C-SPAN
has released a survey of leading historians and presidential scholars
and the grades are in. Donald J. tRUMP is nearly last in his class.
There have been 44 men who have served as the nation's Chief
Magistrate. Grover Cleveland, who was elected to two non-consecutive
terms, is normally counted twice. In a brutal evaluation of our
Caesar Disgustus clocks in at number 41. One must go back to the
early and mid nineteenth century to plumb such depths for only
Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan have been given
lower grades.
Indeed,
it is difficult to imagine how it is that Franklin Pierce, Andrew
Johnson and James Buchanan finished below our Caesar Disgustus in the
historical rankings. What, after all, did Franklin Pierce ever do to
deserve such ignominy? Johnson, who fought the radical Republicans
and insulted the congress, was impeached only once. Buchanan, who
presided over the collapse of the unions, nevertheless never
conspired with a foreign adversary to gain the office, never used the
office to line his own pockets, never refused to honor election
results and never organized and led a coup attempt.
What
is interesting here is that the numbers belie the incessant
braggadocio constantly spewing from the mouth of Disgustus. Here our
intrepid 'billionaire', master of the 'deal' and self proclaimed most
competent person is ranked dead last in administrative skills and
earns a wholly undeserved ranking of 34th in economic
management given that he inherited the longest economic recover in
U.S. history and soon enough made a pig's breakfast of it. How he
comes in at number 42 in relations with congress baffles the
observer, for he was impeached twice and what little he accomplished
was done by congressional leadership while keeping the White House at
arms length.
Then
there is the “Sienna College Research Institute, Presidential
Expert Poll of 2018” which ranks the I.Q. Of our 'stable genius' at
number 44, again dead last. (1)
I
observed in the summer of 2017(2) that, in terms of management
style, our Caesar Disgustus would sooner or later be blind sided by a
coming crisis; that he was emotionally and psychologically unfit for
the job, that his presidency would lead to disaster. This alone was
troubling enough, but one must also factor in inspired stupidity and
willful ignorance. Together they produced a perfect storm.
I
agree with one of the participants in the C-SPAN evaluation who,
appearing on MSNBC, said that he voted tRUMP to be the worst
president in U.S. history. No other has stooped so low to go so
high; no other has put himself ahead of the nation; no other has so
egregiously overestimated his own inflated prowess. At least Warren
Harding had an appreciation that he was not up to the job. A little
humility might have saved us a lot of grief.
But
no, our intrepid Disgustus continues on, bellowing, crying and
wailing, always the victim, always plotting ways to do more damage to
the republic as he struggles to get free of this presidential hell.
For the grades are now in and he is justly judge one of the worst.
Wherever history books are read, his name will live in infamy for
though he cannot come to terms with the fact that the nation has
always despised him, the nation will.
An'
Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh
Indict,
convict, imprison
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_presidents_of_the_United_States
see: Protagonist:
August 2, 2017: Hollow to the Core, Ode to Ralph, Only Confusion Now
(wandererandshadow.blogspot.com)
