The younger generations don't realize how bad things got after 9/11 - obviously that event wasn't the single cause but it feels like it marked a very definitive line for which I remember life being much better before and things turned very dark in the years after, never to return again. I genuinely believe we were happier, healthier and were more prosperous before cell phones, instant communication at all times, the massive amount of regulations and monitoring and inflation -at the end of the 90's it was easy to get a $6 - $7 an hour job at Burger King or something and you could still afford to fill your gas tank half full with a $5 bill and you could get a week's worth of food at the grocery store for $15....essentially $20 a week was the only thing really REQUIRED to make it to work and back and get through the day. Today, many people are working for $9 an hour but a tank of gas is $50 and you MIGHT be able to eat for 2 days on $10 worth of groceries and then you've got the stress of being plugged in and essentially "on" all the time with cell phones and social media. .....I think back to the 90s and the thing I absolutely miss the most was the ability to get in your car and just disappear for an afternoon and NOBODY would be upset at you.....there weren't any cell phones - at least not for normal people - so it's not like you were expected to constantly be looking at it. If you stopped in the park and just sat for 2 hours it would be no big deal. It's gotten so bad......sometimes I feel like a frog being boiled alive in 21st century western culture.
@@davidkeetz I have made a similar point so I know exactly how you feel. It feels like there was a fleeting moment, where we were just in a solid spot. Not everyone of course. But from the mid 90s until those planes hit those towers, there was a real sense of country, unity. We had a budget surplus by the end of Clinton’s years. We had dealt with some bs over in Kosovo, and we were in a good spot. The nation was not perfect, but we were close. I would love for our young people to be able to experience the 1990s. What a time to be alive!
For those who weren’t around at the time, Clinton had an Obama-like effect in that election. The “younger”, articulate new guy who inspired millions of people with his soaring oratory and message of hope and change.
Clinton was a moderate pro business President. Obama is an America hating one world order lost opportunity to get blacks in line elegant liar. Clinton was nothing like Obummer & that woke progressive liberal Democrat party. Clinton also had the benefit of everything Reagan put into effect a decade earlier
So many people seem to forget/not remember this. I was 8 going on 9 and I still remember the hope and still remember how many of us identified with Chelsea and hoped for a future female president.
Clinton is nothing like Obama. The democrat party of the 90s isn't the America hating progressive liberal lunatic party of today. Clinton was a pro business moderate. Obummer was an America hating elegant liar. Totally missed opportunity to help his own race
The difference was that Obama was a horrible 8 years President🤢🤮👎🏻 while Bill Clinton had the last great booming decade in America history the 90's .👍🏻😲
Very interesting how optimistic he was. The end of the cold war. Seems like we are back in a warm war. Seems like a simpler, more friendly time. Politicians being cooperative and accepting the results of the election. Hinesight is 20/20, but i wish we could go back to this.
My first vote for president was for Bill Clinton in 1996. Out of all the presidents in the last 30 years (Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden), Bill Clinton is currently the best president in my lifetime.
that was the last time that life in American society was generally good........man we had no idea what kind of nightmare world was waiting right around the corner for us.
@@LaPizza8685Georgia went blue in 2020. Before 1964, every southern state was HEAVILY democratic. For example, in 1936, FDR won South Carolina with 98% support. He also won Mississippi with 97%. It all flipped when the Democratic Party started supporting civil rights.
Not gonna lie. I didn’t vote for Bill Clinton in ‘92, nor ‘96. (Yes, I was a diehard Republican who voted for Bush and Dole.) But as time went on, scandals aside, Clinton actually had more of our interests at heart than any president before or since (save for maybe Reagan). I actually appreciated President Clinton’s approach to leadership. Even willing to reach out to Republicans to achieve a greater good. You rarely see that anymore in politics.
@@Manatti06he won some states that are typically Republican because Ross Perot ran as a third party and siphoned off a considerable amount of votes from Bush.
@@amolkhobaragade Obama ended his terms with the highest debts of all times, Clinton with the lowest of all times. And yes I admit that the 90's were years of great economic growth
I know that people hate Bill Clinton for a lot of understandable reasons. But he was actually one of the best presidents of all time, and you have to be able to reconcile that with his personal issues.
