• Charles Manson,  Ted Bundy

    Conservative Blogger Colleagues Have IT Wrong on Worst Figures in American History

    Charles Manson in August 16, 1969 Mugshot

    Well, I wasn’t asked but the list compiled by John Hawkins is fairly lame. Here is the list:

    23) Saul Alinsky (7)
    23) Bill Clinton (7)
    23) Hillary Clinton (7)
    19) Michael Moore (7)
    19) George Soros (8)
    19) Alger Hiss (8)
    19) Al Sharpton (8)
    13) Al Gore (9)
    13) Noam Chomsky (9)
    13) Richard Nixon (9)
    13) Jane Fonda (9)
    13) Harry Reid (9)
    13) Nancy Pelosi (9)
    11) John Wilkes Booth (10)
    11) Margaret Sanger (10)
    9) Aldrich Ames (11)
    9) Timothy McVeigh (11)
    7) Ted Kennedy (14)
    7) Lyndon Johnson (14)
    5) Benedict Arnold (17)
    5) Woodrow Wilson (17)
    4) The Rosenbergs (19)
    3) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (21)
    2) Barack Obama (23)
    1) Jimmy Carter (25)

    I could compile my own worst 25 figures but the point is?

    Jim Geraghty has it RIGHT.

    I’m no fan of most of the Democrats on the list, and there are some good picks. But most of the modern political figures look ridiculous when we compare their actions to some of America’s most really notorious figures.

    No Al Capone? No Machine Gun Kelly or the Lindbergh baby kidnappers?

    No Jefferson Davis or anyone else associated with the Confederacy beyond John Wilkes Booth? Speaking of presidential assassins, no Lee Harvey Oswald? (Oh, I know, I know, he was the fall guy for the big conspiracy.) Aaron Burr gets a pass for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel?

    Charles Manson, however, would definitely be at or near the top of my list.  Ted Bundy, too.

    Ted Bundy in 1975 Utah Mug Shot