{"id":148,"date":"1993-10-31T16:38:32","date_gmt":"1993-10-31T20:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/?p=148"},"modified":"2009-10-22T17:06:01","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T21:06:01","slug":"clintons-insert-failed-domestic-initiative-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Clinton&#8217;s (insert failed domestic initiative here)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With President Bubba ensconced in the Oval Office,<\/strong> we saw a quickly-established pattern of failure in domestic policy initiatives followed by dick-wiggling and small-scale military intervention overseas &#8212; or some bad-assed &#8220;criminal justice&#8221; action at home &#8212; in an effort to appear &#8220;Presidential&#8221;. This was especially noticeable in the areas of economic stimulus and the last laughable attempt at health care &#8220;reform&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-149\" title=\"clintons6part650w\" src=\"http:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/clintons6part650w.jpg\" alt=\"clintons6part650w\" width=\"650\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/clintons6part650w.jpg 650w, http:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/clintons6part650w-130x150.jpg 130w, http:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/clintons6part650w-400x461.jpg 400w, http:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/clintons6part650w-500x576.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><a class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Clinton's Economic Stimulus Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/posters\/clintons\/econstim.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Economic Stimulus&#8221;, medium-res jpg image,<\/strong><\/a> 436k; <a class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Clinton's Health Care Reform Package\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/posters\/clintons\/healthcare.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Health Care Reform&#8221;, medium-res jpg image,<\/strong><\/a> 492k; <a class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Clinton's Housing &amp; Education Agenda\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/posters\/clintons\/housing-ed.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Housing and Education&#8221;, medium-res jpg image,<\/strong><\/a> 488k; <a class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Clinton's Reinventing Government no.1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/posters\/clintons\/reinventing01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Reinventing Government&#8221;, medium-res jpg image,<\/strong><\/a> 428k; <a class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Clinton's Job-Creation Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/posters\/clintons\/job-creation.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Job-Creation Program&#8221;, medium-res jpg image,<\/strong><\/a> 516k; <a class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Clinton's Low-Income Housing Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/posters\/clintons\/low-income.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Low-Income Housing Program&#8221;, medium-res jpg image,<\/strong><\/a> 464k<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With President Bubba ensconced in the Oval Office, we saw a quickly-established pattern of failure in domestic policy initiatives followed by dick-wiggling and small-scale military intervention overseas &#8212; or some bad-assed &#8220;criminal justice&#8221; action at home &#8212; in an effort to appear &#8220;Presidential&#8221;. 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