Posted on 06/08/2004 8:15:12 PM PDT by lasereye
Yea, the guy that interred an entire race of people, while confiscating their property. Wow, what a hero?
Tell that to the tens of millions of Eastern Euopeans he turned over to Stalin, a tyrant as bad as Hitler.
FDR was not a great president. He led the country in a time of war and we were victorious...but that in itself does not make him great or a hreo. In fact, when you consider his disastorous socialiistic/marxistic policies of the New Deal, his creation of a governance that drifted further and further away from the Constitutional model, his sell-out at the end of World War II...then by my standards, he ranks with one of the worst presidents...and I say this as the son of a World War II combat vet who fought through that war and has now passed on, but who taught me the Real Deal about the New Deal.
Reagan was not only the greatest President of the 20th Century, he ranks right up there next to George Washington in my estimation as the sedonc best President of all time.
Calvin Coolidge deserves to be 2nd after Reagan. IMO, the most underrated President of all time. He was truly a great President.
roosevelt was the worst
a contender (but not chanmpion) was coolidge
cut taxes, awesome economic growth
no wars
no new stupid government programs
How much better can it be than that?
1. George Washington.
2-3. Ronald Reagan or Abraham Lincoln or vice versa.
4. Thomas Jefferson.
5. Theodore Roosevelt.
6. Calvin Coolidge.
The worst?
1. Franklin Roosevelt.
2. Bill Clinton.
3. Lyndon Johnson.
4. Jimmy Carter.
Carter??
2 great things
appointed volker to the fed
got the airline and truckers deregulation bill passed.
Ok- he only did 2 million stupid things.
Helped Reagan enormously.
no thank you to FDR for the bomb?
My sentiments exactly, re Coolidge.
Having gotten married and bought my first house under Carter, living through the misery index he was responsible for...I personally keep him in that spot on the bad list.
The farm bill and free drugs to seniors is over the top and disgusting.
I'll still campaign for him in the fall but I still think he advanced socialism in the U.S.
In the end, he hasn't stood up against big government. That's a disappointment.
The farm bill and free drugs to seniors is over the top and disgusting.
I'll still campaign for him in the fall but I still think he advanced socialism in the U.S.
In the end, he hasn't stood up against big government. That's a disappointment.
Another vote for Silent Cal here. A visit to his home in Plymouth Notch should be on the itinerary of every American interested in history. Grover Cleveland was another outstanding President who is largely under-rated. McKinley and Rutherford B. Hayes had their moments, too. A lot of those quiet, late 19th Century Presidents were excellent stewards of the government.
don't forget trying to pack the Supreme Court because they wouldn't die fast enough. Can you imagine how they would have written the history book if a Republican tried that?
FDR is absolutely near the bottom of the list.
People apparently looked to him to save them (which populations are apt to do, unfortunately) and he only made things worse. His economic intrusions and interventions allowed the 'depression' to stick around for a while like a bad houseguest. He probably indirectly caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands through his socialistic agenda.
FDR, LBJ, Wilson, and Nixon (flame on!) are the worst four presidents of the 20th century and all are on the list for top 10 worst ever. What those four did paved the way for the government monstrosity we have today. It is only through the actions of Reagan (greatest President of the last 150 years) and a select few others that we've been 'allowed' to retain the freedoms that we have.
Clinton, objectively, really wasn't all that bad in his policies. He's scum personally and his wife is a demon of the lowest order; however, Slick Willy wasn't able to enact a lot of the agenda he wanted to because of a (at the time) strong Republican Congress. Therefore, his Presidency really wasn't all that traumatic for the nation. But I think that it's the villainification of the most recently hated Presidents which vaults him to the top of many peoples' lists.
Kerry has definitely got what it takes to set the precedent for the worst Presidents of the 21st century. The waffling ability, the Marxist policies, and the willingness to be guided by such a corrupt and depraved organization as the UN will hypothetically set him in a league of his own where he may very well pass FDR and LBJ as one of the greatest villains of American history.
...and he was impeached.
read later bump
a couple of smart moves doesn't negate a disasterous 12 years.
he helped Reagan enormously by being so bad.
No, Volker helped and the era of deregulation helped. I am not defended Carter- but he deserves credit on those 2 counts.
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