Saturday, November 18, 2006

Bubba's Library



Passing thru Little Rock today, I realized I had an opportunity to visit the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, so I did. Normally it would cost $10 to get in which I was prepared to pay, but today is the second anniversary of the library, and everyone got in free!
The library details Bubba's presidency year by year, with narratives, documents, and videos for each year from 1993 thru 2000. His accomplishments, and also his problems, are presented in detail. Monica is by no means ignored but is not given obsessive coverage. You can look thru looseleaf binders with his schedule for each day of his presidency spelled out to the minute, or in the case of his morning jog, tba. Not an easy job...lots of 12 hour days.
Needless to say, the narratives at the library are mostly positive, and there are a few discrepancies. For example, Clinton is credited with facilitating the establishment of democracy in Haiti in the early 1990s. In reality, democracy has worked about as well in Haiti as it has in Iraq. Other accomplishments of Bill have been reversed since he left office...the budget surplus is a glaring example. But all in all, personally I preferred Bubba's 8 years in office to the 6 since then.

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