Where to even begin with Taylor? Her attempts to starve the other kids? Her crush on Greg (she votes for him EVERY week)? Her thoughts on bossiness/George Bush? No, we need to start with her answer to the question: "Who have been some of the worst U.S. presidents, and why?" because part of that answer was:
Bill Clinton because he lowered the country's moral. Jimmy Carter because he gave away the Panama Canal.
THE PANAMA CANAL!!!! Didn't America stop caring about the Panama Canal after we no longer needed it as a shortcut for ships going to California for the Gold Rush? I have NEVER heard Canalgate '77 mentioned as a major event and I took at least 2 history classes in college. I hate Jimmy Carter as much as anyone, but that's based on rational reasons like his alleged antisemitism and my hatred of humanitarianism.
What about Hoover? What about the Teapot Dome guy? Andrew Jackson and the trail of tears? W?? Didn't every president in the like 20 years before the Civil war kind of suck? Wasn't one named Taylor?? The only thing William Henry Harrison did as President was die; surely that's worse than giving away a crap canal.
Let it go, Taylor. There are other canals for you to enjoy here in America. Right in your home state of Georgia you have the Augusta Canal, the Brunswick Altamaha, and the Savannah Ogeechee (among others). Time to move on. Let Panama have this one and leave Jimmy Carter alone.
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