ANSWER didn't exist during the Clinton administration. Shocking that they never protested...
Likewise, the Workers World folks are a tiny group of Maoists who were never involved in any kind of mass action prior to the Bush era. (and are once again irrelevant)
And Code Pink? Nope, didn't exist either.
As for why there were few protests in general: no war, buddy. Hard to mount a campaign against missile strikes that have already ceased. The only long-term event of Clinton's tenure was the Balkan incursion, and it did receive broad support, as campaigns framed in human rights terms are wont to do.
You're not arguing with a young conservative here, you're arguing with an old anarchist who was at most of the big protest throughout the 1980's. "Answer" wasn't active during the Clinton admin because their friends were in power. "Answer" has been around for a long time, they just call it different names during different Republican admins. Code Pink is simply the latest incarnation of Medea's minions.
I saw teeny demo's against Jimmy Carter for mining the Nicaraguan harbor and supporting the Contras and huge demo's against Reagan for the same kind of stuff, the same people (bought and paid for by the dems) who organized the giant demo's against Reagan and Bush 41 are the same people calling themselves "Answer" now.
as campaigns framed in human rights terms are wont to do
Oh, I see bombing hospitals and TV stations and bridges (and the Chinese Consulate) are "human rights"...oooooh I see, when Democrats go to war and the liberal media cheers it on and the Hollywood nitwits say "go team"
Then all of a sudden it is ok to kill innocent civilians, oh, ok.
Thanks for clearing it all up!