Worst Presidents: What Do You Think?

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Both of these men deeply wounded our nation. WJC morally; FDR by teaching America how to feed without restraint at the public trough simply by voting to raise taxes. What America will be like in 2012 rests on the legacy of these two 'giants.'

tom swartz of NE 9:18PM April 25, 2009

Clearly Geo. W. Bush was the worst president ever.
No other president savaged the constitution as he did.
The list of his mistakes, ignorance and crimes just goes on and on.

Larry Linnell of PA 8:10PM April 25, 2009

Arrogance and swagger usually masks inadequency and incompetence such as exemplified by W.
TR started an evil unnecessary war along with W R Hurst's yellow journalism, our nation's first imperialistic agressive war. He was just as awfull as the idiot Connetecuit Texan

seth ank of NE 7:34PM April 25, 2009

Here's one: "Barack Hussein Obama, hands down. Here's a man who refused to produce his birth certificate to prove that he was native born as required by the Constitution. Here's a man who promised "change", and the only change that mattered was to get rid of George W. Bush as the left fanned the flames of hatred of this good and decent man who kept us safe for the last eight years." This guy has been brainwashed beyond repair. The birther argument is about the dumbest bunch of garbage produced by monkeys who stay tuned to Limbaugh in their sleep. As for 'change'-four years from now you might raise that issue, but my bet is you'll be reaping the benefits like everyone else. Dream on.
As for McKinley, he was a wishy-washy imperialist who started out to save the Filipinos from the Spanish and then listened to the dark side of his nature and turned them into subjects. He's down there with George Wrecking Ball.

Jim-Army Vet of WI 7:13PM April 25, 2009

"That anyone would choose George W. Bush as worst president proves the bias of the media and the ignorance of the American people." For 20% of the mind-controlled people in the country, that would be a typical sentiment. For the 80% who weren't fooled by the NAZI propaganda, GW will always be the worst or among the worst. Bush inherited a surplus and a country emerging from welfare state status and put us deeper in the hole than ever before. He botched and no amount of lame-brained right wing gibberish is going to change that.

Jim of WI 7:08PM April 25, 2009

I agree with those saying Jackson was essentially an evil man, what with his pro-slavery, kill-the-red-skins outlook. An arbitrary would be dictator was Andrew. So he let the drunks with muddy feet into the White House on Inauguration Day. That's a major step for populism? Come on. Shame on you Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Really, all Democrats since Jackson, excepting Polk, Roosevelt and Truman, have been awful. It's amazing the party is still around. Obama really does have potential for being the worst of the worst. He is totally unqualified to be president, unseasoned, much like Cleveland was. Carter was obviously a dud, and Clinton was a very deceitful, crooked man. All he and Mrs. Clinton cared (and care) about is what gets them ahead. Democrats even agreed with this by nominating Obama. It is a bad reflection on our time when a nonentity becomes president because the probable nominee is so corrupt. However, Bill set his own precedent by being nominated because Bradley, Nunn, Cuomo and everyone else with some legit experience and grey brain cells (but lacking developed testicles) decided not to run.
McKinley was a pretty good president. His problem in history is Roosevelt succeeded him, and TR was certainly a dynamic, charismatic lunatic. And one must give McKinley credit for putting TR on the ticket. Allegedly he did it to bury the young governor, but as with FDR, he did pick a qualified VP.
Ike? Really, fellas, how can you possibly knock him He had peace for eight years, without caving to Russia, and JFK came in and had Bay of Pigs. Berlin Wall, Missile Crisis and caught our genitalia in the door of Vietnam. Eisenhower built the Interstate system, had a reasonably good economy and gave the speech of the century, which was ignored at the time. Military-Industrial complex? Man it's here. When JFK took over something like 24% of the budget went to infrastructure. now something like 2.5% does.

Tom Bradley of NY 7:02PM April 25, 2009

That anyone would choose George W. Bush as worst president proves the bias of the media and the ignorance of the American people. The worst president is, of course, Jimmy Carter, he was ineffectual in every way, presided over inflation, recession, and allowed the Islamists to come to power in Iran which ultimately resulted in 9/11.
George W.Bush inherited the Clinton dot.com recession and eight years of his ignoring ever escalation terror attacks on US interests. 9/11 happened because Clinton ignored multiple attacks and refused to allow the CIA to communicate with the FBI. Such idiotic idealogues of the left also caused the financial crisis by using government power to coerce lenders to make loans to people that could not afford them in the interest of "fairness".
The same clowns, Rep. Frank and Sen. Dodd that allowed the mess are in charge of the bailout. Obama is more of the same leftist idiocy but gets a free pass from the media.
All the while, our enemies flex their muscles and our investments and currency lose value.
Hey, good job politicians and great job media for calling them on it. Heh...

Mike Constitution of FL 5:47PM April 25, 2009

1. Obama
2. Carter
3. Clinton
4. Eisenhower
5. Kennedy

Mr. President of VA 5:46PM April 25, 2009

The worst in my lifetime would be G. W. Bush. His foreign policy was a disaster, creating enemies from friends and making enemies even stronger. Domestically his leadership produced the worst economic crisis in my lifetime and his arrogance toward working class people was unparalleled. He laked leadership and honesty at a time of war, a war which was mostly his and Cheney's doing. History will prove that the war was about power and oik rather than terrorism and democracy.

Tom Trumper of MN 4:46PM April 25, 2009

Barack Hussein Obama, hands down. Here's a man who refused to produce his birth certificate to prove that he was native born as required by the Constitution. Here's a man who promised "change", and the only change that mattered was to get rid of George W. Bush as the left fanned the flames of hatred of this good and decent man who kept us safe for the last eight years.
And now, after assuming office, this loser is changing us from a free nation to a socialist one, perhaps worse. He has begun the systematic control of private business, which is pure facism. He has ordered the release of our interrogation techniques which is tatamount to giving our enemies our Top secret Playbook. Remember, William Jefferson Clinton, Obama's Democ rat predecessor sold secret technology to China that we now wish he hadn't.
His cronies in Congress are rewriting the rules so that no opposition to his policies will be tolerated. Watch for this man to destroy talk radio, sign legislation approving making a federal case out of hate crimes, including arresting pastors for preaching from the Bible that homosexuality is wrong.
You might hate George W. Bush but people hated another president as well. His name was Harry Truman.
As you watch the left take over this country and totally remake it, remember, tyrrany is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Mike Sheeran of TX 4:19PM April 25, 2009