimately if he had
exercised his veto over it, it still would've been overriden by the
Republican-dominated Congress, so he knew there was no point in not
signing it. *

Exactly

In other words, he tossed his principles overboard
to preserve his political viability.

Besides, he extracted from republicans many of the reforms and things
he wanted.

It's called "compromise" -- something The One needs to learn.