Who do you rate as the worst presidents and why?
My 10 worst list.
1. James Buchanan (D) 1857-61 failed to prevent the Civil War almost destroyed USA
2. Franklin Pierce (D) 1853-57 bowed to Southern states on slavery issue setting up Buchanan for failure
3. Martin Van Buren (D) 1837-41 sanctioned the slaughter of Native Americans
4. Hebert Hoover (R) 1922-33 unwittingly turned the crash of 1929 into global depression which set the stage for WW II
5. Andrew Johnson 1865-69 (D) his veto of civil rights legislation cost US nearly 100 years of pain snatching defeat from Lincoln’s jaws of victory.
6. Warren Harding (R) 1921-23 2 years (died in office) popular bcs of his low tax policy and just plain luck of economic boom of the roaring 20’s after WW I ….later found to be one of the most corrupt administrations.
7. Millard Fillmore (Whig) 1850-53 created the compromise on extending slavery setting the stage for Civil War.
8. Richard Nixon (R) 1969-74 an embarrassment, so much potential he could have been great.
9. Woodrow Wilson (D) 1913-21 most overrated president ever, his privatizing the Federal Reserve haunts US to this day; only reason I did not rate him worse was his work on anti trust laws started by Taft.
10. LBJ 1963-69 (D) A liar and cheat, escalated Vietnam, cover up of JFK assassination, expensive great society programs
Runner ups
11. George W. Bush (R) 2001-2009 I know I will take heat for not having him in rated worse but I refuse to kick a man when he is down. Too soon to rate fairly…give me a few years.
12. Bill Clinton (D) 1993-2001 Promised so much, delivered so little, embarressed so many.
13. Jimmy Carter (D) 1977-81 so well intentioned, so wrong, his moral principles kept him from passing Slick Willy on my list.
14. U.S. Grant (R) 1869-77 most corrupt administration ever, he did however establish the public school system, grant Freedmen voting rights, and used his power to restict violence by the KKK
15. John F. Kennedy (D) 1961-63 Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missle Crisis, Vietnam. I believe had Nixon won there would have been a smooth continuation of the civil rights transition that was started by Eisenhower’s desegregation of schools and Nixon would be in top 5 greastest ever.
I like the bi-partisanship of your list. most ideologues would have just listed all of the republican or democratic presidents they could think of with out actually knowing why.
bill clinton and warren harding seem to have some similarities. clinton was also blessed with good economic boom and a congress that would actually keep him in check.
EDIT: Bobby, the russians still haven’t landed on the moon. you think we really would have taken so long, even after Eisenhowers advocacy for NASA?
July 31st, 2010 at 4:39 pm
obama !!!chyeah !!!chyeah!!!!
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July 31st, 2010 at 4:57 pm
George W. Bush – He wiped his butt with the constitution.
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July 31st, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Clinton: He just struck me as a creep.
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July 31st, 2010 at 5:21 pm
I agree with your list except for JFK. He was in office only for a very short time, the space program wouldn’t have gotten off the ground without him and the Russians would’ve been the first to land on the moon
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July 31st, 2010 at 6:02 pm
In my lifetime it has Been Clinton and Carter.
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July 31st, 2010 at 6:38 pm
I like the bi-partisanship of your list. most ideologues would have just listed all of the republican or democratic presidents they could think of with out actually knowing why.
bill clinton and warren harding seem to have some similarities. clinton was also blessed with good economic boom and a congress that would actually keep him in check.
EDIT: Bobby, the russians still haven’t landed on the moon. you think we really would have taken so long, even after Eisenhowers advocacy for NASA?
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July 31st, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Bill Clinton – launched this housing crisis by dismantling laws made to prevent another depression and economic crisis, the 1933 Sleagall act and the 1956 bank holding co act,, is a liar, an embarrassment and just plain creepy
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July 31st, 2010 at 7:31 pm
So I guess your point is that it’s a tough job? You left out the one that will be at the top of the list for screwing up the most in his first three weeks, that being O.J. I mean 0bama. Are you ready to write your first payment on your new mortgage?
Federal obligations exceed world GDP
As the 0bama administration pushes through Congress its $800 billion deficit-spending economic stimulus plan, the American public is largely unaware that the true deficit of the federal government already is measured in trillions of dollars, and in fact its $65.5 trillion in total obligations exceeds the gross domestic product of the world.
OK all you young people. Forget abortions. We need those little workers!!!
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July 31st, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Look at the big brain on Bruce!!
You should run for president.
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July 31st, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Sticking to the 20th century, I would have to say FDR for prolonging the Depression and introducing toxic Socialism as well as trying to takeover the Supreme Court and illegally imprisoning Japanese Americans without due process as my first choice. Followed by Jimmy Carter, who is personally responsible for the fall of the Shah of Iran and the emergence of the Ayatollah Khomeini who began the movement we currently know as Radical Islamic Fundamentalism and international terrorism.
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July 31st, 2010 at 8:42 pm
umm, you forgot Ronnie Raygun….one of the worst ever!
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July 31st, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Jimmy Carter – He allowed Islamic radicals to take over Iran and thereby gave 20% of the world’s oil to terrorists. This action alone has caused more pain and suffering throughout the world, than Hitler caused during WWII, and it isn’t over yet.
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July 31st, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Obama, he has spent more in two months than any president could do over years. Hello inflation.
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July 31st, 2010 at 10:26 pm
George W.Bush. i live in canada and alot of ppl agree. thanks to him sending ppl off to war to try to find terriost he’s made canada help him to do so. ppl here r losing family all because of his choice.
terrist are all around this world they rnt in 1 country.
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