`. : You say he attempted “nothing liberal.” You forget his first act in office – permitting gays to be in the military. His noble but doomed attempt to give us national health care in 1994 was admirable. And don’t forget that he passed the assault weapons ban in 1994 even though he sacrificed the Democratic Party’s majority in the House to do it. Clinton's ``era of big gov't is over`` was merely a statement of fact, as Americans have abandoned the idea. He did “end welfare as we know it,” but what he ended was cash payments to poor people. He greatly enlarged the number of social programs in the United States, and this in spite of having to work with a Republican-controlled House and Senate from 1995 to 2001. You may remember that Clinton’s State of the Union addresses were laundry lists of social programs he wanted passed – programs that helped many millions of people. I’m especially fond of Americorps. On balance, I’m convinced that Clinton was a liberal, not one of your “centrists.”  :The tally: If Clinton isn’t on this list, we should also remove, at least, Kerry and Wilson. Huey Long is off the list, no questions asked. The others are open to debate, but again I remind you, I would put all these people on the list except Huey Long. And I would definitely include Clinton`