Most presidents are ranked "average" or, to put it less charitably, mediocre. Johnson, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Richard M. Nixon occupy the bottom rung, and now President Bush is a leading contender to join them. A look at history, as well as Bush's policies, explains why. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
The key graph in this opinion piece is the one listing Bush's many alleged sins, especially as they relate to how his administration has "strayed from the rule of law." But Bush has yet to suspend the right of Habeus Corpus, throw newspaper editors and other private citizens in jail without charge or impose rigorous censorship on the nation's press, even to the extent of personally rewriting news stories. Lincoln did all of these things during war, yet is only mentioned in the context of his criticism of Polk. This piece is simply Eric Foner's ideological vent against a president he clearly despises.
