According to Bill. But not according to everyone else:

Clinton unabashedly proclaimed the economy the best in 30 years while ignoring the previous five economic expansions which averaged a 4.4 percent annual growth. The Clinton economic recovery, by comparison, has produced an average growth rate of 2.4 percent, ranking as the worst economic recovery in more than a century.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n47_v12/ai_18956021

But I will grant you this (and note the claim for 30 years does hold up for unemployment rates):

http://clinton5.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-03.html




>>The economy is down because we have lost our manufacturing base to other countries. Thank you NAFTA, and both Bushes, as well as Bill Clinton for betraying your country economically. It also doesn't help to have the Commander-in-Chief spending like a drunken sailor on payday.
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>>So, the above begs a question to be asked: Why?
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>I beg to differ, but when Bill Clinton left office, the US had the best economy in 30 years.
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>As far as to why Bush is oblivious, can't help ya there.