The President We Love to Blame
e was the dominant politi-
presidential performance from Franklin D.
cal figure of the 1960s. He
Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan showed that
challenged us to wipe out
Americans consistently ranked Johnson
poverty, to end racial seg-
near or at the bottom of every category.
regation, and to win a
Asked which of these presidents made
morally confusing war in
them feel proudest of being an American,...