I hated it when Bush was called a liar and stupid in every media and venue, except during a presidential address in the House, although looks of contempt and body language clearly conveyed that message. Both Bush and presidential rival Kerry had solid C averages at Yale, with a slight edge to Bush. It may be said that being an average student at Yale means more than achieving an average ranking at a state university, but why quibble. Bush and Kerry were distant cousins, both came from moneyed families, and both had relative success in their political careers before running against each other. The media labeled Bush a bumpkin and Kerry urbane.
I hated it when Congress and conservatives spent massive amounts of time and our money on impeaching Clinton for doing something many in politics do with a great deal of frequency – engaging in sexual indiscretions and lying about it. Yet the eight years during Clinton's presidency were very prosperous for our economy; perhaps due to the fact that government was too busy airing Clinton's dirty linen than messing with businesses.
The reality is that almost every president has had detractors and media attempting to marginalize their efforts in office. Maureen Dowd mentioned a few in her column today – Father Coughlin against FDR, Joe McCarthy against Truman, John Birchers against JFK. She failed to mention the entire liberal media against Bush. As a matter of fact, she omitted any detractors of conservative presidents. Being part of the liberal press, I guess Dowd can't see the forest for the trees or doesn't care.
Rep. Joe Wilson was disrespectful to President Obama during his speech before the House last week. For heaven sakes, people, this is the US House of Representatives not the British House of Commons!
But I have to say that I was appalled by columnist Dowd's inflammatory reflection that she heard the unspoken word “boy” at the end of Wilson's shout out. More fuel for the liberal fire, I guess.
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