Worst human being in "American" Politics?

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Peter King, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, John Kerry, Kathleen Sebelius, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, etc.

Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Woodrow Wilson for dead presidents.

*snort*

[SWE]

To add to mine:

Living: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, Eric Holder, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Dick Cheyney, Peter King, Lindsey Graham, Jeff Flake, Ted Cruz, Nathan Deal, Chris Christie, Scott Walker, Rick Snyder, Charlie Crist, John Kasich, Jan Brewer, Steve King, Jeff Sessions, Chris McDaniel, Todd Akin, Any governor who didn't expand Medicaid, anyone who voted for the Iraq War, Donald Rumsfeld, Bill Kristol, Paul Wolfowitz, Condelezza Rice, Saxby Chambliss, Paul le Page, Sam Brownback, Oliver North, Joe Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, the Koch brothers, probably a few dozen more I'm forgetting

Dead: Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, Robert Taft, Fred Hartley, Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, Strom Thurmond, pretty much any southern Democrat before the 1980s, Jesse Helms, Jefferson Davis, Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce, Stephen Douglas, Millard Fillmore, Lewis Cass, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, John Quincy Adams, John Adams, John C. Calhoun, James K. Polk, John Tyler, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, probably a few dozen more I'm forgetting.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Ted Cruz.

[Horus]

Rick Santorum, Pat Buchanan, Dianne Feinstein, Sheldon Adelson, Lindsey Graham, Phyllis Schlafly and Dick Cheney.

[Storebought]

Antonin Scalia.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

What an awful thread.

[Maxwell]

Alexander Hamilton.

[Maistre]

John C. Breckinridge?

Sort of an odd choice for 'worst', he was actually pretty tame compared to most Southern politicians at the time.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Alexander Hamilton.

Kyle Mercado of Bakersfield CA, TROLL? or the real one?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

What an awful thread.

[Maxwell]

Alexander Hamilton.

Kyle Mercado of Bakersfield CA, TROLL? or the real one?

What the hell are you grumbling about

Of course the real one.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Alexander Hamilton.

Kyle Mercado of Bakersfield CA, TROLL? or the real one?

What the hell are you grumbling about

Of course the real one.

Grumps, I think Maxwell might be too new to know about the infamous Kyle Mercado of Bakersfield.

Though if this questioned had been about Atlasian politics, Mr Hamilton, who used to be the Francis Undrwood character of this forum, would probably win the contest by a landslide. 

[Orser67]

For me, Andrew Johnson stands out as the politician whose actions had the worst impact on the US. Joe McCarthy and George Wallace also stand tall as pillars of awfulness. Nixon has a much more complicated legacy, but I think he deserves a place at the table as well.

More recently, Mark Foley, Rod Blagojevich, Scooter Libby, and Jack Abramoff come to mind.

I'd also throw in the members of the Burr conspiracy and the Business Plot.

[Brewer]

Definitely Dick Cheney.

[WorkingClassBro]

Uh... most of them.

[Person Man]

It looks like Dick Cheney is especially evil. I talked to his underlings at the fraternities in Laramie. They say he bought Johnnie Red for everyone and helped People get laid. I mean guy probably eats people but he will take very good care of you if you are of value to him.

[NHLiberal]

Broadening my response, because everyone else seems to be:

Living: Hillary Clinton, Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Condi Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Alberto Gonzales, John Yoo, Michelle Rhee, Adrian Fenty, Rahm Emanuel, Rudy Giuliani, Eric Holder, Dick Armey, Peter King, Bill Kristol, Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, David Frum, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Scott Walker, Rick Snyder, John Kasich, Mitch Daniels, the Koch Brothers, Peggy Noonan, Rick Scott, Jimmy Carter

Dead: Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Joseph McCarthy, Robert Taft, Fred Hartley, Robert Kennedy, J. Edgar Hoover, James Forrestal, Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, Ted Kennedy (I mean, he did kill a woman), Herbert Hoover, Warren Harding, Woodrow Wilson, A. Mitchell Palmer, Theodore Roosevelt, the Rockefeller family (living and dead), Grover Cleveland, Rutherford Hayes, Benjamin Tillman, Theodore Bilbo, Fernando Wood (literally the Ron Paul of the 19th Century, but without any of the few redeeming positions he has), John Calhoun, James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce, John Breckinridge, John Tyler, Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens, James Madison (thanks for this lousy Constitution, asshole), John Adams, the Federalist Party, the American/Know-Nothing Party, the Prohibition Party, etc.

