Funny you should use the term "clintonistas," Ed, in the same breath you accuse them of not bothering with the facts.

That suffix you blindly appropriated is probably derived from "sandinistas," former President Ronald Reagan's so-called "Freedom Fighters," who were illegally funded by crooked deals with Khomeini's Iran, who, we should recall, conveniently released the American hostages just seconds after President Reagan had been sworn-in.

Ah yes. But all of this: crooked white house deals with the Ayatollah, a $400 billion S&L swindle, and the Enron collapse itself are all mere chicken feed at the base of that most towering ediface of ignominious criminality: President William Jefferson Clinton's liaisons with Monica Lewinski, an intern.

As for "stripping the military to balance the budget...", it seems to have worked. Not only was the budget balanced, but the military went on to two of its most successful campaigns ever: Kosovo and Afghanistan.

Of course, if you really ever bothered to check the record yourself, you wouldn't have used your wildly inappropriate closing shot.

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