Worst. Cartoonist. Ever.

did you read today's (Sunday's) Doonesbury comic strip? It still appears in many papers on the comics page although it really should be on the editorial page. Both the Williamsport Sun Gazette and the Elmira Star Gazette carry Mr. Trudeau's editorial.

Today this left-leaning (if it leaned any further, it would fall down) piece that is occasionally humorous hit upon the theme of President Bush being the "Worst. President. Ever." (Yes, he used the single word sentences to drive home his point.)

It angered me at first that Trudeau would harp upon such a falsehood. Especially with the Democrat Convention this week featuring such luminaries as Presidents Carter and Clinton.

Mr. Carter, lest we forget led an administration that saw the US embassy staff in Iran held hostage for months while he did nothing but whine. He also led the US economy into a real recession with double digit inflation and interest rates. And, of course, we should remember long lines at gas stations because of the OPEC nations withholding of oil. Since retiring from office, Mr. Carter has hopped around the world searching for a platform from which his criticism of the USA can be made. Usually this entails cozying up to leftist dictators.

And Mr. Clinton was impeached. Not for having sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky, but for lying about it. He oversaw the weakening of the US military to the joy of our enemies while at the same time commanding strikes in Somalia and the Balkans. Like Carter, Clinton kissed up to the Palestinians to get them to sign a peace accord, the Oslo Accords, which lasted about as long as it took for the signatures to dry. There was Travelgate, White Water and the Marc Rich pardon. And the Lincoln Bedroom might as well have been a luxury suite at the Hyatt considering how it was rented out to the highest contributor. Such dignity while in the Oval Office!

So I guess the likes of G. B. Trudeau need to repeat the "Worst. President. Ever." meme often and with vigor in the hopes that someone, somewhere may believe that it is true and will forget the actions and character of the last two Presidents who had a (D) after their names.