It makes me sick to read on these boards the ignorant expression that the likes of Clinton was a "great" president.
George Washington was a "GREAT" president.
He was a servant to the people of the country he loved.
He lead the men of a fledgling and all volunteer army against the wealthiest, best trained, best equiped, and most powerful military machine on the earth at the time ... for seven long years.
He wintered over at Valley Forge (bitterly cold there), during war-time, in a tent with his men and officers.
He sacrificed his own personal wealth.
He sacrificed his own personal health.
In 1787, in Philadelphia he guided with clarity of thought and immeasurable wisdom the formation of a new nation dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, the existence of a supreme being, and unalienable rights for the purpose of your and my individual freedom and national unity under God.
He declined the proposition of being elavated to royality.
He decried the establishment of a "party" system in the election of a free and independant government.
To sum up the "greatness" of his presidency, he was THE ONLY unnannimous victor to the presidency. A calling that he understood was for the purpose of setting the example in order to execute the will of the people mandated by the legislation passed by Congress. He was, in short, the finest example this country will EVER see of a humble military genius and an exemplary statesman. He was a servant who well understood the nature of both man and government and their respective relationships.
Pardon my judgment of Clinton, for I only know OF him by the carefully edited writings and political correctness of a liberal-influenced media, ... but one thing Clinton was NOT, was a "great" president.
Purp
