He's not a candidate for president. Although I was one of the first to criticize Bill Clinton for Monicagate, he deserves praise for his leadership.

Clinton's years in office will be looked upon as one of the most prosperous times in the history of this country. Not only was the inherited national debt whittled away to a fraction of what it was before he took office, but our budget was in the black. Most historians point to the 1993 tax plan as the decisive factor in the turn-around. Not one Republican voted in favor of the tax plan.

The country benefited under Clinton's leadership in many other ways as well. Teen pregnancy dropped 22 percent. Between 1993 and 1999, the crime rate dropped by roughly the same amount, and the welfare rolls declined 49 percent. Divorce, teen drinking, teen suicide, and abortion also grew more rare. As the magazine of the conservative American Enterprise Institute put it in 1999, "The alarm bells rung by cultural conservatives seem to have been heeded by many Americans, and a new pattern of recovery and even reversal has emerged."

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Bush, however, has destroyed the country. We're spending $billions in a needless war, our national budget deficit and national debt have skyrocketed...and oh yeah, the abortion rate is up for the first time (Under Clinton it dropped by 21 percent). I could go on about corporate malfeasance and White House scandals, but you are well aware of them. Bush is considered the worst president ever by most historians. If elected president, we can be certain that McCain, who voted alongside Bush 85% of the time, will continue with Bush's failed economic policies.

I'm suprized you haven't heard from Hillary supporters on this one.