 both political parties began running up the national debt, an issue that plagues us even more today. Fast forward to the 1990s. The impeachment of President Bill Clinton further divided the country along partisan lines, demonstrating the detrimental effects of political vendettas on national unity. In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court's monumental decision in the Bush v. Gore presidential race, declaring George Bush the winner, made the country's partisan divide even more tense.