Wednesday, November 02, 2005

PAST PRESIDENTS

Brace yourself. Public reverence for live past U.S. Presidents is inversely proportional to our disdain for them in office. So Bushy is set to have a cushy retirement as far as criticism goes.

Have you noticed we always elect the dumber of the two candidates, unless we can't tell who is the dumber, and then we go for the less experienced? Dave Barry argued with me on this point, claiming no one could have been dumber than Ford, but he forgot about the Billy Carter factor. And I don't think he actually heard Carter introduce Hubert Humphrey to a convention as Hubert Horatio Hornblower.

One more thing on U.S. Presidents: In our system it has been the most dictatorial presidents who have done the most good and the most bad. The fact points up a definite flaw.

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