Its honestly kinda weird seeing states like Louisiana, Tennessee and West Virginia (states that are normally red) blue. This shows how our country changes politically, but its kinda weird seeing it
Keep in mind, Clinton was a southern Democrat governor from Arkansas, and his VP, Al Gore, was Democrat Senator from Tennessee, which helped a lot. Moderate Dems were very popular in Southern state during this time. Similar to how Republicans were very popular in states like California and New York during the 70s and 80s.
@@pomerlain8924The U.S. State of Arkansas have never been in the so called south of the U.S., it is in the Midwest. The U.S. States of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois are neighbours.
I was 31 years younger then and I was in awe of Bill Clinton. I thought he communicated so well. When I listen and watch now, I am not that impressed. In fact it seemed that he sounded and came across as so boring. Time and experience does change perceptions.
Fair enough, but I think most would agree that Clinton's strength was as a master retail politician more than as a public speaker. The joke was that his speech st the '88 DNC was a flop.
Nice upload. There will never be an era like that again. An era that continued a time that was our best. No crap like we have today. 1990s.. Good internet, good taco bell, Nirvana/Soundgarden... Stuff was easier to FIX if it broke..... And no social media, good TV shows!
facts, my friend. facts. young people have no idea just how much worse life is on the whole today. I think back to that time and I miss so much about it. I miss how much buying power a minimum wage job had compared to today. I was happy working a crappy job because I could still fill my gas tank, get a pack of smokes and take out lunch for under $20....and then I could just decide to go for a four drive into the country and it would be fine because I was expected to constantly be checking this stupid cell phone. Time with friends felt more valuable because you weren't constantly seeing them on social media - - there was a feeling of real exploration without a GPS map in your pocket at all times. The world was SO DIFFERENT before 2001. @@jmjfanss
@@MrJimheeren it WAS amazing to us back then - and it was ethically good - or at least saintly compared to what the internet has become now. it was truly still a tool of knowledge and communication and not yet become corrupted. It's really hard to explain what it was like watching the internet morph from an strictly informational space to what's it become now
I'm a centrist, registered GOP but always consider myself a Blue Dog Democrat at heart. A shame they rarely exist anymore. My own beloved grandmother was a delegate for JFK in 1960. I was 7 at the time. My parents each supported a different candidate- my mother Clinton and my father Bush. It was the first election I was cognizant of in my life and as a young boy I took an immediate interest into politics. My grandmother had bought for me a children's book, "The Buck Stops Here," which was an illustrated history of the various presidents which I read frequently. I'll always remember my parents sitting me down and explaining to me that while we may have political differences, we will always still love each other and that we as Americans settle our differences at the ballot box. My parents are still together and will be celebrating 50 years of marriage next year. Clinton I'll say is the last truly great president we had despite his impeachment and the mess that followed that. This is the America I miss. Where we have an election and the next day we wake up and carry on. We believe and support and trust in our leader. Political polarization is the absolute worst thing I've seen in my lifetime. At 39 I fear it will only get worse.
Kamala really... more than Obama's 08 run? Crowds were absolutely insane during that 08 run. dnc convention in Denver Broncos football stadium with jets flying over.
Four years earlier, Dan had to cut an interview with Senator-elect Charles Robb of Virginia short to announce that Missouri - and the presidency - went to George H.W. Bush; dunno if he went back to Robb or not. By the way…ABC also called Ohio for Clinton; unsure about NBC.
We did. At least in my lifetime. His name was Ronald Reagan who set up the 90s to be as great as they were. Bill was a good moderate president though. Not like the progressive liberal Democrat lunatics today. This isn't today's democrat party
i was 16 at this time i think ross perot might of won this if he hadnt of droped out then got back in because i remember he was leading both bush and clinton in the polls before he droped out and got back in again
Looks completely different. I've only seen her in her elder days- After 2016 when she ran for president. So it's a bit strange to see her in 1992, age 45
clinton pre-trump era: "Best president ever since jfk" clinton after the trump era: "Lets remember more of the lewinsky era and his epstein trips rather than his first term"
The last great Democratic president. Charismatic, pragmatic, humorous, forceful. Controversial? Sure! But, no amount of character flaws can outweigh policy consequences. There will never be another like him.
