At 11:00 PM 1/17/2002 -0500, you wrote: >At 09:50 PM 1/17/02 -0600 Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: > >Could you please go into some detail as to why G. W. Bush is a better > >president than Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Wilson, both Roosevelts, > >Truman *and* LBJ? Oh, and explain why he's better than *Warren G. Harding, > >too. > >Well, GW Bush has not yet tried to add extra justices to the Supreme Court >in order to pass his legislative agenda. > >As great as FDR was on so many counts, that stunt means to me that FDR >should always have a big fat asterisk next to his record. > >JDG > >P.S. You forgot Reagan - who certainly rates above Wilson, who is usually >rated as "a failure, by his own admission." >__________________________________________________________ >John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #3527685 > "Our campaign against international terrorism does not represent some > sort of 'clash of civilizations.' Instead, it is a clash between > civilization and those who would destroy it." -Amb. Richard N. Haass
One of the few times FDR's political powers failed him. But any asterisk should also mention that, after his re-election, the Court changed its mind, finding that many of his programs (prettied up, and with the serial numbers filed off) did indeed pass Constitutional muster. john
