Heh, the problem with Luthor is that he has done things worse than bin laden to the USA. We might as well elect bin laden president.
They'se sort of reformed him lately, or at least made him evil in a more realistic manner. He's sort of the epitome of evil corporate white guy, whereas he used to be a lunatic who wanted to take over the world for some vague reason.
Anyway, you're talking to a guy here who thinks the Empire in Star Wars gets a bum rap. The Rebels are just a bunch of left-wing radicals running around blowing stuff up, without a viable plan for governing after they win. But I digress....
Heh, the problem with Luthor is that he has done things worse than bin laden to the USA. We might as well elect bin laden president. Retrocontinuity and reboots scrap much of a character's backhistory.
It's a Soviet idea really, rewrite the past to suit the present.