I was 22 & remember watching this live. It seems like several lifetimes ago especially when I think of all that has happened in the 31 years since.
The past twenty three years have been identical to the 1980's, 1920's, 1860's and 1850's globally.
Right wing Depression Years.
You're a generation older than me but damn thinking back 20 years ago feels that way to me.
I concur……even the exact ages and dates, nostalgia. All of it. It was a more peaceful time with no internet and far less reading.
You old😂
54 now . 😂 Damn. You are old
The economy was so bad...construction was down. We needed new ideas. He was the right president at the right time...and I'm a republican.
What new ideas? Clinton was a briliant campaigner, but at the end, he was not much different thant George HW Bush, status-quo manager.
The economy prospered with him.
Bush alienated republicans by raising taxes
You are a republican that has common sense. Modern Republican dont have that
He only won because Perot pulled so many votes from Bush
The 90s!! What a decade of growth and prosperity!!
And good music!
The younger generations don't realize how bad things got after 9/11 - obviously that event wasn't the single cause but it feels like it marked a very definitive line for which I remember life being much better before and things turned very dark in the years after, never to return again. I genuinely believe we were happier, healthier and were more prosperous before cell phones, instant communication at all times, the massive amount of regulations and monitoring and inflation -at the end of the 90's it was easy to get a $6 - $7 an hour job at Burger King or something and you could still afford to fill your gas tank half full with a $5 bill and you could get a week's worth of food at the grocery store for $15....essentially $20 a week was the only thing really REQUIRED to make it to work and back and get through the day. Today, many people are working for $9 an hour but a tank of gas is $50 and you MIGHT be able to eat for 2 days on $10 worth of groceries and then you've got the stress of being plugged in and essentially "on" all the time with cell phones and social media. .....I think back to the 90s and the thing I absolutely miss the most was the ability to get in your car and just disappear for an afternoon and NOBODY would be upset at you.....there weren't any cell phones - at least not for normal people - so it's not like you were expected to constantly be looking at it. If you stopped in the park and just sat for 2 hours it would be no big deal. It's gotten so bad......sometimes I feel like a frog being boiled alive in 21st century western culture.
@@davidkeetz I have made a similar point so I know exactly how you feel.
It feels like there was a fleeting moment, where we were just in a solid spot. Not everyone of course. But from the mid 90s until those planes hit those towers, there was a real sense of country, unity. We had a budget surplus by the end of Clinton’s years. We had dealt with some bs over in Kosovo, and we were in a good spot. The nation was not perfect, but we were close. I would love for our young people to be able to experience the 1990s. What a time to be alive!
The triumph of liberal democracy and capitalism!!! The demise of communism!
The right wing Depression and Intentional Torts in which is identical to the 1980's, 1920's, 1860's and 1850's.
For those who weren’t around at the time, Clinton had an Obama-like effect in that election. The “younger”, articulate new guy who inspired millions of people with his soaring oratory and message of hope and change.
Clinton was a moderate pro business President. Obama is an America hating one world order lost opportunity to get blacks in line elegant liar. Clinton was nothing like Obummer & that woke progressive liberal Democrat party. Clinton also had the benefit of everything Reagan put into effect a decade earlier
So many people seem to forget/not remember this. I was 8 going on 9 and I still remember the hope and still remember how many of us identified with Chelsea and hoped for a future female president.
Clinton is nothing like Obama. The democrat party of the 90s isn't the America hating progressive liberal lunatic party of today. Clinton was a pro business moderate. Obummer was an America hating elegant liar. Totally missed opportunity to help his own race
The difference was that Obama was a horrible 8 years President🤢🤮👎🏻 while Bill Clinton had the last great booming decade in America history the 90's .👍🏻😲
@@isabellaereshkiCan you compare the energy of Clinton in 1992 and Obama in 2008?
I wasn’t around yet when he was president but I would’ve never thought someone from my state of Arkansas would be elected president.
How cool lol.
He was probably one of the best things to happen during the 90s. What a great time and an amazing president.
He was also a Democrat, oh how times have changed.
He got STRAIGHT to the point "That it, drop it, we will have a new president"
I was 2 months old in November 1992. Gosh time flies
I was 1 year or about 12 months old when he was elected.
