W straddles fence, commutes Libbys sentence

[MattJack]

So you still think Nixon takes the cake?

I obviously haven't done much reading on Nixon, or much reading outside of the phone book for that matter, but can you enlighten me on how he was worse than W?

I guess it's just because I'm young and W is such an easy target. Plus, I can't think of ONE good thing he has done really.

As far as looming evil goes, it is a toss up between Cheney, Gonzales, or Rumsfeld.

Actually, I just kind of lump them all together to form one super evil being.

I can't choose Bush because I think he's too stooopid to be evil. He's kind of like Wile E. Coyote to me, he just fucks a lot of shit up and makes an ass out of himself.

[mburbank]

You missundertsand. I think W is far worse.

BUT, I think Nixon is far more interesting, far more complicated and in addition, he was the imperial president when I was an impressionable kid, not a jaded adult.

Nixon was paranoid, where W is spoiled and petulant.
Nixon was a twisted genius, W is proud to be stupid.
Nixon was a controlling workaholic, W is a slacker bitch.
Nixon was working class, W was born to privilidge
Nixon saw himself as above the law, W doesn't really get what the law is or care if he breaks it, he just has to do what he wants.

W is a FAR worse president than Nixon, but he's way duller.