Open Thread - 05-09-25 - Timelines
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 9:18am
Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joseph Biden, Donald Trump.
These are the presidents I've lived through.
I don't remember anything about Eisenhower, I was too busy being a kid.
The same with JFK, except for the Cuban missile crisis and having to duck under our desks, and when he was assassinated. Oh boy, do I remember that.
Lyndon Johnson. I came of age in the 60s, especially politically, I remember that SOB very well.
Richard Nixon, the crook. Although recently there's been rumors he may have been a victim of the so called Deep State.
Gerald Ford, an attempt to heal the nation after Nixon, IMHO, it didn't succeed.
Jimmy Carter. His heart was in the right place, but he was eaten up by the system.
Ronald "Raygun" Reagan. The start of the celebrity presidents. I remember rough times at the start of his term, who knows who ran the country during his later years as president.
From there on I want to highlight a self conceived pattern. More below.
