The Worst President Ever?

There is ALWAYS someone worse. And what's more, every time you accept the supposed lesser of two evils, you make it inevitable that there WILL be worse.

When Reagan was elected, everyone said "This is insane. He's the worst President there could ever be."

Then Bush was elected. And people said "HE'S the worst President there could ever be."

Then Bill Clinton was elected and sold the Democratic Party to Wall Street. Nobody said that he was the worst except some Republicans, but the damage he did to our democracy was irreparable.

And then we had George W. Bush. And people said "Oh, NOW we get it. This is beyond insanity. He's surely the worst President we could ever possibly have."

Then Obama was elected. He was charming and well-spoken, and he built cages for immigrant children and gave himself the legal right to spy on and drone-kill Americans secretly without a trial. His cabinet was virtually all Wall Street people who looted the economy and crushed working people. But nobody said that he was the worst, because he was charming and black and he was a Democrat. Still, the damage he did to our democracy was irreparable. And Wall Street gained still more power over the system.

Then Trump was elected. And now people are saying "Oh, God, what kind of crazy world are we living in? Surely this is the worst President there could ever be. No one could possibly be worse."

To which I reply: "Oh yeah? Just wait."

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana