[Peace-discuss] Worst President Ever, Revisited

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

W may be an idiot but he hardly deserves the credit for wrecking the 
economy.  Any one who didnt see the collapse coming, even in the 
pre-Clinton days, was probably not looking.

The NOLA thing is laughable even as an honourable mention.

The most interesting think to me is the underlying treatise.

Americans desire to be ruled by a wise, benevolent and good-looking king.

So that they can feel wise, good-looking, and benevolent in
their wretched and meaningless lives of vanity.

On 07/09/11 10:18, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> Worst President Ever, Revisited
> By: Eli Friday July 8, 2011 6:01 pm
>
> No, I’m not ready to crown Barack Obama the Worst President Ever just 
> yet, but consider this:
>
> Yes, George W. Bush wrecked our economy, destroyed New Orleans, turned 
> a budget surplus into massive deficits, ignored warnings of a major 
> terrorist attack and used that mistake to lead us into two disastrous 
> military quagmires…
>
> But he also pushed relentlessly for conservative policies and 
> delivered for his base with war, deregulation, tax cuts, environmental 
> rollbacks, and an army of right-wing ideologues embedded in the 
> federal government and judiciary. He failed to privatize Social 
> Security, but not for lack of trying.
>
> Barack Obama, on the other hand, inherited a mess rather than creating 
> one. But not only has he failed to create jobs or restart the economy, 
> he has paid only lip service to progressive policies and betrayed his 
> base at almost every turn.
>
> Instead of using the financial crisis or the current debt hysteria to 
> push through a progressive agenda like Bush used 9/11 to push through 
> a conservative one, he’s using them as an excuse to capitulate to 
> Republican budget chickenhawks, and even to cut Social Security and 
> Medicare.
>
> FDR told his base, “I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do 
> it,” while saying of the corporate right, “I welcome their hatred.” 
> Obama has done the exact reverse.
>
> So which is worse? The president who serves his base and sets the 
> country on fire, or the president who stiffs his base and fights fire 
> with gasoline?
>
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