I forgot about Ford. He's very forgettable. One can make a strong case for Nixon - China, EPA, Clean Air and Water Acts, etc - but he was such a detestable person and ego and paranoia-driven asshole that few will ever think positively of him.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:00 pmFord. And Nixon was probably better than Ike. Sure he prolonged a war, but it was like who started it.Vrede too wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:56 pmI set a low bar. Which post-WW2 Repug do you think was better than Ike?billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:45 pmIke was pretty much the backbone of everything we have wrong.
Industry over people
War at every turn
Destruction of democracies
All Ike had was a rhyming slogan for a name and a history using the slogan rather than admitting the harm he caused.
Technically, Truman started the War when he reneged on FDR's promise of an independent Vietnam and allowed the French to re-colonize. Everything after that was the fruit of HST's poisoned tree, a Harry-Dick continuum.