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So I says this to myself the other day when I saw the Bush bashing go into high gear. Why do people feel the need to beat down every president that has run this country the best they could.
Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Bush1 and now Bush2. Every president in the last 30 years has been ripped apart by people. I don't think it's right, these people were/are great men. They were elected and ran the country for at least 4 years which is no easy job. I think some of these guys have gotten a serious raw deal. No matter what you or I say these people did what they thought was right and that should be more important to the American people than naming a friggin sewer station after them 
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122584386627599251.html |
Wow, that WSJ article is some serious sour grapes...Dude, get over it.
But I don't think you can make a blanket statement as every president is different.
Nixon did lie after all, and his authoritarian leadership didn't help matters much.
I see you missed Ford, wonder why?
Carter gets ripped for the wrong reasons. Yes, he wasn't effective but he also was right on energy (for the time) and the first evangellical President.
Reagan doesn't get ripped much aside from the far Left who found his social cuts excessive. I'd say the vast majority of the Country looks at him in a positive light.
Bush 41 doesn't get ripped all that much.
Clinton get's ripped by the Right because he was lucky enough to be in office during an economic boom. They're just jealous.
But to Bush 43, sure he's worked hard and tried to what he thinks is best for the Country...yea...but a serious critique of his management style, policy and administration integrity is so painful that perhaps, for the good of us all, he does indeed deserve it.
-spence