Worst. President. Ever?
Posted on:: December 9th, 2006
The Washington Post asked four guys whether Bush is the worst president in history. It’s a silly question, of course, but elicited really interesting responses: Foner Brinkley Cannato Greenberg.
Brinkley is my favorite of these. He concludes that although Bush is probably not the worst, “He has joined Hoover as a case study on how not to be president.”
I am certainly not convinced W is the worst ever, if only because “worst” is such a rich term with so many possible axes (and axes to grind). So, I’ve put together my own list to weigh the pros and cons, in no particular order…
|
Positive |
Negative |
| Resolute | Personality: Stubborn. Incurious. Not fact-based. Non-nuanced. Incapable of seeing multiple points of view. Believes he knows what God wants. |
| Resting heart rate of 44 | Iraq |
| Debt | |
| Global warming | |
| Economic gap | |
| Punitive educational reforms | |
| Security, lack of (real) | |
| Anti-science | |
| Subversion of Constitution (imperial presidency, disregard of personal liberties, erosion of church-state separation, 2000 election) | |
| Misc.: Disturbing Oedipal psychology. Unwarranted Texas accent. Nicknames. Patronizing neck rubs of world leaders (female). Smirk. |
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