– Wiccapundit
It has occurred to me that there are four types of government administrations:
1. Moral and Competent
2. Corrupt and Competent
3. Moral and Incompetent
4. Corrupt and Incompetent
I would place the Reagan Administration in category 1: moral because it opposed communism and believed in increasing Americans’ personal and financial freedoms; and competent because it actually accomplished its goals of rolling back communismworldwide and vastly expanding economic activity through tax cuts.
I would place the Nixon Administration in category 2: corrupt because of Watergate and Nixon’s paranoia/enemies list; and competent because it actually brought an end to the the Vietnam War by forcing North Vietnam to the negotiating table on the strength of massive military strikes.
I would place the Carter Administration in category 3: moral (in a certain sense) because Carter – although preachy and self-righteous – seemed to genuinely desire the expansion of peace in the world, and was not overtly mired in any major scandals; and incompetent because, well, where do you start? Iran hostages/growth of Muslim terrorism, Soviet expansionism, “stagflation,” sky-high interest rates, gas lines …
As for category 4, as the line goes from “Highlander”: “There can be only one.”
Corrupt.
Incompetent.
Your thoughts?
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I seem to recall seeing similar categories presented elsewhere, but for the life of me I cannot recall where. I think you are bang on though, and the examples you cite are correctly placed. Here’s some others, what say you?
Bush (Junior): 1 (some elements of 3)
Clinton: 2
Bush (Senior): 1
Obama, however, would merit a classification of his own:
5. Corrupt, Incompetent, and completely out of his league.
I could go on and on with the categories, but I do, actually, have a life.
How about
1)Evil
2)Stupid
3)Evil AND Stupid
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