The Office of the President

It seems nowadays that the image I have of the presidency has been distorted.

Before, the president could enjoy doing a second term and getting a lot ot things accomplished.
But, from Nixon on, it seems in the first four years, the President has to do al lot of things to get re-elected. He then spends the other four years fighting off the indictments and accusations. The respect for the presidency and the president's image is damaged because of this.

Have you seen that too?
I think it all comes from whatever party that is not in power at the time.
The Democans did it to Nixon,to Reagan. They would have gutted the senior Bush if he had been re-elected. They're doing it to Bush Jr. now.
The Republicrats have done it to Carter and Clinton (remember Kenneth Starr?) It seems whoever is elected, the other party spends all its effort demeaning and undermining the president. They have been successful.

There have been only two presidents to which this doesn't apply; Ford and Johnson (LBJ). They did only one term and weren't re-elected or refused to run again (LBJ).

This is not good for our country.

It seems all we see and hear from the media in a president's second term is who is indicted, who is accused, and who is expected to resign. The president seems to have to spend the rest of his second term fighting to stay above water while the alligators pull him from below.
It's ineffective and distracts the administration from doing its job. And when things get missed, the snowball affect kicks in. Everything snowballs, and the president assumes lame duck status.
C'mon, knock it off...quit whining...and let the president do his job.