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« Reply #75 on: November 16, 2005, 02:49:32 AM »
1. Clinton
2. Ford       (The last GOP moderate, sadly)
3. Bush Sr.
4. Carter
5. Nixon
6. Reagan   
7. George W. (An embarrassment to America and the World since 1/20/01)

If the start date was 1964 then Lyndon Johnson would be #1
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« Reply #76 on: November 16, 2005, 03:06:32 PM »
1. Clinton
2. Nixon
3. Reagan
4. Carter
5. Bush Sr
6. Ford  
7. Bush Jr
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« Reply #77 on: November 16, 2005, 06:09:01 PM »
« Edited: November 16, 2005, 06:13:51 PM by Storebought »
I swore I could have posted on this thread already. Oh well.

In order from "best" to worst:

1. (no best)
2. Reagan
3. Clinton (for economic policy only)
4. George W Bush (for foreign policy only)
5. Ford -- a wet sponge, but the best the GOP could do in 1976 (Reagan being a fantasy then)
6. George H W Bush -- likewise, another wet sponge, but one of the worst the GOP could do in 1992
7. Carter
8. Nixon
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40. Lyndon Johnson

Notice that with the single exception of G W Bush, I rate presidents on how well they've avoided meddling in the economy. If I went by, say, judicial appointments, or foreign policy exclusively, then the list will be modestly different.
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« Reply #78 on: November 17, 2005, 01:54:25 AM »
Quote from: Storebought on November 16, 2005, 06:09:01 PM
I swore I could have posted on this thread already. Oh well.

In order from "best" to worst:

1. (no best)
2. Reagan
3. Clinton (for economic policy only)
4. George W Bush (for foreign policy only)
5. Ford -- a wet sponge, but the best the GOP could do in 1976 (Reagan being a fantasy then)
6. George H W Bush -- likewise, another wet sponge, but one of the worst the GOP could do in 1992
7. Carter
8. Nixon
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40. Lyndon Johnson

Notice that with the single exception of G W Bush, I rate presidents on how well they've avoided meddling in the economy. If I went by, say, judicial appointments, or foreign policy exclusively, then the list will be modestly different.

ooooooooh, you really put me in my place. I'll think twice before praising Lyndon Johnson the next time.

Just looking at that 1964 Map makes me feel good.
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« Reply #79 on: November 17, 2005, 02:02:07 AM »
Quote from: Pym Fortuyn on November 17, 2005, 01:54:25 AM
Just looking at that 1964 Map makes me feel good.

I'm glad you support a man who offed a president to get into office.
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« Reply #80 on: November 17, 2005, 02:13:23 AM »
Quote from: StatesRights on November 17, 2005, 02:02:07 AM
Quote from: Pym Fortuyn on November 17, 2005, 01:54:25 AM
Just looking at that 1964 Map makes me feel good.

I'm glad you support a man who offed a president to get into office.

Thats not true. Did Johnson seem like a ruthless tyrant? No, he was thrust into his situation in 1963 b/c of whatever motivated Oswald, and frankly, I don't care what that was, thats something for Baby Boomers to obsess over.
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« Reply #81 on: November 17, 2005, 03:43:33 AM »
1) Bill Clinton
2) Gerald Ford
3) George H.W. Bush
4) Ronald Reagan
5) Richard Nixon (if we ignore his destroying of Americans' faith in government)
6) Jimmy Carter
7) George W. Bush
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« Reply #82 on: November 17, 2005, 10:22:53 AM »
« Edited: November 17, 2005, 10:32:38 AM by TakeOurCountryBack »
1. Bill Clinton
2. Ronald Reagan
3. Gerald Ford
4. Jimmy Carter
5. George Bush
6. Richard Nixon
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Worst president EVER: George W. Bush
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« Reply #83 on: November 17, 2005, 10:26:36 AM »
You'd have to be the biggest partisan jackass to put Dubya anywhere in the top 3.  War's a mess, hires friends to imortant gov't positions, the world has completely turned against us, what exactly does this man have to do before you guys say "ok, maybe he's not so great"
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« Reply #84 on: November 17, 2005, 11:47:45 AM »
1. Clinton
2. Nixon
3. Carter

4. Ford
5. GHWB



tie for last--Reagan an GWB
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« Reply #85 on: November 17, 2005, 11:57:24 AM »
Reagan
GWB
GHWB
Carter
Clinton
Ford
Nixon
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« Reply #86 on: November 18, 2005, 02:04:43 PM »
What a craptastic era for presidents.

1. Ford(He fulfilled his role in time as well as any president I have seen)
2. Clinton
3. Reagan
4. George H.W. Bush
5. Carter
6. George W. Bush
7. Nixon
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« Reply #87 on: November 20, 2005, 01:53:23 AM »
From best to worst:

Carter
Clinton
Ford
Nixon
Rappin' Ronnie Raygun
Bush I
Bush II (the nutcase)
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« Reply #88 on: November 21, 2005, 10:33:28 AM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on February 22, 2005, 04:38:52 PM
1) Ronald Reagan
2) George W. Bush
3) George H.W. Bush
4) Gerald Ford
5) Richard Nixon
6) Bill Clinton
7) Jimmy Carter

EXACTLY MINE...no kidding. I might switch around Nixon and Ford, Nixon was a good president...but failed towards the end.
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« Reply #89 on: November 21, 2005, 11:45:56 AM »
1) Reagan
2) Clinton
3) H.W. Bush
4) Ford
5) Nixon
6) W. Bush
7) Carter

If it weren't for Watergate, Nixon would rate higher, but you just can't ignore it.
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« Reply #90 on: November 21, 2005, 01:57:35 PM »
Nixon over W.?
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« Reply #91 on: November 21, 2005, 02:11:44 PM »

W is still a work in progress -- in three years, he could be #1 or #6; the only thing I'm confident of is that he'll be better than Carter.

Nixon is redeemed for me because of his foreign policy success with China.
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