Yes, I know I’ll be let down eventually..let me enjoy it for now.

How’s that for a living legacy??

~

Coat

While Palin seems to have the possibility of becoming a better politician, I was comparing Palin to Quayle on their ineffectiveness and perceived inexperience.

As for Reagan’s legacy, take a look at this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucrr/20081103/cm_ucrr/thefifthpivotpointelection

And to close out this discussion, I give you a phrase attributed to Thomas Jefferson: “People get the government they deserve.” Sometimes that’s a curse, sometimes it’s a blessing.

(Also: wow Train Spotting is a really disappointingly literal term.)

As the for the last century, I’d say Theodore Roosevelt was the greatest President, followed by his cousin, Franklin. After that? It gets murky, as one has to split the Presidency from the Person. Wilson and Carter had high ideals, but were less successful implementing them. Clinton created a smaller government with a surplus, but his character tarnished his golden age. Same with Nixon, who implemented much environmental legislation and opened relations with Red China. Johnson? He tried to fight two wars at the same time. His social legislations was significant, but the Vietnam War caused much distraction. Reagan? A gifted communicator tainted by numerous scandals among his staff. Everyone else? Pretty much insignificant. (Argue amongst yourselves.)

Reagan as Governor of California cannot be compared to Palin as Governor of Alaska. Reagan knew how to hold an interview, how to give a speach, and how to communicate. Among various states, California is probably the closest one gets to actually running a country.

Now if you want to compare Sarah Palin with Dan Quayle, go right ahead!

One should differentiate between comic STRIPS and comic BOOKS. The general public reads comicstrips daily and enjoy them unabashedly. (My mother is a fan of Zits, for example.) Comicbooks, on the other hand, are still considered cutting edge, somewhat marginalized by society, and about twenty years behind the popularity enjoyed by comicstrips.

On January 4, 1955, President Eisenhower received a group from the National Cartoonist Society, and attended a NCS breakfast on June 24, where he was presented with a silver t-square and a collection of sketches (which were later published).

And my employer prevents any access to video, but try:
http://www.cerealcomics.com/?p=54
“Bill Clinton allowed his erstwhile business partner Peter F Pauol, Hillary’s $1.5 million plus contributor to her 2000 Senate campaign, to video tape Bill’s description of his first business as a teen, selling his comic book collection, at fundraiser in Los Amgeles, Feb, 2000.”

President Clinton also mentioned this during a summer jobs conference at Arlington, Virginia, on April 14, 1993.
“When the other speakers were talking, I was sitting up here on the
platform, listening and reveling. And they got talking about work, and I
got to thinking about all the different things I’ve done to make a
living in my life. When I was 13, I made a very foolish short-term
business investment: I set up a comic book stand and sold two trunks
full of comic books. Made more money than I had ever had in my life. But
if I had saved those trunks, they’d be worth $100,000 today. [Laughter]”
(source: Public Papers of the President, 1993, Books I & II)

So… THREE of the greatest presidents of the Twentieth Century were/are comics fans.

http://www.presidentialdoodles.com/