On last nights 60 Minutes episode, there was an interview by Leslie Stahl of the ex-Federal Reserve Board head / Economics guru and stout supporter of the GOP, Alan Greenspan; a person who holds the unique position of having the inside knowledge to adequately and fairly efvaluating the past Presidents he had worked extremely closely with, and here is the scorecard....
Nixon: "A very profane man"...held many bigoted views towards Jews, Italians, etc.
Ford: "not the smartest, but a very normal, ethical man"
Reagan: "possessed an odd form of intelligence"
King George I: utilized improper attempts at publically pressuring specific actions by the Fed
King George II: "never specifically endorsed the tax cuts""used massive overspending eliminating vast surplusses" Cheney stated "surpluses don't matter"
Bill Clinton: "highly intelligent" "an extraordinarily effective President"
Hillary Clinton: "very smart" "unquestionably capable of assuming the role of President"
The official conservative response to the Greenspan interview should be forthcoming, although they will struggle, as their usual tactic of criticizing the interviewee and throwing them under the bus will be extremely difficult as Greenspan was the GOP darling, thus his continued employment under 5 Republican Presidents.
Guess they will just have to read it, and let the truth sink in.
I suppose they will be calling their travel agents for a lengthy (and typical) trip to "DeNile."
And that is "The World According to Kimba"
Thanks for reading
2 comments:
He hasn't changed political affiliations at all, has he.
He hasn't changed parties, he just calls them like he saw them. The truth from someone with an inside view, an intimate view of who they were, and what they were. Someone still a staunch Republican, who said he could never vote Democrat. Someone with absolutely nothing to gain by expressing his respect and admniration for two very intelligent people....the Clinton's. Two people who were almost always "the smartest people in the room."
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