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12.11.06 @ 12:01AM

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Bush 43, who is trying to prevent oil-rich barbarian warlords from dragging the world backwards into the middle ages, and who made an effort at entitlement reform to prevent the U.S. from going the route of Argentina, is the worst of all in Prof. Foner's view?

But Carter, who presided over the worst economic deterioration since the Great Depression and allowed an act of war against the United States to go unpunished, was okay?

Presumably Prof. Foner is reserving his highest ranking to some future president who dissolves the United States entirely. Some future inaugural address will say, "We were a naughty country. We made unsuccessful countries feel bad, so now we're going to dismantle our distinctive features and join the ranks of the also-rans."
-- Tom Gelsthorpe

POSTSCRIPT
Re: George H, Wittman's Time for Pundit School:

Just a couple more terms popular with pundits (or rubes trying to sound like pundits) to throw on the trash heap of bad language:

Co-conspirator; either your a conspirator or not -- what is a co-conspirator?

Irregardless; if you can't decide between irrespective and regardless, mashing the two together doesn't make you sound any smarter.
-- JD
Grand Rapids, Michigan

ROW YOUR BOAT
Re: Norm Allen's letter (under "Free Inquiry") in Reader Mail's Aiming to Appease:

Mr. Allen, if you and your friends could just stick your oars in the water and start helping the rest of us row, instead of sitting around on your collectivist duffs all day and telling us that island in the distance is just a mirage, it sure would be appreciated.
-- Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas

FREE SHOT
Re: Mike John's letter (under "Thanks for Nothing") in Reader Mail's Aiming to Appease:

Surely you know that "Language" as a perfection isn't forced upon our daily existence. Anyone who does not accept "for free" in common usage and understanding has a limited mind. Stop hectoring us and have a few martinis or what you wish and relax. Western civilization will rise and fall on the jerk knee reactions of 20% of the American Republic, not the bugger tight reactions of Ivory Tower narrow minded intellectuals.
-- Stammon

IT'S AUTOMATIC
Re: Diane Smith's letter (under "Cache Niche") in Reader Mail's Aiming to Appease:

If I can claim no other enlightenment from my years of reading The American Spectator online, at least I now have a clear understanding of the difference between a pissant and a puissant. And in typing this letter, I gained some insight to share with Diane Smith. When you type "pissant" into a Microsoft Outlook email, it automatically changes it to "puissant." Hope this helps.
-- Glen Hoffing
Shamong, New Jersey

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