How We Remember Our Presidents

Given recent tweets, I can't help but think about presidential legacies and monikers.  Here are a few:

• Washington - Father of His Country
• Jackson - Old Hickory
• Lincoln - The Great Emancipator, Honest Abe
• Roosevelt - The Trust Buster
• Coolidge - Silent Cal
• Roosevelt - FDR
• Truman - Give ‘em Hell Harry
• Eisenhower - Ike
• Kennedy - JFK
• Johnson - LBJ
• Reagan - The Great Communicator
• Nixon - Tricky Dick and “I am not a crook.”
• Carter - The Peanut Farmer
• Bush (Jr) -  Dubya

And I can't imagine anything other than:

• Trump - A Very Stable Genius

As you might be able to detect, I'm frustrated that the American media's spotlight is focused on Trump's twitter account.  It's like the slowing of traffic as people view a car wreck.  We're caught in ajam-up  of cars and can't get on with what we need to do.  Hopefully, we're absorbing the reminder to drive more safely individually and planning how to get public officials to collectively fund safer infrastructure, even alternatives to driving.

So keep calling your congress members.  Keep working with groups gearing up for the next election. Read funny books and watch funny movies to clear off the numbing effect of our president.

Meanwhile I'm thinking far ahead when it's possible the irony that Trump's nickname will carry could actually wear off and people take it at face value.  So Orwellian.  Push that thought away and pick your battles well.