The office of the President of the United States has the most polarizing effect on our country. But, of course, it was always so, I guess, but not to the extent it has been lately.
I don't think a president has sustained popularity in my lifetime except for maybe DDE-Ike.
I have lived in the instant communication age. The lack of a maintained overwhelming approval rating may be because of the instant media.
John Kennedy's approval was sagging; that's why he was in Dallas. LBJ didn't seek a second term because of his handling of the Vietnam war.
Nixon even further damaged the office.
Ford made Chevy Chase's career on SNL. Carter was in over his head. Reagan had an excellent first term. Then, the Berlin Wall fell at his political peak, and his age and the by now biased media hastened his decline.
Bush 41's lip-reading statement doomed him. Clinton was in trouble with the handling of Waco; he bounced back after the 94 GOP take-over, where he triangulated and mobed to the center. He went out in the most demeaning way a president should act in the White House.
Bush 43 "W" rallied America around 9/11 but lost sight of the true enemy and then left a weakened collapsing economy.
Obama, our first black President, ran as an "uniter, not divider." Still, it took a controversial health care plan and polarizing handling of a racially charged shooting to make the divide so deep as to be unrepairable.
Trump used the fissure to energize his base. He was politically savvy enough to out politician the politicians. But, unfortunately, he was primarily undone in part by the Chinese Plandemic and Hollywood.
We are now in the hands of a President who one a disputed election. Unless your the media, in which case, "nothing to see here." Joe "let's go, Brandon," Biden is striking similar to the man behind the curtain in the wizard of Oz.
We are now so polarized we are on the brink of a cold civil war. So grab a box of popcorn and see how this fiasco plays out.
Joe may be the last of the Presidents.
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