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The Presidency Of Bill Clinton

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The presidency of Bill Clinton is not too simple to forget. The 42th president is memorable in a variety of aspects. Bill Clinton, born in August, 1949, was ready for political world at 17 when he shook president John F. Kennedy’s hand on a trip to DC. After five terms as governor of Arkansas, he knew that his aspiration one day to be president could happen, but he must work hard. After some time, Clinton became governor of Arkansas while working closely with his wife. He was often ridiculed for his youth and political inexperience, but Clinton was able to prove his critics wrong he decided to run for president in 1992. Bill Clinton became president of the United States of America and served two terms. Clinton won the heart of many …show more content…

In his first term, Clinton had a somewhat moderate relationship with the media. He was criticized for some of his decisions, but overall it was a typical president versus media relationship, until his second term. In 1998, the media coverage of Bill Clinton went from mild to extremely harsh when the Lewinsky scandal emerged. The press was strident when it came to finding information about the sex scandal. Reports would surround Clinton and the first lady trying to oust comments out of them. However, this did not get worse until the president lied under oath with his famous line, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman…”, and the president was impeached. The press had a field day by making jokes, and over analyzing every little thing the president did. Overall, Bill Clinton and the media did not have a harmonious relationship and still do not to this day. In the first year of Clinton’s presidency, he was able to entice Congress to get some of the things done that he promised in his campaign. Clinton was able to persuade them to raise taxes on the wealthy. He was able to wheedle the Senate to ratify the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which helped create thousands of jobs. He was also able to convince them to pass bills to aid parents and to combat violent crime. Clinton was able to fulfill some of the promises of his campaign in that first year, and his relationship with Congress was simply Clinton persuading both houses. However, in the mid-term

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