Well no American president before the one that freed the slaves freed the slaves, so thats 1 black mark, none of the presidents before women had the right to vote gave them the right to vote, thats another black mark. Even though they may not have supported these policys, unless they tried to change it they have 2 black marks on thier record that any modern president cannot have, so someone who was as bad as bush in every single way but in the past, would be a worse president than bush just because of those 2 black marks. Can you see my point ?