Does this give you a hint?
Clinton is a close second.
Posted on 08/12/2005 3:25:54 PM PDT by hang 'em
Both display a commitment to denigrate what's good about the USA to the rest of the world. I believe that for pure-d evil of the soul, it's X42(i). For bone-headed stupidity, case-hardened by arrogance, it's Jimmah. Moldering corpses and dead cats and bitten lips cast a pall over X42(i). It's kind of like his evil lingers for a while after he's out of your sight, like the Cheshire cat's smile...
What you are stating about impressment, and the border forts is, of course correct.
However, the British really wanted us on their side in the Napoleonic Wars and we could have asssited them to the benefit of resolving those issues.
As for the Louisiana Purchase, Napoleon's designs were not at all so benevolent. His plan was to move a large French Army into Louisiana, move it up the Mississippi and attack the British in Canada, recreating Frnech dominion there. These plans fell through when he was die tracked by the Haitian Revolution and problems elsewhere.
I think in the long run, the French and Napoleon were a fara greater threat to us than the other issues, to which the British actually were prepared to resolve before our declaration of war against them.
I believe Madison was a Democrat-Republican the same party referred to today as the Democrats. They had an infaatuation with the radical anti-clerical, anti-monarchical French fanatics and Napoleon.
Read "The French War Against America" It is well footnoted and quite surprising.
President Lyndon Johnson and his claim to fame, The Immigration Act/Hart-Cellar Act of 1965.
As bad as Clinton and Jimmuh were, I think FDR did the most damage.
I'll send you a personal e-mail tomorrow with the author's name and publisher. Got it at Barnes and Noble recently.
Bite your tongue! LOL. General Lee is a hero around these parts.
Au contraire, beckysue. He said that well AFTER he turned tail from the Paki border.
Prior to that it was "we're gonna get OBL dead or alive".
I don't think anyone really believes that catching OBL will end terrorism.
I love a lot of things about the South, but the rebellion is not one of them. There is a whole lot more about the South than the slaveowners rebellion and even back then there was a lot of Southerners who were not in favor of the Confederacy.
I agree that Reconstruction was not handled as well had Abraham Lincoln, the friend of the South, lived.
In many places of the South, the Union army was hailed as liberators. But whatever depredations the South received from the Union army can be laid on the sorry Confederate government which proved unworthy to protect its "citizens". Anyway, the Confederate government was always more proficient in abusing the many Union sympathizing Southerners and keeping the slaves in chains than fulfilling the legitimate purposes of government.
If the South is economically backward today, it's because of the old rotten foundations of slave society and the unwise decision by the slave "aristocracy" to rebel to protect the growth of their beloved slave system.
I don't know about that. I think much has been made about slavery as being the cause of the war. It wasn't. Most of the people didn't own slaves and didn't believe in it. I would like to know how the people looked at the Union army as being liberators when they nearly starved the people to death. There may have been arrogance but there was plenty to go around. But lets just let it stand that it was a terrible war and it should never have happened. I think America will always feel the ramifications of brother killing brother.
But, of course, you DO believe our unintentional(?) bloody and costly establishment of a Shiite government in Iraq will.
Does this give you a hint?
Clinton is a close second.
Lincoln, by far. He destroyed State's rights and our Republic form of government, leading to the Federal behemoth we have today.
I agree. Slavery, while totally wrong, was a side issue. Like many wars, the WBS was economic in nature. Revisionist history asside, unjust tariffs to protect Northorn big business was the cause of the southern states desiring to leave the nation. After the North invaded, most joined the fight to defend their homeland
There are so many ways one could judge a worst president: worst because of what he did that we disagree with (FDR or Johnson), worst because of what he didn't do (Carter or Clinton) or worst because of corruption (Harding).
From what I know of history, my vote would be on Harding as worst president based on the huge amounts of corrutuption. Once all the chickens come home to roost we may discover more corruption in Clinton's presidency.
Thats true. I agree slavery was wrong. No one should ever be allowed to own another human being. But I think there could have been a way to end. It was like an afterthought. Like oh yeah being we won the war, we might as well abolish slavery while we're at it. The north stood by and let it go on for an awful long time while they were in charge.
Getting rid of terrorist will. And thats what we're doing in spite of the best efforts of the media and liberals.
That should have read terrorists. Sorry. My ignorance is showing. LOL
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