NEW ALAMO POLL: Who was the greatest U.S. President?

The Constitutional Alamo ^ | 06/27/10 | Michael Naragon

[Publius772000]

In the lead-up to Independence Day, I thought it would be interesting to get your opinion on who was the greatest U.S. president. I have my own view, which I’ll share in a July 4 posting. Historians have their take, as well, consistently ranking FDR and Lincoln at the top of the list. I'll be using the results in my AP Government class, so please participate!

You can also reach the poll through direct link at: Who was the greatest President of the United States?

or by going to http://theconstitutionalalamo.com

Thanks!

[Arthur McGowan]

Wilson was EEEEEEVILLLL!

[Navy Patriot]

I'd have to go with Washington, hands down.

Lincoln, about the middle.

FDR would make the short list of worst President.

[quesera]

#1=Washington
#2=Ronald Reagan

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Yeah right Wilson?? Wilson who created the Fed?

Wilson who's face graces the $100000 note because he created the Fed?

"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is now controlled by its system of credit. We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." President Woodrow Wilson

That's nice Woody, but it doesn't change anything now, does it.

[BnBlFlag]

“Wilson because he finally forced Yankees to bury the bloody shirt and reconcile with us and Johnson because he risked everything defending us against the Yankees who tried all sorts of schemes on us during Reconstruction.”

Unfortunately, as evidenced by the Leftist PC posters on this and many other threads, the “reconciliation” didn’t last too long.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2542505/posts?page=24#24

[JLAGRAYFOX]

George Washington is number one and Ronald Reagan is number two, rightfully so. Abraham Lincoln should also be right up there with Washington and Reagan. Worst POTUS’s ever, Barack Hussein Obama and Jimmy Carter.

[Gene Eric]

>> Wilson ... certainly deserve(s) a mention

Apparently, you don’t subscribe to Glenn Beck.

[central_va]

The greatest Presidents understand limited Federal power, what a Free Republic actually means in practice, and realizes that the USA's greatness lies in an unfettered population pursuing private interests.

T. J. Jefferson fits that mold perfectly.

[Arthur McGowan]

I voted for Coolidge, because he understood what the scoundrel Wilson was up to. He cut the top income tax rate to 25%, cut the federal budget in half, cut the federal tax burden in half, and paid off about one third of the national debt. There was a slow deflation, totalling about 2% during his five years in office. He wrote his own speeches, and everyone ought to read at least his speech of July 4, 1926, delivered at Philadelphia, and his Inaugural Address, March 4, 1925. In both speeches, he reveals a clear understanding of the evil Progressives.

If Coolidge had run for a second full term, he would have won in a landslide, and the recession of 1930 would have lasted six months, because Coolidge was not a Messianic interventionist like Hoover. But Coolidge would have died in office: He died in Massachusetts in January of 1933.

[ConservativeStatement]

I voted for him, too.

[Gene Eric]

Washington, hands down.

I cannot imagine any other President taking the risks Washington faithfully, willfully, courageously, and honorably carried out. Of course, most of his defining moments preceded his Presidential seat which makes the argument that much more compelling (or irrelevant depending on how you look at).

[Gene Eric]

... it).

[smokingfrog]

1 - Washington
2 - Jefferson
4 - Reagan

Washington, mostly for his character.
Jefferson, for the Louisiana purchase.
Reagan, cause he kicks democrat butt.

[Fiji Hill]

Interestingly, JFK, whom the media have long treated as a martyr and a saint, has as of this message not received a single vote.

[A2J]

I agree totally. While I do know that Jackson was one of several responsible for helping to destroy the Constitution, Lincoln made an art of it and expanded the power of the federal government like none before him or since.

Also, be prepared to be flamed by the Lincoln-lovers on this site.

[central_va]

Interestingly, JFK, whom the media have long treated as a martyr and a saint, has as of this message not received a single vote.

BY today's standards JFK would be considered a Conservative.

[Fiji Hill]

I voted for Coolidge—the last president to see himself as the country’s first magistrate, as defined by the constitution, and not as an elected king.

[EGPWS]

Carter didn't make the list??? /MS

I noticed that present positioning isn't included also. ~ snort

[Amagi]

Reagan, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln --- my best.

Obama, Carter, Clinton, LBJ, FDR, Wilson, Buchanan - my worst