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The best and worse recent presidents.

dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
edited September 2006 in General Discussion
These are the presidents who served during my lifetime,

Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Bush, G.H.W.
Clinton
Bush, G.W.

Here's how I rank them,

1 - Reagan
2 - Eisenhower
3 - Truman
4 - Kennedy
5 - Ford
6 - Bush, G.W.
7 - Johnson
8 - Bush, G.H.W.
9 - Clinton
10 - Carter
11 - Nixon

What do you think?
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Reagan
    Nixon
    Eisenhower
    Kennedy
    Ford
    George the Elder
    George the Younger
    Johnson
    Clinton
    Carter
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
    Reagan
    Nixon
    Eisenhower
    Kennedy
    Ford
    George the Elder
    George the Younger
    Johnson
    Clinton
    Carter


    Where's Truman in that mix?
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  • zipperzapzipperzap Member Posts: 25,057
    edited November -1
    Popularity highs & unpopularity lows rankings of the presidents during office.

    ranking.jpg
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
    Reagan
    Nixon
    Eisenhower
    Kennedy
    Ford
    George the Elder
    George the Younger
    Johnson
    Clinton
    Carter


    Where's Truman in that mix?


    I was not around yet.[8D]

    From what I have studied about him, I do not have a favorable opinion of him. Being FDR hand picked successor is not a good sign, nor was his firing of MacArtur. World affairs did not seem to be his strong point.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
    I was not around yet.[8D]


    [}:)]You are a young'un huh?[:D]
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  • ElMuertoMonkeyElMuertoMonkey Member Posts: 12,898
    edited November -1
    1. GHW Bush
    2. Nixon
    3. Eisenhower
    4. Truman
    5. Clinton
    6. Carter
    7. Ford
    8. Johnson
    9. Kennedy
    10. GW Bush
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  • mpolansmpolans Member Posts: 1,752 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Here's how I'd rate the ones you picked out:

    1 - Reagan
    2 - Eisenhower
    3 - Nixon
    4 - Kennedy
    5 - Johnson
    6 - Truman
    7 - Bush, G.H.W.
    8 - Clinton
    9 - Ford
    10 - Bush, G.W.
    11 - Carter
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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    Each one had strong points and weak points; so any ranking is only a reflection of what your values are and how your perception of the various presidents. For example- I could say Truman was good because he was strong willed, or I could say he was poor because his and FDRs decisions regarding China and Vietnam led directly to the victory of Mao and the alienation of Ho. so it could be worded- rather than ranking the presidents, ranking your values.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1. Truman
    2. Eisenhower
    3. Kennedy
    4. Reagan
    5. Old George Bush
    6. Clinton
    7. New George Bush
    8. Johnson
    9. Carter
    10. Nixon
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  • bgjohnbgjohn Member Posts: 2,275 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Clinton and Carter HAVE to be at the bottom. Nixon needs to be in the top 1/3.
    JM
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  • Dak To 68Dak To 68 Member Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Come on guys they are nothing but pitchmen for the same interests so they all must be rated equal. Bush2 bloopers would fill a book the size of a Websters Collegiate, Slick Willie had the bad judgement to do the Lewinsky thing (among many others), Ronny Rayguns didn't know where he was during his second term, and people think these bozos call the shots.
    A couple of great quotes

    "What this country needs is a two party system" Pat Buchanon

    "There's not a dimes worth of difference between 'em (
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  • Dak To 68Dak To 68 Member Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "There's not a dimes worth of difference between 'em"(Dem. & Rep.)
    George Wallace

    Hit the post reply too soon!
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  • fishermanbenfishermanben Member Posts: 15,370
    edited November -1
    Reagan
    Bush
    Clinton
    Carter
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  • woodshermitwoodshermit Member Posts: 2,589
    edited November -1
    I'm surprised that Kennedy rates so highly among this group. He was a far worse womanizer than Clinton, addicted to drugs, almost got us into nuclear war, blundered in Southeast Asia, and, probably owed all of his political success to his father's illegal connections.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    wouldn't it be a shorter subject if you listed the best presidents?


    even shorter for honesty
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  • beantownshootahbeantownshootah Member Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm not sure what it means in the larger scheme of things, but I find it very interesting that on the popularity list, the current president is simulutaneously the MOST and LEAST popular president!
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Best....Ronald Regan he was a leader of leaders.

    worst; Johnson; he killed more Americans than any other egocentric jerk ever could. He also started welfare, the largest transfer of wealth in history.
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  • buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,393 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree with Reagan as best.I think Jimmy Carter was a good man but the worse president.
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  • aka rottenaka rotten Member Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Coolidge was president when i made entry in this word,In my opnion,Reagan#1,Carter bottom of bucket!
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1. Reagan
    5. Eisenhower
    6. Truman
    7. Ford
    10. Kennedy
    17. G.W. Bush
    18. Nixon
    24. G.H.W. Bush
    2378. lbj
    12,478,632,289. piddlepants
    14,784,326,892. klintoon
    (before my time, but fdr would be in the same bracket as the last two).
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    None since Nixon can be judged yet. Their legacies are still playing out.

    Clouder..
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  • peonpeon Member Posts: 2,644 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In recent history, Carter has been the worst.
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  • mpolansmpolans Member Posts: 1,752 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by buddyb
    I agree with Reagan as best.I think Jimmy Carter was a good man but the worse president.

    Carter is probably the best man on there, but definitely one of the worst presidents on the list.
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