The reason why you hear “Worst President ever!” has nothing to do with an objective analysis of his failures and accomplishments. Anybody posting here is doing so based on their frame of reference. In memory, the Presidents I have to compare this guy to are Reagan, GHW Bush, and Clinton. Most of us are taught a decent level of history on Washington and Lincoln, and due to exposure to our elders we receive decent exposure to FD Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter and Nixon (I rarely hear much said about Ford or Eisenhower).
Now how could GW Bush look like anything but the bottom-of-the-barrell compared to these other Presidents? I do want to thank GW Bush for increasing my esteem for Reagan by roughly 1000-fold.
Enjoy today’s dose of the obvious.