Forum Game President's Day: Best and Worst Presidents

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  1. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Who are the 5 worst and 5 best Presidents in US history?

    Here are mine:

    5 Best:

    1.) George Washington

    2.) Abraham Lincoln

    3.) Franklin Roosevelt

    4.) Teddy Roosevelt

    5.) Dwight Eisenhower/ John F Kennedy


    5 Worst:

    1.) Donald Trump

    2.) Richard Nixon

    3.) Lyndon Baynes Johnson

    4.) Warren G Harding

    5.) Herbert Hoover/W.
     
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    Hoopguru Well-Known Member

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    Looks like a decent list but I might include Kennedy in the bottom 5.
     
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  3. santeesioux

    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    Andrew Jackson should be on the worst.
     
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  4. yankeesince59

    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    Per a certain banned poster, Trump is a much better POTUS than Lincoln was. :shitstorm::shitstorm::shitstorm:
     
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  5. H.C.

    H.C. Well-Known Member

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    It's a pretty interesting debate.
    There are some that would consider Lincoln among the worst.
    While there are some that consider him among the best.

    Guess it depends what state you grew up in and what you were exposed to.
     
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    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    LBJ worse than Andrew Jackson? Johnson was one of the more effective Presidents in US history, IMO. Jackson was an unapologetic racist and attempted genocide. I'd have Jackson as the worst President by a pretty wide margin.
     
  7. yankeesince59

    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    1. Washington
    2. Jefferson
    3. Lincoln
    4. T. Roosevelt
    5. Kennedy
     
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    GhostOfPGA The late great Paul Allen

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    Lol just to fuck with y’all

    Best:
    1. Trump
    2. Reagan
    3. Washington
    4. Lincoln
    5. Teddy
    Honorable mention: JFK

    Worst:
    1. Jackson
    2. LBJ
    3. FDR
    4. Nixon
    5. Dubya
    Honorable mention: Obama
     
  9. Minstrel

    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    Ridiculous.

    ...JFK is overrated.
     
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  10. stampedehero

    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    Best:
    Lincoln
    FDR
    Washington
    Teddy Roosevelt
    Eisenhower


    Worst:
    Nixon
    Andrew Johnson
    Trump
    Hoover
    Lynden Johnson
     
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    Woodrow Wilson was the worst. Sold our country down the river to private interests in 1913 via the Federal Reserve.
     
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    GhostOfPGA The late great Paul Allen

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    True shit
     
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    Road Ratt King of my own little world

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    Best: There have been none in my lifetime. And I won't speculate on presidents I didn't pay attention to in history...

    Worst: America's latest sellouts and traitors.

    Ronald Reagan
    George Bush Sr.
    Bill Clinton
    G.W. Bush
    Barrack Obama
    Donald Trump
     
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  14. GhostOfPGA

    GhostOfPGA The late great Paul Allen

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    I truly would love to see an alternate timeline where he doesn’t die.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I could agree with you except LBJ did some really good stuff. The voting rights act, civil rights laws were all passed with the help of Johnson's arm twisting in the Senate.
     
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    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    ...in that case, so was LBJ.

    Don't understand why you feel JFK was "over-rated" while LBJ was not.
     
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  17. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    You must not have lived through it.
    JFK impacted me more than any other President in my lifetime. Well, actually LBJ did since he sent me to a war that crippled me for life. But JFK impacted me intellectually as well as emotionally. Having strong emotions coupled with an intellectual challenge is a very rare thing and should be cherished.

    Incidentally, I once shook hands with John F. Kennedy. It was at the Lloyd Center.
     
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    Well that's because Lincoln didn't fare in the polls so well as trump. :biglaugh:
     
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    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    Yeah, Lanny, I started to ask minstrel how old he was because the years when Kennedy was POTUS was a VERY scary time in our country's history and like you alluded to, he may not have experienced the same things as you an I.
    Yeah, he had his personal faults and the Bay of Pigs was a disaster. But JFK was loved by his country and was a great speaker and a great leader, IMO. The missile crisis and his stand on civil rights were his defining moments.
     
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    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    Goddamn Fox News polls !
     
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