One of the unintentional consequences of George Bush's disastrous presidency is a renewed interest in American history among young people.
My twelve year old daughter Katy was riding up to a ski resort in Indiana when one of her friends Egan started a conversation by arguing that she didn't think George Bush was the worst president in American history. "What about Richard Nixon," she asked? My daughter replied that "James Buchanan was the worst president. He just sat around while the Civil War got started."
And on it went.
Would kids have been having a historical conversation like that if Al Gore or John Kerry had been president?
I don't think so.
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