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Hmmm. Clinton inherited record low oil prices thanks to Papa Bush as well as being in the right place and the right time to cash in on the internet bubble which only rapidly began to deflate his last year in office. As well as gas prices starting to rise. And being somewhat nefarious.
Obama.... followed Bush's policies to the letter and helped sustain an economiuc downturn as well as being probably the least transparent POTUS as well as being the biggest liar and fraud EVER. And he answered to the Clintons for every major decision. Who in turn had to answer to their masters. same as Bush 43.
That is a tough choice.
I wouldn't have their image deface a mountain... But.... maybe carve them into a deep quarry to represent the depths to which America has sunk. I'd have Bush 43 down there with them, and Nixon and Carter.
^^^^This.
Evan wants to put the president that passed the largest anti-union, job off-shoring bill in US history (NAFTA)....up on the mountain. Oh, you know the same guy that repealled glass-steagall...you know...pesky banking regulations, what could possibly go wrong? Oh, and that also helped trigger the credit card debt explosion which helped fuel a bubble economy.
Just because Republicans sincerely tried to get Reagan's likeness on Mt. Rushmore doesn't mean Democrats want to see someone's art work bastardized like that. You don't add a hat on the Mona Lisa and you don't add a president on what is essentially a giant sculpture. That would be as silly as the OP's poll question.
Mt Rushmore is a work of art by sculptor Borglum. To change it in any way would be analogous to adding clothes to Michelangelo's David or adding a copy of the constitution to the Statue of Liberty.
Bill Clinton = inherited a huge mess left by the failed trickle-down economic policies of Reagan/Bush Sr., and turned the Reagan/Bush deficits and GOP-caused economic recession into a surplus and the most prosperous decade of 20th century America.
Barack Obama = inherited the worst foreign and domestic policy mess since FDR took over the reigns from Herbert Hoover. Saved the American auto industry, enacted healthcare reform, ended the Iraq war, repealed Don't Ask Don't Tell, killed Bin Laden and wiped out most of Al-Qaeda's top leadership. Created more private sector jobs in 2 years than George W. Bush in 8 years. Was the first president since FDR to win 2 terms with over 50% of the vote.
Two great presidents.
This is a hard one.
oh please
clinton inherited a great growing economy and impleneted policies that cause the 2008 recession
and the ALMOST surpluses (never had ACTUAL surplus,) was due to Newts keeping spending under control with a ballance budget type approach
and what has obama done...not a thing except make the recession last longer
Mt. Rushmore's rock isn't stable enough to add another figure. What you see now was much different before 1/3 of the cliff fell off during the sculpting. One of the figures had to be drastically changed to salvage what had already been carved.
The entire project was nothing but another tourist trap that got out of hand anyway. The 1930's were full of that kind of stuff; little towns everywhere were trying to come up with something that would get travelers to stop.
Well this thread is certainly a load of dog doo. Mt. Rushmore is a completed memorial and shouldn't be violated with trivial additions.
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Oh, you know the same guy that repealled glass-steagall...you know...pesky banking regulations, what could possibly go wrong? Oh, and that also helped trigger the credit card debt explosion which helped fuel a bubble economy. 
