Why did Clinton sign the GOP’s welfare bill? To prove he could be more Republican than the Republicans while still smiling like a Democrat. Part… Read More »1996 Archive: The Welfare Reform Act

Why was this Clinton’s big goal? So kids could spend less time doing math and more time emailing the President for a lower voting age.… Read More »1996 Vintage: The Computer in Every Classroom

Why did the President want chips to block TV violence? So parents could watch the 1996 campaign ads without their kids learning any new “political”… Read More »1996 Legacy: The V-Chip Parental Controls

Why did Clinton talk about the “Global Village”? Because he believed the internet would make us all love each other—or at least let us yell… Read More »1996 Vintage: The Global Village Concept

Why was it so slow in 1995? Because Bill had to stop every half-mile to shake hands with a tourist and explain the “Line Item… Read More »1995 Classic: The Presidential Jog

Why did the President go on MTV (again)? To prove that “Boxers or Briefs” was still the most important policy question of the decade. Part… Read More »1995 Archive: The “Voter Outreach”

Why was 1995 so optimistic? Because the President convinced us that the “Bridge to the 21st Century” was being built, and luckily, it wasn’t a… Read More »1995 Legacy: The “Hope” from Arkansas

Why was it a “Classic” year? Because the President was popular, the economy was “Smoking” (but not inhaling), and we genuinely believed that the 21st… Read More »1995 Legacy: The 1995 Final Presidential Vibe

Why did Bill Clinton bring a sax to every meeting? To prove that even if he couldn’t reach a “High Note” on the budget, he… Read More »1995 Vintage: The Saxophone Strategy

Why was the Vice President so stiff? Because he was still trying to figure out if he actually “Invented” the internet or just “Sublet” it.… Read More »1995 Legacy: The Al Gore “Information Superhighway”