# Do you think this Presidency has been the U.S.A's worst ever!? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 17, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-presidency-has-been-the-u-s-as-worst-ever/255533 "2004-07-17T02:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-presidency-has-been-the-u-s-as-worst-ever/255533/201 "2004-07-20T23:05:18Z")
> [@MrFantsyPants](#): > > I think you are confusing “feeling bad” with “psychological damage”. There’s a huge gulf of a difference, and I would hope you can see the difference without me thinking up some horribly graphic examples. 1. No, I am not. 2. The gulf is not as large as you make out. 3. Which category the example under question lands in is debatable, and may not be a constant across all people. 4. Neither are particularly easy to prove in a court of law, which makes them questionable standards on which to base legislation. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-presidency-has-been-the-u-s-as-worst-ever/255533/202 "2004-07-20T23:48:17Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > I bet you meant “sowed.” As in sowing seeds. As in "as ye sow so shall ye reap. " Donald Jahraus was a man who sewed the whirlwind, though. (He worked on the special effects team for _The Wizard of Oz_ and made that nifty twister out of a new-fangled nylon stocking.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-presidency-has-been-the-u-s-as-worst-ever/255533.md?page=10)