Worst Presidents: Richard Nixon (1969-1974)

Nixon did less to discredit the office of President than Bill

Clinton. But, Mr. Hot Pants was able to shrug off some of his

bad press because he'd built and perfected a false-face that made

some citizens, particularly liberal women, fall for his line of

B.S. almost every time. Clinton's skills in that area are similar

to those who make women believe he loves them when he doesn't, or

allows used car sheisters to prosper or ponzi-scheme operators to

profit.

Jay Russell of MD 7:21PM February 21, 2012

I absolutely hated Richard Nixon when he was alive. I sat in my car every day during the Watergate hearings, filled with revulsion for what I was hearing.

But now, I see him as a classical tragic figure whose fatal faults eclipsed his genuine accomplishments and led to his well deserved downfall. Were Shakespeare alive today, I have no doubt that we would have a major play, "Nixon I".

W. Madden of MI 3:38PM November 10, 2011

It's absolutely ridiculous for Nixon to be on a list of worst presidents. He achieved detente with the Soviet Union and a relationship with China. He established the EPA and nearly got universal health care for Americans. He kept his promise to get us out of Vietnam, a war he did not start. He should be forgiven for his mistakes with Watergate. Those mistakes don't even come close to being as crooked as those made by Reagan in Iron-Contra and George W. Bush's getting us in an illegal war and supporting torture.

Tom M of NE 2:07PM September 12, 2011

The 1970s sure turned out to be a bad decade for Presidents. Nixon starts it off as the second worst President on the list. And the decade ends with the worst of the list. I can't believe Carter didn't make it into this article. Easily the worst President the Nation has had to put up with. A self-righteous boor, who always found a way to do the wrong thing.

Jim R. of MT 11:38PM February 03, 2011