Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


The Price of Mythologizing Former Presidents

February 09, 2021

Unlike other industrialized nations, America values celebrity over governing well. FDR was a rare exception,he became a celebrity because he served America so well. Then there was Reagan, who did great lasting damage to our country yet remains revered as a near saint. On this show Anthony Pahnke talks about the mythologizing of so many former presidents; simple image above complex reality. For example, poor Herbert Hoover did a lot of good but all we know is “Hoovervilles.” And now for the myth of Trump!