Bush is a crook.

Originally Posted by Soluzar

What I'm not aware of, though, is the part where Lincoln. Roosevelt and Kennedy had been absolved of all blame for their actions.

http://www.wethepeople.gov/heroes/holzerlecture.html
http://www.br-online.de/wissen-bildu...sch/roosevelt/

Just a few examples.
In reality, they are not absolved of their faults... but no one devotes all of their time on them, like people have been doing with Bush.
Nor do people call them crooks, thieves, swindlers, war criminals, etc.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

We won't know that until after the fact, now, won't we?

I am sure there was a large quantity of the population who were totally against the emancipation proclamation.
There were also a great deal of people who despised the way in which FDR dealt with many problems, and actually, that hasn't changed much. People still criticize him. But the overall view is that he did well.
Kennedy... well... I'm not sure exactly what he did aside from being known for pushing civil rights a bit.

I'm not prepared to have an extensive debate on the topic. I just think that calling Bush a crook right now is premature legacy fabrication and pointless mudslinging.

There's nowhere I can't reach.