>> things have certainly gone to hell in a hand-basket since Bush II
...but it started with Bush I, who totally failed to steward the Great America that Ronald Reagan left him.
Bush I was indeed one of the worst presidents in American history, followed closely by his gope, controlled-opposition, uniparty son.
imho, he just didn’t have enough time to blunt RR’s economic and geo-political momentum for us, as Perot (and Clinton), thank God, did him in before he could really get going.
unfortunately, he did do a lot political damage to America, effectively reversing the political changes in the GOPe started by RR and his movement. imo, that was the real damage done to us by Bush I.