Nomad:

You are right, but as with most memories with most people we tend to exaggerate what we preceive as the good in people.

He did bring the country back from a dismal financial and morale downward spiral.

Back in about 1967 when I drove a cab part time so that I could buy a motorcycle, I picked up a couple of out of town truckers from the terminal they had dropped thier trucks off for the day. The conversation turned to Jimmy Hoffa and the tactics and associations that had made him and the teamsters a powerful union. I mentioned that it was a shame he had to involve criminal elements to achieve what he did. To my shock, my two riders said they didn't care because they got "theirs" in the process.

There seem to be an awful lot of people in the world, not just the United States, who don't care how thier leaders work as long as the people they represent get "theirs".

I believe the reason so many morally good people fall and fail from a moral standpoint is that they see less moral people doing better in life and the good people become tired of not getting "theirs".

Bountyhunter