Myself, born January 1992.
unc
@@OliverSolorzano Myself, born February 1972.
@@robroy6374 Yeah!! 1972 was also an election year in the U.S, with Nixon winning a landslide reelection against McGovern
0:17 “CBS News has never been wrong in making one of these calls in a presidential race”.
Election 2000: Oh yeah????
lol
my reaction exactly!!!
This was 1992, so CBS was spot on until 2000.
Actually they called it right. The SCOTUS stole it and gave it to George W. Bush. Try and know wtf your talking about before you open your mouth.
Bill Clinton is the GOAT.
Very interesting how optimistic he was. The end of the cold war. Seems like we are back in a warm war. Seems like a simpler, more friendly time. Politicians being cooperative and accepting the results of the election. Hinesight is 20/20, but i wish we could go back to this.
Were you expecting someone doing his election victory speech to be pessimistic?
My first vote for president was for Bill Clinton in 1996. Out of all the presidents in the last 30 years (Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden), Bill Clinton is currently the best president in my lifetime.
that was the last time that life in American society was generally good........man we had no idea what kind of nightmare world was waiting right around the corner for us.
Bingo @ virtute
Obama and Biden are both better than Clinton
Sorry he had no discipline
@@kennethrichardson7945 beats 9)11 and endless wars
Happiest years of my life. I was so caught up in that election. Never another one like it.
Until 2020 this was the last time an Incumbent President lost re-election.
Please reiterate this. Seems like a whole lotta people are still in denial.
@@disgruntledpelican5660 Thats you son..
So crazy to Louisiana AND Georgia as Blue...
@@LaPizza8685Georgia went blue in 2020. Before 1964, every southern state was HEAVILY democratic. For example, in 1936, FDR won South Carolina with 98% support. He also won Mississippi with 97%. It all flipped when the Democratic Party started supporting civil rights.
And the last President to lose re-election is, RIGHT NOW!! If you count dropping out as losing
Not gonna lie. I didn’t vote for Bill Clinton in ‘92, nor ‘96. (Yes, I was a diehard Republican who voted for Bush and Dole.) But as time went on, scandals aside, Clinton actually had more of our interests at heart than any president before or since (save for maybe Reagan). I actually appreciated President Clinton’s approach to leadership. Even willing to reach out to Republicans to achieve a greater good. You rarely see that anymore in politics.
The fact he won Louisiana... wow, as democrat speaks volumes!!! wouldve easily won a 3rd term if they had em lol
@@Manatti06he won some states that are typically Republican because Ross Perot ran as a third party and siphoned off a considerable amount of votes from Bush.
Ronald Trickle Down Reagan destroyed the U.S.
I was 18 years old when Clinton won. I cried tears of joy when he won! Still my favorite President of my lifetime!
You old😢 18+31
Chris Evans now in the morning now right soon and power back on the next week and be in the morning
Obama was much better for me
@@amolkhobaragade Obama ended his terms with the highest debts of all times, Clinton with the lowest of all times. And yes I admit that the 90's were years of great economic growth
@@AbdulfatahOsman-o4zold? Speak for yourself!
Such a powerful speech. Kudos to the writer.
Notice how you hear him talk about keeping taxes and spending low. You’d never hear that from a Democrat today.
I hear man... he seemed to fit the moderate democrat mold. republicans liked some of his views for sure.
Oh what a time ! Makes me proud to be an Arkansan ! We miss you Bill! The President of Hope from Hope !
I know that people hate Bill Clinton for a lot of understandable reasons. But he was actually one of the best presidents of all time, and you have to be able to reconcile that with his personal issues.
Clinton was the first president I voted for when I turned 18. One of the best presidents this country has had.
I hope I can be this happy again on November 5, 2024. I still remember that day. This was after 12 years of rule under Reagan and H.W. Bush.
Its honestly kinda weird seeing states like Louisiana, Tennessee and West Virginia (states that are normally red) blue. This shows how our country changes politically, but its kinda weird seeing it
Keep in mind, Clinton was a southern Democrat governor from Arkansas, and his VP, Al Gore, was Democrat Senator from Tennessee, which helped a lot. Moderate Dems were very popular in Southern state during this time. Similar to how Republicans were very popular in states like California and New York during the 70s and 80s.
