Posted on 12/02/2006 9:40:43 AM PST by WinOne4TheGipper
Oh my heck he has his own domain as well!
http://www.ericfoner.com/
Coolidge and Harding are severely underrated, in my opinion.
Regards, Ivan
Can't get in too deep for - what was it? Six weeks? LOL!
Why do they always look like that dweeb?
The man just toppled two horrific and brutal totalitarian regimes and in the process liberated 51 million people from oppression! Geee... those people stripped of their rights are called TERRORISTS!
This is what David P. Schippers (a former Democrat Chicago prosecutor), Chief Investigative Counsel for the Clinton Impeachment wrote, in his book SELLOUT The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment:
"The Democratic players in the impeachment drama certainly aren't going to thump their chests. After all, what would they say? 'Yeah, we knew the President was a serial felon who made Richard Nixon look like a Boy Scout, but we don't care.' And the Republicans couldn't do much better. 'Yeah, we knew he was subverting the Constitution, too, but some of us were too scared to tie our own shoes.'"
My point here, is that these alleged "historians" do not care to print the truth about anyone; not those they hate; and certain not those they love! This article is just one more reflection of the utter dishonesty in journalism today!
Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
Nancee
The Mexican-American War happened 1846-1848, within James K. Polk's administartion. Buchanan is a failure because of his mismanagement of the secession situation during the lame duck period of his presidency (you also know that you're pretty bad when your own party won't renominate you).
Unlikely. He'll end up middle of the pack, I think. He did a pretty good job in his first couple of years after 9/11, and the fact that he was re-elected certainly puts him in a different category from Carter, et. al. But his lack of a consistent philosophy on domestic matters had led to a mish-mash.
Tax cuts, economic growth, and low unemployment are on the good side. Those are balanced on the bad side by a new welfare state program (Medicare Rx), high overall rates of government growth, lack of progress on reforming the Social Security and Medicare before they reach crisis mode, and abandonment of firm defense of free speech by signing CFR.
Plus consider that modern historians don't have the same values that you do. Even if the Middle East turns out exactly the way Bush envisioned (which looks chancy), the historians will still tag Bush with the "Iraq civil war/failure" theme.
Agreed.
Eric Foner
The next Democrat elected President will be the worst in U.S. history.
This is very troubling.
From Foner Foney's editorial:
Foner acts as if this was a terribly egregious action (not to say that I endorse it, it's just that it's history, and will not change) but fails to note that despite any disdain for "unprovoked" warfare the United States' international reputation was not damaged enough to prevent it from becoming an even more pervasive world power.
One other president bears comparison to Bush: James K. Polk. Some historians admire him, in part because he made their job easier by keeping a detailed diary during his administration, which spanned the years of the Mexican-American War. But Polk should be remembered primarily for launching that unprovoked attack on Mexico and seizing one-third of its territory for the United States.
Why, thank you MadIvan. I am impressed that you do know more about American History than most Americans...:)
As far as presidents before my time, I can only go by what history says. However, I can rate who I consider to be the best and worst presidents in my 40+ years of life. I believe the best president (in my lifetime) was Ronald Reagan. He was very dedicated to keeping America strong. I believe the worst president (in my lifetime) was William Clinton. He made a mockery of the presidency and of this country.
"Bush Wants To Repeal The Magna Carta!" Especially against black people.
This guy is a good enemy to have.
Well, my lifetime has been considerably shorter so far, so this is easy:
Reagan
Bush 43
Bush 41
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Clinton (who doesn't deserve to be ranked anywhere near Reagan)
And Columbia is allegedly one of the "better" journalism schools. You've got to wonder what mischief is afoot at all the others....
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