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Thread #144514   Message #3352609
Posted By: Bobert
18-May-12 - 05:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Democrats Bailing out on Obamacare Etc
Subject: RE: BS: Democrats Bailing out on Obamacare Etc
Oh, we're back to Clinton???

Strange considering this is about the Affordable Care Act but...

... yeah, Clinton could have vetoed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley but several factors were in place:

1. Clinton wasn't and still ain't a liberal Democrat... He was more of a Nixon Republican...

2. He was coming off the Lewinski scandal which had set him back politically meaning he had no political capital...

and

3. Citicorp threw t6he BIG $$$, like $300M in lobbyist $$$ at thee bill...

Thems were the realities on the ground when the bill hit Clinton's desk... Google it every which way to Sunday and that's the story...

So what???

My telling you, GfinS, basic history ain't no Holy Grail, no smoking gun... Who cares??? How does this relate to this discussion... I mean, you might as well be asking me what position I played in baseball as a kid or the first girl I kissed??? Makes about as much sense as your question...

Oh, and 400...

B~