I think we almost always think the choices suck. It is only in retrospect ( if even then) that we see more clearly.
Whenever people say that no one has ever been criticised like______, I think about the way Lincoln was portrayed in the opposition press. Now, most people consider him among the best, ( although you can get a good argument on that), but at the time he was considered much like our current President.

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