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George W. Bush was worse than you remember
MSNBC ^ | 02/20/2023 | Michael A. Cohen

Posted on 02/20/2023 9:16:26 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The American presidency is one of the strangest jobs in the world.

Politicians aspire to it. The media focuses obsessively on the person who holds it and those who want to win it. Millions of books and articles have been written about it. And yet, most of the people who’ve held the job really weren’t that good.

There are a few truly great presidents, some pretty good ones and a handful of complete disasters. But most can be summed up, as the Simpsons famously once did, as the “adequate, forgettable, occasionally regrettable, caretaker presidents of the U.S.A.”

In fairness, the presidency radically changed in the 20th century, especially as the United States became a global power, so it’s a bit hard to compare the earlier commanders in chief to the modern ones. And despite the many mediocrities, ranking the presidents is a popular pastime, one I’ve dabbled in myself. So let’s ask a slightly different question: Who are the most overrated and underrated holders of the most thankless job in American politics?

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To: ro_dreaming

I found Jesus and course corrected. Not sure we will see the same for the political parties or our nation.

But, I will pray.


101 posted on 02/24/2023 2:06:21 PM PST by vg0va3
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To: vg0va3

I do, every day.

But I also pray that the Lord doesn’t make my days longer than necessary.

I also pray for my kids, and their future partners.


102 posted on 02/25/2023 6:08:33 AM PST by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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