“And I can say this, I will not blame VietNam on Kennedy,”
That’s a triumph of emotion over the facts, but I imagine you will find lots of company.
Well, however you measure it, emotion is involved in everything.
I have no comment about Eisenhower, as I was alive then, but about that time, still nursing!
My judgement is this. And it is only my opinion based on what I lived and saw.
History will be the great judge.
It will be kind to Kennedy.
There is chit about Johnson that is buried so deep you might never smell it but history will rip him to pieces.
It will also, begrudgingly, be kind to Nixon. In my opinion, Nixon was a good man who got in too deep.
Ford? He tried hard. After all, he was an excellent FB player.
Carter? He also tried hard. His southern hospitality and genteel nature I think is something we should recognize and respect. I can tell you that IF the Iranian hostage mission had succeeded, there is no doubt in my mind, he would have been re-elected.
Reagan? Balls.
The two things no other president in my lifetime has had.
Bush I? A total Wall Streeter, Military/Industrial/Intelligence tool. Cripes he was head of the CIA for a while. Does anybody actually think he could have worried more about votes than his friends in high places?
Clinton?
Most FReepers will be amazed that I say this. But I think history will treat Bill Clinton as one of the greatest presidents ever. During his tenure, we had the computer revolution, there were many advances in agricultural output, in fact quite a bit of that “peace” thing was out there during the Clinton years. And when one compares the reception Clinton got in the international community VS. the reception George Bush II got, it shows quite a distinction.
Bush II? I think Bush the second will be viewed unfavorably. Too many conflicting forces surrounded him. I sincerely believe that he is an honest man, but we are at the point it almost makes one wonder “Is the job of Presidency too big for a single man?”
Obama? Zero.