by Indy » Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:36 pm
I'm trying to think back in my lifetime...
Nixon: not dumb but crazy
Ford: LOL
Carter: smart but ineffective
Reagan: not complex but certainly played the shit out of that role, even as he was lapsing into dementia (which he was, scarily)
GHWB: looking back now, a smart guy and totally underrated considering what's come since
Clinton: smart, also underrated by ugh, the cheeseball factor after a while
GWB: probably the low point in my lifetime when it comes to intelligence and world view and being ideologically an empty container (although Cheney was really the president)
Obama: sigh. Where to even begin?