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« on: October 12, 2013, 02:32:19 PM »
Of the presidents who are commonly rated highly by the public, the media and/or historians, who is the most overrated and why?
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« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2013, 02:34:40 PM »
JFK seems to have this weird martyrdom aura about him, and I say that as someone who likes JFK.
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« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2013, 02:38:27 PM »
On January 1st, 1900, William McKinley was Presudent, not Theodore Roosevelt. Not that McKinley could be over-rated in today's environment.
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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2013, 03:37:22 PM »
Reagan.
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« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2013, 03:54:53 PM »
Teddy Roosevelt, no contest.
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« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2013, 04:07:33 PM »
JFK followed by Wilson and Reagan
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« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2013, 04:24:31 PM »
jfk, reagan, obama.  in that order.
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« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2013, 04:36:13 PM »
Reagan followed by LBJ.
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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2013, 04:36:56 PM »

How is LBJ overrated unless you mean the forum itself?
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« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2013, 05:23:24 PM »
Obama easily. FDR, LBJ and Reagan are all propped up as well by their parties too.
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« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2013, 06:30:24 PM »
Quote from: ElectionsGuy on October 12, 2013, 05:23:24 PM
Obama easily. FDR, LBJ and Reagan are all propped up as well by their parties too.

Not LBJ.
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« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2013, 06:34:08 PM »
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2013, 06:40:33 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2013, 08:20:34 PM »
Since 1900, without a doubt the most overrated is Wilson.  A decade ago I would have said Wilson was the most overrated of all time, but I'm not so sure now.  Not because my opinion of Wilson has gone up, but those of others have gone done, so the race for overall most overrated is a race between Jefferson and Wilson now.  Jefferson's presidency was a disaster with the one bright spot of the Louisiana Purchase.  His prestige comes not from his presidency but what he did a generation earlier.  Wilson was an even worse president, but he isn't as highly overrated as Jefferson either.
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« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2013, 08:23:16 PM »
Quote from: True Federalist on October 12, 2013, 08:20:34 PM
Since 1900, without a doubt the most overrated is Wilson.  A decade ago I would have said Wilson was the most overrated of all time, but I'm not so sure now.  Not because my opinion of Wilson has gone up, but those of others have gone done, so the race for overall most overrated is a race between Jefferson and Wilson now.  Jefferson's presidency was a disaster with the one bright spot of the Louisiana Purchase.  His prestige comes not from his presidency but what he did a generation earlier.  Wilson was an even worse president, but he isn't as highly overrated as Jefferson either.

Who other than Walter Mitty likes Wilson, though?
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« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2013, 08:41:27 PM »
Quote from: DC Al Fine on October 12, 2013, 02:34:40 PM
JFK seems to have this weird martyrdom aura about him, and I say that as someone who likes JFK.
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« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2013, 10:55:31 PM »
JFK; its a miracle what getting your brains spread across the back of a convertable can do to your reputation and legacy.

I truly am going to go to hell for this post.
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« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2013, 02:43:49 PM »
Wilson, he's always in the top 10 or so yet he wasn't a very good president at all. He was better than Taft and Harding, though.
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« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2013, 02:47:39 PM »
Reagan.
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« Reply #19 on: October 13, 2013, 02:59:43 PM »
It has to be Woodrow Wilson. Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, however, do not fall too far behind.
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« Reply #20 on: October 13, 2013, 03:58:29 PM »
Wilson, JFK, and Reagan are all quite overrated. 
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« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2013, 06:08:35 PM »
Quote from: Scott on October 12, 2013, 08:23:16 PM
Quote from: True Federalist on October 12, 2013, 08:20:34 PM
Since 1900, without a doubt the most overrated is Wilson.  A decade ago I would have said Wilson was the most overrated of all time, but I'm not so sure now.  Not because my opinion of Wilson has gone up, but those of others have gone done, so the race for overall most overrated is a race between Jefferson and Wilson now.  Jefferson's presidency was a disaster with the one bright spot of the Louisiana Purchase.  His prestige comes not from his presidency but what he did a generation earlier.  Wilson was an even worse president, but he isn't as highly overrated as Jefferson either.

Who other than Walter Mitty likes Wilson, though?

While Wilson is not popular here, Wilson still shows up in top 10 lists, whether the public at large or just scholars are polled.
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« Reply #22 on: October 13, 2013, 07:03:22 PM »
Bill Clinton, easily.
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« Reply #23 on: October 13, 2013, 07:15:11 PM »
I'll buck the trend here and go with Calvin Coolidge.
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« Reply #24 on: October 13, 2013, 07:23:01 PM »
Quote from: Marokai Broadminded on October 13, 2013, 07:15:11 PM
I'll buck the trend here and go with Calvin Coolidge.

Another good choice. C squared's positive rep comes from Libertarian hacks.
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