Question for Dems: W or Perry? You choose

[Stranger in a strange land]

Dubya: both more moderate and less of an idiot. Dubya actually had priciples and stood by them, even when it was clear to everyone outside his inner circle that he was wrong. Perry has nothing but swagger. Even worse, he is a political opportunist of the worst type: less than two years ago, he was threatening secession, now he wants to be president.

I love how Dems always think the latest Republican is somehow the worst.

When Nixon and Ford were president, they said Eisenhower was better.

When Reagan and Bush 41 were president they said Nixon and Ford were better.

When Bush 43 was president they said Reagan and Bush 41 were better.

Now they're going to think Bush 43 is better than Perry? Really?

Bush 41 was better than Reagan and Bush 43. Ford was better than Nixon, if only because Ford wasn't a crook. Nixon was a bad president not because of his policies (which were actually decent) but because of his betrayal of the public trust.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Ike was the best post-war president from either party. Come to think of it, it kind of strikes me as odd that conservatives are so nostalgic for the 50s, when it was a time of high taxes, high regulation, massive government spending and expansion, and social discontent (which granted, didn't come to a head until the 60s, but still).

[Stranger in a strange land]

Massive spending?

The 50s was pre-Medicare.

So there can't be massive spending without medicare? 

The United States was spending more and more on military costs during Eisenhower.  So much money was flowing into the defense industry and it became so invasive that during his farewell address Eisenhower addressed the military industrial complex. 

I have a feeling that even if medicare was completely abolished the conservatives would still complain about big government and massive spending.

Also, ever hear of the Interstate?