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Bill Clinton Was Bad

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 15, 2021

Charles Blow on how we should think about the Clinton presidency. But Clinton’s record, particularly with respect to Black and brown Americans and the poor, was marked by catastrophic miscalculation. It was characterized by tacking toward a presumed middle — “triangulation,” the administration called it...

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We Don’t Need Bill Clinton’s History of Civil Rights

By Erik Loomis

On August 3, 2020

Bill Clinton decided to use John Lewis' funeral to take a shot at Stokely Carmichael. The last thing we need is whites to use such opportunities to tell histories of.

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An Addendum on Ted Kennedy

By Dan Nexon

On November 18, 2018

Greetings from Toronto Pierson (correction: Pearson) airport! I just read Erik's take on Ted Kennedy, which is overall nicely balanced but also a bit incomplete. Erik significantly understates Kennedy's pivotal.

Hillary, Bill, and Race

By Erik Loomis

In General

On February 17, 2016

To what extent does Hillary Clinton deserve responsibility for her husband's policies? How much credit should she get for the good ones? How much should we damn her for the bad ones? How much of the politics of the 1990s matter in the 2010s? These...

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Nostalgia for the Clinton Years

By Erik Loomis

On June 25, 2015

Remember when Bill Clinton thought it was a good idea to write laudatory letters to the Daughters of the Confederacy? That was in the long ago epoch of 1994. And.

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Scaife

By Erik Loomis

On July 4, 2014

Hope you all aren't too torn up by the demise of Richard Mellon Scaife. Hard to lose such a good and kindly citizen. Also: Richard Mellon Scaife died on July.

Clinton and the Drug War

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 10, 2012

I don't want to make a big deal out of something that really probably isn't, but I do think there is some significance to Bill Clinton declaring the drug war a failure. It matters precisely because of the possibility of Hillary Clinton running for president...

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Liberals and Gay History

By Erik Loomis

On February 28, 2012

This Frank Rich article on liberal hypocrisy and gay history really annoyed me. Not that Rich is wrong--liberals have not supported gay rights until very recently. But, well, duh? Is.

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Exceptions (Or Non-Exceptions) That Prove the Rule

By Scott Lemieux

On February 16, 2011

A couple quibbles with Matt here: I think this is a mistake. An enormous amount of significant legislation passed in Lyndon Johnson’s second term. As I wrote yesterday, the 1950.

The Devil Worship Might Be Contagious….

By Robert Farley

In Robert Farley

On March 24, 2010

...and anyway, Clinton's probably already infected. :14 second mark. Via Huffpo.

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Clinton to North Korea

By Robert Farley

On August 4, 2009

I have a short column up at Guardian:CIF on the Clinton to North Korea visit.

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More on the Meetup

By Scott Lemieux

On June 17, 2009

I'm the one with the tight sweater...More on what was discussed at TAPPED, and from Samhita, Emily Douglas, Chris Bowers, and Lindsay. Amanda Terkel has a transcript.

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