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Dear mhaze,

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You wrote :

1. « There are any number of polls on this issue. I've seen plenty that show completely different orders for best/worst eg some have Reagan as best and I saw one from economists who listed FDR near the bottom because of his Depression policies. »
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I’m not surprised, mhaze. I don’t recall seeing any two polls that indicated the same president as being the best. But that was not the subject of our discussion.

We were discussing your statement :

« Well, America's nightmare is almost over. In a little over a day, the worst presidency the US has known will finally grind to an unlamented halt and this sorry excuse for a president will be able to retire officially. »

When I checked that out, I don’t think I found a single poll that did not rank James Buchanan, Lincoln's predecessor, as the worst president for his leadership during the build-up to the Civil War.

But not to worry, mhaze, you have every right to your personal opinion. I’m not contesting that. I just wanted to point out that it is just that : your personal opinion – which does not appear to be shared by a majority of Americans.

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As I predicted months ago, Joe Biden has now issued pardons to his entire crime family. Not pardons for specific crimes, mind you, but a blanket pardon for all crimes committed over the past decade. He had of course issued such a pardon for his son and bag-man Hunter last month, but to ensure the entire crime family was safe he had to give those same pardons to them as well.

Back if 2020 when it was rumoured that Trump would issue pre-emptive pardons to his family (he didn't), Biden was loud in declaring that issuing and accepting such pardons was an admission of guilt. The Biden crime family has now admitted its guilt.

Also pardoned were the entire J6 committee who investigated the January 6 2021 riots and then destroyed all the evidence to try to hide the fact that their conclusions and accusations weren't supported by that evidence. Hilariously Biden gave Liz Cheney the Medal of Freedom last week and then gives her a pardon for her crimes this week.

General Miley was also pardoned for his gross insubordination and likely treason.

And finally and most egregiously, Fauci was pardoned for his crimes. And not just for what he did during the Covid scare but all the way back to 2014. Why 2014? Well, the claims from people like Senator Rand Paul is that it was 2014 that Fauci began research into gain-of-function viruses and then organised for that research to be continued in China (Wuhan) which ultimately led to the Covid virus. That crime is now basically admitted.

These pardons mean that the criminals can't be tried for their crimes. But it doesn't mean they can't be subpoenaed and questions about their activities. And since they are pardoned they can't use the 5th amendment to not answer questions. Expect that at least some of these people to be hauled before Congress and be forced to admit all.

"which does not appear to be shared by a majority of Americans".

Banjo,

that's why I suggested earlier that you check who was being polled. It wasn't average Americans. Most of them would have the foggiest who Buchanan. Struth I've seen polls where 30% of Americans don't even know in which century WW2 occurred.

The people being polled were professional historians, economists, political analysts and the like. But these aren't unbiased professions and most certainly don't represent the average American.

Yes, my opinion was my (informed) opinion. No one else. Rankings like this are always personal opinions. There's no object measure that can be used to finally decide it.

Its like asking who was the greatest tennis player. Ask ten people, get eleven opinions. Same here.

BTW the greatest tennis player was Ken Rosewell. We all know that.. :)

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Dear mhaze,

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You wrote :

« As I predicted months ago, Joe Biden has now issued pardons to his entire crime family. Not pardons for specific crimes, mind you, but a blanket pardon for all crimes committed over the past decade. »
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Biden has issued pre-emptive pardons not only to his “entire crime family”, mhaze, but also to his “entire family” – presumed innocent, shall we say, until proven guilty.

In issuing the pre-emptive pardons, Biden effectively turned the president’s constitutional power of forgiveness into a protective shield against what he maintains would be politically motivated vengeance.

Biden, of course, is not the first sitting president to pardon a family member; Clinton and Trump both did. Bill Clinton pardoned his half-brother Roger Clinton for cocaine charges. And a month before leaving office, Trump pardoned his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner.

Kushner was a multimillionaire real estate executive and was sentenced in 2005 to two years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to 18 counts, including tax evasion and making illegal campaign contributions.

Kushner discovered his brother-in-law and former business partner was assisting federal authorities in their investigation and set out for revenge.

He hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law in a New Jersey motel, arranging to have the encounter recorded with a hidden camera. Then, he showed the video to his brother-in-law's wife: Kushner's sister.

U.S. Attorney Chris Christie later declared “it's one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted. And I was U.S. attorney in New Jersey, so we had some loathsome and disgusting crime going on there."

Watching the gold and glitter of the Trump Inauguration Show on TV last night, I felt I was watching the American Pied Piper playing an enchanting tune on his magic flute, leading his exquisitely enraptured, joyful band of followers and the whole American population down to the enticing shores of the vast Atlantic ocean …

With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls
And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls
Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after
The wonderful music with shouting and laughter

http://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=pied%20piper%20flute&mid=E7331AE78BE4960507BDE7331AE78BE4960507BD&ajaxhist=0

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Yep, Trump commuting the sentence of a non-blood relative is totally the same as Biden giving a pre-emptive get-out-of-jail-free pass to all the members of his family who took part in and benefited from the Biden Inc. so as to ensure none of them were put in the position of fingering him.

Totally the same.

Sheesh.

" I felt I was watching the American Pied Piper..."

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BTW....ceasefire.

The Trump age is ushering in a new golden age for the US and those who want to go along for the ride. Shame you're gunna miss it.

All that glitters is not gold.