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Defend America on Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:38:29 AM
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4:25 AM, March 13, 2010
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12:22 AM, March 13, 2010
Since the end of World War II, our country has had three great presidents: Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan.
Their politics varied, but these giants stand in sharp contrast to our last three presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and now Barack Obama. The first two presided over gravely flawed presidencies; the third is on his way to outright failure.
What makes these two presidential trios so different? A recent visit to
the Truman Museum and Library in Independence, Mo., made me ask what
made those great presidents great.
The answer is character. The three greats were men of great character; the three recents, men of great ambition -- driven, in their different ways, by a fateful sense of entitlement.
And you don't build character by punching your ticket at today's Ivy-League universities, then dashing straight into politics.
The people I admire most in life aren't the golden boys (or girls), but
those who've come up the hard way. Frankly, failure builds character --
in those who have the gumption to get back up on their feet and fight
to succeed.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/why_our_post_modern_presidents_fail_9MKHR3ZhrLhWjxrtwsjAbL