re: #245 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

What’s unfortunate is that it didn’t make him a better person let alone a better President.

Whatever his many flaws, he didn’t whine about how unfair things were and he reacted with humor to his near death experience. And he didn’t demand absolute loyalty. Nor was he subservient to the Russians. Nor did he demonize immigrants.

But his administration did a lot of damage to the working class of this nation and he waged war on the environment. He was a typical modern Republican President, profligate and anti-social safety net; he set the standard for contemporary Republican policies, including ignoring the health crisis of the 80’s (AIDS) until someone he knew was stricken.