This Sessions hearing is riveting!

[Dill]

(06-13-2017, 11:32 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: I think the 24/7 constant bitching and moaning about the president by the "Other" side started with Bill Clinton. From Hillary's healthcare thing to that "Gate" thing to the dude hiding secrets in his pants thing to Lewinsky, it was constant.

Then it moved to George W. Bush then to Obama now it's Trump.

Before Bill, it was only when there was something the other side could get to stick and cause trouble. Now it's "Throw everything against the wall and if nothing sticks, who cares, it causes trouble for the other side".

Yes, the big shift came in the mid-90s. Gingrich's GOPAC memo is the first big step towards today's mess.
http://themoderatevoice.com/newt-gingrich-and-his-list-of-words/.  Worthy of Goebbels.

One slight tweak of your point, though,  we had an unnecessary war and recession under Bush. Complaining about that was not just partisan business as usual.

Also, if you keep throwing everything against the wall, people believe it sticks.