----- Original Message ----- From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 5:39 PM Subject: Re: The Prospect on the Future of the Democrats
> At 04:01 PM 12/5/2004 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: > >I think focusing on just the White House race misses the point. The > >Democrats are not doing well across the board. GWB should have been a weak > >president because he bungles so much in office. Gautam rated him D-, and I > >wouldn't call Gautam a raving liberal. :-) > > In fairness, Gautam is being unduly pessimistic there. How do you know? Why are you sure he is wrong? > By the usual standards historians use to judge Presidencies, Bush will be > rated much more highly than that. Well, it will be interesting to see what historians say, since Bush is keeping the material that historians typically use to evaluate presidents secret. That usually doesn't work, because speculations about what is hidden for political purposes often covers possibilities that are far worse than what really happened. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
