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Originally Posted by Ironduke
I was watching Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld last night... they had a poll in which 98% of history professors rated the Bush presidency unfavorably.
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It's the money.
The standard was to wait until a president died before reporting on their historical impact, and even those who died in office or early than usual it was common to wait at least 12 years to assess the historical impact. That all changed around the time of Kennedy/Johnson/Nixon, and now it's a rush to get books out on the market to make money.