Nixon (national embarrassment)
Ford (set the precedent of letting criminal politicians off the hook for “national unity”, gone in a flash?)
Reagan (well-liked by many, in hindsight wrecked the country on many many levels)
Bush Senior (hard to take seriously, but national embarassment?)
Bush Junior (oh fuck me straight up the goat ass, America, what is wrong with us?)
Trump (oh fuck, America, why are you trying to one up your idiot self with this fuckface?)
with maybe, arguably, the exception of Eisenhower, has there been a republican president since “the switch” that hasn’t been a national embarrassment?
Nixon (national embarrassment) Ford (set the precedent of letting criminal politicians off the hook for “national unity”, gone in a flash?) Reagan (well-liked by many, in hindsight wrecked the country on many many levels) Bush Senior (hard to take seriously, but national embarassment?) Bush Junior (oh fuck me straight up the goat ass, America, what is wrong with us?) Trump (oh fuck, America, why are you trying to one up your idiot self with this fuckface?)
Bush Sr: Iran Contra knowledge and appointed Clarence Thomas to the bench amid sexual assault allegations
plus ça change…
I had forgotten about that. My main memories are the war and Dana Carvey impersonations, but I was young.