The worst presidents in US history

[Nitro Express]

Everytime I see George W Bush on television I get ill. He's an incompetant fool who has been a bull in a china shop. The United States will be paying for his damage long after he's gone.

In my oppinion George W Bush is the worst US president in history.

The second worst president is Lyndon Johnson. A corrupt and power hungry politician that used the govt. to enrich himself and got us deeper into the Vietnam quagmire. His great society produced huge problems that came to a head in places like New Orleans. What a fucking failure!

The third worst president is Bill Clinton. The typical corrupt politician who had a good economic climate for his two terms. Nobody has discraced the image of the Oval Office more. There's a good reason the Chinese have Clinton/Lewinski condoms. The man will be known for many years for his ledgendary hornyness. What a joke of a legacy.

Franklen Roosevelt. He brought big govt and Social Security in. He made people more dependant on the govt. than ever. We still suffer the damage caused by his New Deal.

[FORD]

Re: The worst presidents in US history

Originally posted by Nitro Express


Franklen Roosevelt. He brought big govt and Social Security in. He made people more dependant on the govt. than ever. We still suffer the damage caused by his New Deal.

Only one other leader managed to pull his country out of a major economic depression in the 1930's.

You know, that short angry guy with the bowl haircut and the funny little mustache?

Maybe you would have prefferred his approach?

Fact is that the BCE - at that time Prescott Bush and his partners the Harrimans, the Dulles brothers and others - were not only financing Hitler, but trying to bring about corporatist fascism in THIS country as well. FDR stopped them, and that's why the neocon shitbags today despise him so much.

FDR saved this country from becoming another Nazi Germany.... At least for a while.... Who will save us this time?

[Cathedral]

Well, I set the bar at Abraham Lincoln, and up against him, every President before or since has sucked to the tune of being the worst in history.

Honest Abe wasn't perfect by any stretch, but his approach, "Anything for the betterment of the Union" was right on the money.

There has been some modicum of Individualism by all the others that just doesn't compare to Lincoln.

The reason is why, and it's because Lincoln surrounded himself by those who had opposing views as well as those in agreement, and he actually took all points of view into account before acting on anything.

He was an honorable Prez, who else can we say that about? Hmmmm?

[Cathedral]

Re: Re: The worst presidents in US history

Originally posted by FORD
Who will save us this time?

Look up, he's Jewish, and he's coming...

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Cathedral
Well, I set the bar at Abraham Lincoln, and up against him, every President before or since has sucked to the tune of being the worst in history.

Honest Abe wasn't perfect by any stretch, but his approach, "Anything for the betterment of the Union" was right on the money.

There has been some modicum of Individualism by all the others that just doesn't compare to Lincoln.

The reason is why, and it's because Lincoln surrounded himself by those who had opposing views as well as those in agreement, and he actually took all points of view into account before acting on anything.

He was an honorable Prez, who else can we say that about? Hmmmm?

Great post.

[Warham]

I compare anyone in my lifetime to Reagan, and they've all failed in comparison.

[FORD]

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Originally posted by Cathedral
Look up, he's Jewish, and he's coming...

Russ Feingold?

[DrMaddVibe]

Carter and Harding.

[Nickdfresh]

Herbert HOOVER

The current dope...

[Nitro Express]

Oh FDR did some good but he fedralised too much. It's debatable whether he saved us from becoming another Nazi Germany. what ended the Great Depression was WWII more than The New Deal. But we certainly got some bridges, dams, and other infastructure that we still depend on today. I debated whether to put FDR down but looking at the whole picture, I think Social Security and the big govt. FDR helped create has done much to ruin this country long-term.

Abraham Lincoln is not my favorite president because he overeacted to the shelling of Ft. Sumpter and pushed the Southern States into a civil war. It was agreed by the Continental Congress that states had the right to leave the union if they so had wished. Now you might say the whole country would have fallen apart if Lincoln let the South go. Who knows, I just think he was too agressive sending an army into Virginia the way he did.

[rucalobe]

Ford, Reagan, Bush I and Bush II

[4moreyears]

Jimmy Carter. That was easy.

[graymullet]

It's pretty easy to conclude that GW Bush is one of the worst Presidents in US History. Consider his impact on the economy (record deficits after Clinton ran surpluses!), the environment, foreign policy (Iraq!), and social policy (tax cuts for the wealthy more important than helping the victims of Katrina as one example). And watch out for his Supreme Court appointments: there is a good chance Roe v. Wade will be reversed in the next few years. I give GWB credit for handling 9/11 pretty well--after some initial hesitation--but that's about it. And Cheney--he's just a dick!
FDR on the other hand was one of the great Presidents in US History. True, he didn't end the Great Depression (WWII did that), but he improved the situation considerably. He also put into place reforms and programs that many Americans count on today: Social Security, FDIC, SEC, aid to farmers, unions, poor, unemployed. Plus, he did a helluva job leading this country and the allies to victory in WWII. Not a perfect President, but one of the very best.
Where does Clinton end up? While he'll never be in FDR's league, I think people in time will see his impeachment as an outrageous partisan attack--he lied about a blow job: so what?!--and they will judge his overall record pretty favorably.

[Cathedral]

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Originally posted by FORD
Russ Feingold?

Nope, try again.

[Nitro Express]

Social Security is nothing more than a slush fund for the Fedral govt to exploit. If you are in your 30's or younger, you won't see a dime of the money you pay into it over your working lifetime. That's a 14% tax as well. Some people's employers match half of it but if you work for yourself like I do, you pay 14% to Socialist Security. Where does the Federal Govt. have the right to take 14% of my money lying to me that they are doing me a big favor when I could invest that money myself? Social Security was a scam in the beginning. You had to be 65 to collect and most people in the 30's died before that age. One of FDR's scams that sounded good.