It's strange how people can acquire a reputation, good or ill, that is entirely unmerited.
Not just a little bit of distortion, but the kind of reputation where millions of people believe the exact opposite of the truth on a significant matter.
Like Jimmy Carter, whose Presidency foundered on his obstinate insistence on sticking to his set policy (the Shah, the hostage crisis, the Olympics), being dismissed as "indecisive".
Or Ronald Reagan, whose cut-and-run behavior in Beirut convinced Osama bin Laden that Americans were all cowards, being remembered as a tough guy.
Or John McCain acquiring (not by accident, mind) a reputation as a maverick, an independent thinker, unafraid to stand up to orthodoxy, when he's really a complete and utter tool.
//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "Skim milk masquerades as cream."\\
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