Agree with most of these, crossed out a few from each party. Koch Brothers are definitely my #1

[Rockefeller GOP]

Alan Grayson

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Living or dead?  I've got lists for both:

Living
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Al Franken, Alan Grayson, Ted Cruz, Rahm Emanuel, Bill Clinton, Ray Nagin, Kathleen Blanco, David Duke, Chris McDaniel, William Jefferson, Terry McAuliffe, Howard Dean, Ron Paul, Justin Amash, Newt Gingrich, Rod Blagojevich, Jim Traficant, Jon Corzine, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Jennifer Granholm, Barbara Boxer, Al Gore, John Kerry, Christine O'Donnell, Debbie Wasserman Schulz, John Edwards

Dead
John Calhoun, John Breckenridge, Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Preston Brooks, Sam Houston, Andrew Jackson, Mitchell Palmer, J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, John Schmitz, Bull Connor, Robert Byrd, Orval Faubus, Lester Maddox, George Mahoney, Ross Barnett, William Fulbright, Al Gore Sr., Albert Watson, Ed Gurney, Eugene Talmadge, Herman Talmadge, Richard Russell, Jesse Helms, John Stennis, Robert Taft, Henry A. Wallace, George McGovern, Hugo Black

Ron Paul, Chris McDaniel, Justin Amash, Ted Cruz, and  Robert Taft are not terribad. You just have a problem with paleos, conservatatians, and Tea Partiers.

[SteveRogers]

Assuming "in American Politics" means currently holding or pursuing elected office (so not, for instance, John Edwards or any of the all-time worsts like Nixon, etc.), then probably Michelle Bachmann

[tarheel-leftist85]

Cory Booker.

[Roemerista]

No Contest.

Ted Cruz.

[Person Man]

Living or dead?  I've got lists for both:

Living
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Al Franken, Alan Grayson, Ted Cruz, Rahm Emanuel, Bill Clinton, Ray Nagin, Kathleen Blanco, David Duke, Chris McDaniel, William Jefferson, Terry McAuliffe, Howard Dean, Ron Paul, Justin Amash, Newt Gingrich, Rod Blagojevich, Jim Traficant, Jon Corzine, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Jennifer Granholm, Barbara Boxer, Al Gore, John Kerry, Christine O'Donnell, Debbie Wasserman Schulz, John Edwards

Dead
John Calhoun, John Breckenridge, Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Preston Brooks, Sam Houston, Andrew Jackson, Mitchell Palmer, J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, John Schmitz, Bull Connor, Robert Byrd, Orval Faubus, Lester Maddox, George Mahoney, Ross Barnett, William Fulbright, Al Gore Sr., Albert Watson, Ed Gurney, Eugene Talmadge, Herman Talmadge, Richard Russell, Jesse Helms, John Stennis, Robert Taft, Henry A. Wallace, George McGovern, Hugo Black

Ron Paul, Chris McDaniel, Justin Amash, Ted Cruz, and  Robert Taft are not terribad. You just have a problem with paleos, conservatatians, and Tea Partiers.

Aren't paleos, conservatarians, paulies and TEA baggers the same thing?

[Free Bird]

Barack Obama
Dianne Feinstein
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Lamar Smith (remember him?)
Dan Malloy
Rick Santorum
Tom Corbett
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reid

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Living or dead?  I've got lists for both:

Living
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Al Franken, Alan Grayson, Ted Cruz, Rahm Emanuel, Bill Clinton, Ray Nagin, Kathleen Blanco, David Duke, Chris McDaniel, William Jefferson, Terry McAuliffe, Howard Dean, Ron Paul, Justin Amash, Newt Gingrich, Rod Blagojevich, Jim Traficant, Jon Corzine, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Jennifer Granholm, Barbara Boxer, Al Gore, John Kerry, Christine O'Donnell, Debbie Wasserman Schulz, John Edwards

Dead
John Calhoun, John Breckenridge, Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Preston Brooks, Sam Houston, Andrew Jackson, Mitchell Palmer, J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, John Schmitz, Bull Connor, Robert Byrd, Orval Faubus, Lester Maddox, George Mahoney, Ross Barnett, William Fulbright, Al Gore Sr., Albert Watson, Ed Gurney, Eugene Talmadge, Herman Talmadge, Richard Russell, Jesse Helms, John Stennis, Robert Taft, Henry A. Wallace, George McGovern, Hugo Black

Ron Paul, Chris McDaniel, Justin Amash, Ted Cruz, and  Robert Taft are not terribad. You just have a problem with paleos, conservatatians, and Tea Partiers.

Aren't paleos, conservatarians, paulies and TEA Partiers the same thing?

Much better and no they aren't. Some tea Partiers (Cruz) are more hawkish in foreign policy than the Paulites (Ron and his bunch), conservatarians(Rand), and paleos (Patrick J. Buchanan).