If you’re going to have a bad year, why not have the worst year? If the Lions had gone 1-15, folks would say, “Wow, Detroit was really awful.” But by going without any wins at all, people get to say, “Wow, no one has ever been this awful.”

Isn’t it better to be memorable? No one cares about those who are merely awful, but everyone cares about those who uniquely dreadful.

I say, embrace the historic nature of unrivaled failure. Take pride in being a part of something truly “special.”

I think we can read in this a lesson for our #43, as he tries to bolster his reputation with the Bush Legacy Project.  Really, should he not just own up to his utter failure and claim the mantle as the worst President ever, combining the military success failure of LBJ with the economic success failure of Herbert Hoover and the general corruption of Dick Nixon? Bush also had the inherent nepotism of John Quincy Adams and a bloated self-importance that was all his own.

So, own it, Mr. President.  You’ve earned your place in history.