excepting Barak Obama, who is the worst US President in HIstory?
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Yeah, but I think he got the other three right, so maybe it's time Jarge had another close looking at! -
George W Bush made the fatal mistake of ignoring science when he lead the 'failed expedition into Iraq." Directional drilling was drastically increasing America's domestic supply of oil and gas- and a tamed down Sadamn Hussein was a counterweight to Iran.
The Iraq war came close to crippling America's economy for no usefull reason. The costs were huge.
George W Bush made the fatal mistake of ignoring science when he lead the 'failed expedition into Iraq." Directional drilling was drastically increasing America's domestic supply of oil and gas- and a tamed down Sadamn Hussein was a counterweight to Iran.
The Iraq war came close to crippling America's economy for no usefull reason. The costs were huge.
I fail to see a great return, except to make a lot of American's cynical about the Republican party The 9-11 terrorists came from Asir. Asir has some old grievances against Saudi Arabia.....
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Spoken by a Republican -
Un-enrolled... but I tend to vote Republican except for my Congressman Steve Lynch who is a conservative democrat.
I liked Clinton
I could not stand Carter and do not think much of the current administration.
I agree that we should not have gone into Iraq. But the expedition wasn't a failure... long and bloody but not the Vietnam people were hoping for.
Well, they did get rid of a few bad bastards in Iraq, including Saddam and his two sons. That has to be worth something.
I liked Reagan but he had the privilege of taking the low hanging fruit. The country had very little debt. Throwing public money at anything was easy and pain-free in the with short-term. Everyone knew the piper would have to be paid sooner or later, but that would become someone else's problem - not his.
At what savings may be the more appropriate question. While Saddam was in power he was killing on average over 30,000 of his own citizens annually.
I liked Ronnie mainly for one reason as intangible as it may be. He had that aura of optimism about him.
The mess in Iraq now is worse than when Saddam was there. Prior to that we
had a group of cutthroat leaders who were scared of Iraq now no one is afraid
of anyone. In a region where life is depended on fear, it destabilizes the area.
Reagan was the worst as he destroyed the first world's economy with the utter
nonsense of free trade. We lost manufacturing and other high paid jobs and
allowed companies to dismantle our way of life and reduce our standard of
living. I agree with competition but not when it comes to reducing our living
standards and having an international race to the bottom.
Reagan started this whole thing along with the other clowns like Mulroney and
the wind bag Maggie Thatcher. They did more harm and backed more despots
that opened the door for us to make all kinds of deals with the Devil in China
and the Middle East. George Bush was not the worst, he was a puppet for the
Vice President. Reagan was the worst
had a group of cutthroat leaders who were scared of Iraq now no one is afraid
of anyone. In a region where life is depended on fear, it destabilizes the area.
Reagan was the worst as he destroyed the first world's economy with the utter
nonsense of free trade. We lost manufacturing and other high paid jobs and
allowed companies to dismantle our way of life and reduce our standard of
living. I agree with competition but not when it comes to reducing our living
standards and having an international race to the bottom.
Reagan started this whole thing along with the other clowns like Mulroney and
the wind bag Maggie Thatcher. They did more harm and backed more despots
that opened the door for us to make all kinds of deals with the Devil in China
and the Middle East. George Bush was not the worst, he was a puppet for the
Vice President. Reagan was the worst
Its hard to say who was the worst.. its almost impossible to see a difference between ANY U.S. President since Nixon. Reagan might be excused since he was in the early stages of Alzheimers and quite unaware of where he was or what he was doing most of the time. George H.W. Bush was the most uninspiring.. but his kid gave him a run for the the title. Carter was utterly bizarre.. but really its just been a litany of incompetence and failure for 40 years.
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Bush made the top twenty in only two categories, luck (18th) and willingness to take risks (19th), and he sits in the bottom five in 12 of the 20 categories, notably 42nd in intelligence, foreign policy accomplishments, and communication ability. Lonnstrom points out the unpopular former president has time on his side, explaining it takes four or five decades to know a president's true worth. "Right now there's a lot of emotion about Bush," he says. "Time passes and people become more objective, and so we'll see."
Franklin D. Roosevelt has held his title as top president since 1982 with the same four following to round out the consistent top five: Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.
Joining Bush in the bottom five this year are Franklin Pierce, Warren G. Harding, James Buchanan, and Andrew Johnson, who is at the very bottom for the second year in a row.
The survey, which ranks presidents using 20 different factors, shows Jefferson was the most intelligent president, Richard Nixon was the worst at integrity and avoiding crucial mistakes, Lincoln had the best overall ability, and Washington was the best leader.
Here's the full list*:
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. George Washington
5. Thomas Jefferson
6. James Madison
7. James Monroe
8. Woodrow Wilson
9. Harry Truman
10. Dwight D. Eisenhower
11. John F. Kennedy
12. James K. Polk
13. William Clinton
14. Andrew Jackson
15. Barack Obama
16. Lyndon B. Johnson
17. John Adams
18. Ronald Reagan
19. John Quincy Adams
20. Grover Cleveland
21. William McKinley
22. George H. W. Bush
23. Martin Van Buren
24. William Howard Taft
25. Chester Arthur
26. Ulysses S. Grant
27. James Garfield
28. Gerald Ford
29. Calvin Coolidge
30. Richard Nixon
31. Rutherford B. Hayes
32. James Carter
33. Zachary Taylor
34. Benjamin Harrison
35. William Henry Harrison
36. Herbert Hoover
37. John Tyler
38. Millard Fillmore
39. George W. Bush
40. Franklin Pierce
41. Warren G. Harding
42. James Buchanan
43. Andrew Johnson
- Survey Ranks Obama 15th Best President, Bush Among Worst - US News and World Report
Franklin D. Roosevelt has held his title as top president since 1982 with the same four following to round out the consistent top five: Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.
Joining Bush in the bottom five this year are Franklin Pierce, Warren G. Harding, James Buchanan, and Andrew Johnson, who is at the very bottom for the second year in a row.
The survey, which ranks presidents using 20 different factors, shows Jefferson was the most intelligent president, Richard Nixon was the worst at integrity and avoiding crucial mistakes, Lincoln had the best overall ability, and Washington was the best leader.
Here's the full list*:
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. George Washington
5. Thomas Jefferson
6. James Madison
7. James Monroe
8. Woodrow Wilson
9. Harry Truman
10. Dwight D. Eisenhower
11. John F. Kennedy
12. James K. Polk
13. William Clinton
14. Andrew Jackson
15. Barack Obama
16. Lyndon B. Johnson
17. John Adams
18. Ronald Reagan
19. John Quincy Adams
20. Grover Cleveland
21. William McKinley
22. George H. W. Bush
23. Martin Van Buren
24. William Howard Taft
25. Chester Arthur
26. Ulysses S. Grant
27. James Garfield
28. Gerald Ford
29. Calvin Coolidge
30. Richard Nixon
31. Rutherford B. Hayes
32. James Carter
33. Zachary Taylor
34. Benjamin Harrison
35. William Henry Harrison
36. Herbert Hoover
37. John Tyler
38. Millard Fillmore
39. George W. Bush
40. Franklin Pierce
41. Warren G. Harding
42. James Buchanan
43. Andrew Johnson
- Survey Ranks Obama 15th Best President, Bush Among Worst - US News and World Report
So? You trying to suggest that Brits make the best assassins or something?Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie Blair (nee Booth), is the great-great-great-granddaughter of John Wilkes Booth, the guy who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