@@pomerlain8924The U.S. State of Arkansas have never been in the so called south of the U.S., it is in the Midwest.
The U.S. States of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois are neighbours.
I was 31 years younger then and I was in awe of Bill Clinton. I thought he communicated so well. When I listen and watch now, I am not that impressed. In fact it seemed that he sounded and came across as so boring.
Time and experience does change perceptions.
Fair enough, but I think most would agree that Clinton's strength was as a master retail politician more than as a public speaker. The joke was that his speech st the '88 DNC was a flop.
Still politicians in that time, no empty slogans
Nice upload. There will never be an era like that again. An era that continued a time that was our best. No crap like we have today. 1990s.. Good internet, good taco bell, Nirvana/Soundgarden... Stuff was easier to FIX if it broke..... And no social media, good TV shows!
your opinion.
Welcome to the internet. You liked it so much you spoke tome today. If you hate Internet and Soundgarden...Hrm.@@jmjfanss
facts, my friend. facts. young people have no idea just how much worse life is on the whole today. I think back to that time and I miss so much about it. I miss how much buying power a minimum wage job had compared to today. I was happy working a crappy job because I could still fill my gas tank, get a pack of smokes and take out lunch for under $20....and then I could just decide to go for a four drive into the country and it would be fine because I was expected to constantly be checking this stupid cell phone. Time with friends felt more valuable because you weren't constantly seeing them on social media - - there was a feeling of real exploration without a GPS map in your pocket at all times. The world was SO DIFFERENT before 2001. @@jmjfanss
Good internet? What are you talking about
@@MrJimheeren it WAS amazing to us back then - and it was ethically good - or at least saintly compared to what the internet has become now. it was truly still a tool of knowledge and communication and not yet become corrupted. It's really hard to explain what it was like watching the internet morph from an strictly informational space to what's it become now
I'm a centrist, registered GOP but always consider myself a Blue Dog Democrat at heart. A shame they rarely exist anymore. My own beloved grandmother was a delegate for JFK in 1960. I was 7 at the time. My parents each supported a different candidate- my mother Clinton and my father Bush. It was the first election I was cognizant of in my life and as a young boy I took an immediate interest into politics. My grandmother had bought for me a children's book, "The Buck Stops Here," which was an illustrated history of the various presidents which I read frequently. I'll always remember my parents sitting me down and explaining to me that while we may have political differences, we will always still love each other and that we as Americans settle our differences at the ballot box. My parents are still together and will be celebrating 50 years of marriage next year. Clinton I'll say is the last truly great president we had despite his impeachment and the mess that followed that. This is the America I miss. Where we have an election and the next day we wake up and carry on. We believe and support and trust in our leader. Political polarization is the absolute worst thing I've seen in my lifetime. At 39 I fear it will only get worse.
He was so young here.
One of the best Presidents ever! Should be on Mt.Rushmore.
Obama should be on Mt. Rushmore
Great memorable time from my Childhood
a truley great victory speech good job bill
Arkansas is small but mighty
I was 14 and in the 8th grade when Clinton/Gore got elected. I remember only too well
Dam bro won before midnight 😅
That's how things used to work before the progressive liberals decided it should take a week so they can cheat
The difference couldn't be more clear
It’s weird knowing this is how life was like in the early 1990s even though I wasn’t born for another 5 years since this elections 😮
Monica was watching from somewhere in California
Tel Aviv
I was only 8 years old, but I can say this much, during his tenure as the President, America was awesome.
Historic moment
This was my first time voting. Just turned 18 in April 91’
The hope and optimism of Kamala remind me of this 1992 campaign
Kamala really... more than Obama's 08 run? Crowds were absolutely insane during that 08 run. dnc convention in Denver Broncos football stadium with jets flying over.
Powerful speech.
Bruh Bill Clinton turned Louisiana blue🤣🤣
As soon as I see him I always think of his creative ways of using a cigar.
This was the real realigning of the map for the present day
Yes we can. President Bill Clinton.
When the 90s officially began..
The parallels between his general msg and trumps general msg are kinda insane
There similar in so many ways
Best president of modern times
The parallels between Clintons victory speech and Trumps victory speech sound almost familiar.
