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In the last few weeks, the Democratic Party has turned on Bill Clinton with the ferocity of 16 years of pent-up resentments. He will not be cut any more slack, and neither will his wife. Meanwhile, the Republican primaries have turned into a Ronald Reagan adoration contest. Neither ex-president deserves what he is getting. Clinton is a victim of long memories; Reagan is a beneficiary of short ones. . . . But the biggest fairy tale about Reagan is the most central one: about taxes and spending. . . . If the GOP is looking around for an icon to worship, it might consider Bill Clinton. He cut spending from 21.4 percent of GDP to 18.5 percent - three times as much as Reagan.
MICHAEL KINSLEY
Los Angeles Times
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