Sunday, November 28, 2004
No It's the Next One
Today I read an article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Commentary section from Michael Barone describing George W. Bush as the successor to Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt in handling crises, and in particular, wars. To me it seemed that he was implying that Dubya Bush will be a Crisis President. No, Michael. It's the next one.
Take a look at my Periodic Presidents chart. The chart shows that the Idealist Presidents (or Optimist Presidents) were Polk, Wilson, and Reagan. These all made Americans feel good about themselves and the nation. These Optimist Presidents were followed by two other types of Presidents, namely Popular, having a way with people, including Pierce, Harding and Clinton, and Held-Back, or Laconic, not innovating too much, as with Fillmore, Coolidge, and George H. W. Bush; although he won a war, the elder Bush did not do much domestically. The next President after these is a Nero or an "Ostrich" President, as in Buchanan and Hoover, has been one that does not recognize an upcoming crisis in our nation. And I feel that George W. Bush is also in this category. The real crisis in the next few years is oil, not terrorism or cruel dictators. It is the next President after Bush, to be elected in 2008, that will become a Crisis President and will be recognized as one of the best in US History, following the footsteps of Washington, Lincoln, and FDR.
As far as Dubya Bush being a Nero President is concerned, I realize from commentary that he is a different type of Nero than Buchanan and Hoover. Those latter two were passive Neros. They just simply let things happen. They let the nation or the nation's economy fall apart and did nothing about it. Bush is doing things about the upcoming crises. But he is doing the wrong things. He is taking us the wrong way. I call such a President an Active Nero. But he still is a Nero President, and only if he radically changes the way he does his work, to the extent of being practically a New President, can he convert from Nero to Crisis President. I don't think this will happen. I think instead that the next Crisis President will be elected in 2008, and this President will more likely be a Democrat than a Republican, although that is not certain.
Take a look at my Periodic Presidents chart. The chart shows that the Idealist Presidents (or Optimist Presidents) were Polk, Wilson, and Reagan. These all made Americans feel good about themselves and the nation. These Optimist Presidents were followed by two other types of Presidents, namely Popular, having a way with people, including Pierce, Harding and Clinton, and Held-Back, or Laconic, not innovating too much, as with Fillmore, Coolidge, and George H. W. Bush; although he won a war, the elder Bush did not do much domestically. The next President after these is a Nero or an "Ostrich" President, as in Buchanan and Hoover, has been one that does not recognize an upcoming crisis in our nation. And I feel that George W. Bush is also in this category. The real crisis in the next few years is oil, not terrorism or cruel dictators. It is the next President after Bush, to be elected in 2008, that will become a Crisis President and will be recognized as one of the best in US History, following the footsteps of Washington, Lincoln, and FDR.
As far as Dubya Bush being a Nero President is concerned, I realize from commentary that he is a different type of Nero than Buchanan and Hoover. Those latter two were passive Neros. They just simply let things happen. They let the nation or the nation's economy fall apart and did nothing about it. Bush is doing things about the upcoming crises. But he is doing the wrong things. He is taking us the wrong way. I call such a President an Active Nero. But he still is a Nero President, and only if he radically changes the way he does his work, to the extent of being practically a New President, can he convert from Nero to Crisis President. I don't think this will happen. I think instead that the next Crisis President will be elected in 2008, and this President will more likely be a Democrat than a Republican, although that is not certain.