Incredible
Everything was great in the 1990 until bush came along😢
His 1994 AWB bill was an absolute disaster that he later admitted to being one in 2015.
👏 Bravo!
Four years earlier, Dan had to cut an interview with Senator-elect Charles Robb of Virginia short to announce that Missouri - and the presidency - went to George H.W. Bush; dunno if he went back to Robb or not.
By the way…ABC also called Ohio for Clinton; unsure about NBC.
Wish we could have another president like president Clinton the best president in my lifetime.
We did. At least in my lifetime. His name was Ronald Reagan who set up the 90s to be as great as they were. Bill was a good moderate president though. Not like the progressive liberal Democrat lunatics today. This isn't today's democrat party
I liked Bill Clinton
we had it so good with him
The first and only time I ever voted was for Bill Clinton. The last great president this country has had!
Thanks for taking care of Dole for me.
I remembered when this happened and could not believe it since it seemed the GOP always won.
Bill kept prices down, Money in everyone's pockets and No riots.
Pause it at 1:05 there’s no way that’s 280 unless the grey states are already gone to blue
Minutes 8:25 - 9:10 i miss this kind of America.
Considering the election that just happened, my jaw just dropped to the floor seeing Clinton *borderline sweep the freaking Bible Belt.*
I can't believe he signed all those bombshell laws bro
Glad you allowed a balanced budget
4 years old
One of my regrets is that in 96 i was one year away for voting for Clinton
0:17 “underscore NEVER”
Until 2000
Wow look at all that blue.
And we will never know about the wide gap in our country...
❤❤❤ yes
I was 20 and bill clinton was first president i voted for was a great choice
Kind of amazing to see states like Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, going Democrat.
this man was soo attractive
The best years of US and world
19 FEBRERO 1947 BILL CLINTON
But why is Clinton never on currency amongst others?
Hot take: If Ross Perot hadn’t run, Bush would’ve won.
The race would have been closer, but he would have still lost.
@@pomerlain8924 negative
The majority of Perot’s voters weren’t right wingers
@@nobodyreally7339 and?
@nobodyreally7339 Incorrect. He pulled mainly from Bush. My grandfather who was a staunch Republican voted for Perot.
Just imagine if Preto won
i was 16 at this time i think ross perot might of won this if he hadnt of droped out then got back in because i remember he was leading both bush and clinton in the polls before he droped out and got back in again
Love me some Bill!❤❤
So did Monica and look were that got them
Monica and Hillary both blew it
Man, hillary was a snack back then
she never was.
Looks completely different. I've only seen her in her elder days- After 2016 when she ran for president. So it's a bit strange to see her in 1992, age 45
Bill and Hillary seem such an unlikely couple.
Keep this story in mind in early January! I also find it ironic that Hillary was wearing a blue dress!😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was negative 2 years old
Where is Monica? I don't see her among guests 😀
Well she was 17 at the time and living in California. So yeah she was not in Little Rock Arkansas
@@MrJimheeren she wore a tiny hat
She is anywhere under on her knee
Took economics from Reagan economic that’s why
Sadly slick willy pushed nafta and other horrors.
yes, including the crappy telecommunications act of '96.
Tipper gore was the worst. She set out to destroy music as we know it.
clinton pre-trump era: "Best president ever since jfk"
clinton after the trump era: "Lets remember more of the lewinsky era and his epstein trips rather than his first term"
The last great Democratic president. Charismatic, pragmatic, humorous, forceful. Controversial? Sure! But, no amount of character flaws can outweigh policy consequences. There will never be another like him.
And for the chaos and shitstorms he caused after that…
What a toolbag
1993-2000 were a crap era anyways.
Can she make a cherry pie billy boy, Billy boy?
Bush can't blame nobody but himself for losing this election
Kamala in a few months!
yes comrade yes
That aged well 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@adamfull3181 😭😭😭😭😭
Bush~Quayle 92
Jobs jobs jobs. Anywhere you looked they were hiring and needed help.
the day FDR died
Anf cutting down a bush or tree of his dad's! Omg what bad manners! Clearly my doesn't mind!
Although far from an ideal president, I’d certainly vote to re-elect Bush.
Same!
Goddamned guys, what happened to you. Look at what you have become
Hillary handed him the speech😅