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My belief is that, unfortunately, while Trump may be a bad guy, he's more of a victim of delusional Americans than delusional Americans are a victim of Trump. Delusional Americans have created the mythological background for a negative messiah, Trump haplessly walked into it, and has effectively pl...

rhe·tor·i·cal /rəˈtôrək(ə)l/ adjective (of a question) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information. What was the effect or statement behind: Why don't those so-called "historians" value narcissism and psychopathology as Presidential virtues? . . . ? ...

Why don't those so-called "historians" value narcissism and psychopathology as Presidential virtues? Why waste bandwidth asking questions to which you already know the answer? rhe·tor·i·cal /rəˈtôrək(ə)l/ adjective (of a question) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather th...

I'd like to know exactly which Uniparty RINOs were considered the historical experts on this question? Trump is on his way to a landslide victory for the Republican nomination with much less money than Nicky Haley . How many Republicans are voting for her over Trump? RINOs are likely way overrepres...

Because criteria that might make a former president look good to one person might be the very same criteria that makes a former president look bad to another. Hence why it’s no more possible to make an “accurate” list of presidents from best to worst than it is to make an “accurate” list of songs f...

I have extreme doubt, though, that future historians will ever rate Trump highly. He is surely destined to be ranked as one of the most corrupt, dishonest and bigoted Presidents as long as there still exist honest, well-informed historians. I predict, if anything, that disdain for him and what he d...

Interesting take, Shades. I wonder why you put the word accurate in scare quotes. Because criteria that might make a former president look good to one person might be the very same criteria that makes a former president look bad to another. Hence why it’s no more possible to make an “accurate” list...

Results of the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey This survey included widely respected historians and political scientists from a wide spectrum of political views from Democrats to independents, liberal to conservative. There were was not as much disagreement between those of Democr...

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Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:04 pm

At this point I think my point stands that Harris's shot was a cheapish one, if you think about the issue seriously.

It does indeed.

I wouldn't put much stock into any of this. Rankings may be fine for presidents who served during living memory, but for ones before that? I doubt an assessment can be made that's anywhere near "accurate." Interesting take, Shades. I wonder why you put the word accurate in scare quotes. Anyway, if ...