Why the Rush to Judge George W Bush?

From Burke to Kirk and Beyond... has had quite a spurt of blog posts this week. He highlights this interesting piece that was in the WSJ that wonders why so many people are in the rush to judge the Bush legacy.

See Deferring judgment on the presidency of George W. Bush . The list of President mistakes includes a list of biggies that I suppose we have never been taught.

'James Madison, who officially succeeded Jefferson in 1808, made presidential passivity into an art form. "Little Jemmy," as they called him in New England, watched while 4,500 British troops disembarked from their ships, marched to Washington, D.C., and burned the White House, the Capitol and almost everything else worth torching. You can't do much worse as a war leader than that performance.'

Pretty Funny and there is some truth in this. Go the link for the link for more.