Bill Clinton hands down, of all presidents the U.S has ever had.
Best econmic turnaround in the world's history, awesome foreign policy, and incredible forsight.
People laugh when Gore says he created the internet, but if it wasn't for the Clinton admin... the internet would be "The AOL Network" A repuplican govt would have stayed out of it on principal.
On a similar note, Clinton also insured the Human Genome wouldn't be owned by a private company. If he hadn't stepped up funding for the public project, one company would own the patent on the entire human genome. It's a BIG difference, but people won't see the benefits for probably 10 to 20 years.
He also renegotiated the free trade agreement with Canada under NAFTA. Believe me, Canada got screwed so bad we didn't even see what hit us. Basically, we signed over all our natural resources to the U.S. Under NAFTA, if Canada holds back a natural resource from a U.S. company, that company can sue our govt for lost revenue until they're given access.
It's something you yankees won't appreciate until your resources are used up. It'll be EXTREMELY valuable in about 50 years and on. Your great grandchildren are going to owe Clinton a very big 'thank you'.
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