Bill Clinton Flashcards
What three character issues did Bill Clinton have?
Lust, cowardice, dishonesty, ultimately selfishness.
Name three negative issues Bill Clinton had to deal with during his campaign.
Pot Smoking, Draft Dodging, Womanizing
Who was Paula Jones?
She was a lady that sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment
Why did Bill Clinton say he ”didn’t inhale”?
So that he would have technically not smoked it.
How did Bill Clinton avoid the Vietnam draft?
By attending Oxford University
What is a Rhodes scholar?
One who has a scholarship to Oxford University.
Define “raucous”.
Rowdy, turbulent, noisy.
Who was Ross Perot?
He was the owner of Electronic Data Systems and ran as a third party candidate during the 1992 race.
What was Ross Perot’s fame built on?
Assailing big government and excessive government spending.
What business did Ross Perot own?
Electronic Data Systems
Why was Ross Perot attractive as a third‑party candidate?
His folksy style and can-do approach.
What was Ross Perot’s platform for his run for the President?
That he was going to overhaul the government.
Why was Ross Perot marginalized as a “wealthy kook?”
He abruptly canceled his campaign.
Why were Americans disenchanted with the two major parties?
The differences between the two parties seemed marginal, and they seemed most concerned with fund raising and retaining control.
What impression did George Bush give during his three-way debate with Bill Clinton and Ross Perot?
He was uninterested.
What tactic did George Bush resort to when advised to “fire up” his campaign?
Name-calling
What hurt George Bush a week before the election?
The Iran-Contra case.
What allowed Bill Clinton to win the election?
The fact that Perot gathered many disaffected voters from Bush and skewed the race.
What made the Pentagon (the military) upset at Bill Clinton?
The overturning of the ban on homosexuals in the military.
What compromise did Bill Clinton make with the military about homosexuals?
Don’t ask, don’t tell.
What was “nanny-gate”?
Several presidential appointees were shot down by the republicans because they had hired illegal aliens as childcare workers.
Why was Lani Guinier withdrawn as a candidate for the Justice Department head of the civil rights division?
She was called Quota Queen by the republicans. Clinton feared the effects of the unpopular choice and backed down.
How had Presidential appointees been dealt with before Bill Clinton, and how were they treated during and after his presidency?
- Before: they were seen as the presidents prerogative
After: they were often rejected by congress and stuff like that.
What made the new appointments so vicious?
The Republicans wanted Revenge.
Name three early successes of the Clinton administration.
A recovering economy, a shrinking deficit, NAFTA.
Why were two potential Attorney General candidates denied by Congress?
Nanny-gate.
Name four successes in the early Clinton years that were overshadowed by Clinton’s problems.
A recovering economy, a shrinking deficit, NAFTA, the Brady Bill.
Name five Clinton gaffe’s that eclipsed Clinton’s successes.
$200 haircut, the Waco Assault, Bimbo Eruptions, Whitewater, the defeat of the Clinton Healthcare Plan.
Where was the Branch Davidian compound (Mount Carmel) that was raided on Feb. 28, 1993?
Mount Carmel, Texas; ten miles from Waco.
Name three characteristics of many cult leaders.
Charismatic, an apocalyptic religious leader who would give rambling discourses on prophecy, and would use his religious leadership as a sexual tool.
Name four characteristics of traditional mind-manipulation techniques.
A spartan environment, surrender of possessions, a slavish loyalty to himself, inhumane discipline.
What got David Koresh in trouble with the BATF?
Illegal firearms.
