10 Best U.S. Presidents

[PBrunsel]

Easy to have a heart with other people's money, and in violation of the Constitution you swore to uphold. Needless to say, we need less people with hearts in Washington. A lot less.

That's quite a line there Philip.

Hoover's programs at least gave some hope to the people. Most said it was too little to late, but at least he did something. More then I could say of any previous President.

[A18]

Which is exactly why he was so terrible. The first president to just completely ignore the Constitution. Well, I guess maybe that was Lincoln or TR, but Hoover sure continued the slippery slope.

[PBrunsel]

Which is exactly why he was so terrible. The first president to just completely ignore the Constitution. Well, I guess maybe that was Lincoln or TR, but Hoover sure continued the slippery slope.

Yeah God forbid he helps people.

As I brought up Hoover originally told people to help themselves, but that's kind of hard to do when 30% of America is unemployed. I guess it's hard to lift yourself from your own bootstraps when you don't even have shoes.

Hoover was a firm beleiver in individual enitiative and hard work, and he would have continued this had there been no crisis of the Depression. But sometimes, for the greater good and welfare of the people, governmnt must interact. Frankly I would rather see people working in government jobs then starving by the millions and turning to organized crime and arson to make money. 

[A18]

Obviously he should have either tried to abolish the Federal Reserve, or hanged the chairman or appointed a new one.

[PBrunsel]

Obviously he should have either tried to abolish the Federal Reserve, or hanged the chairman or appointed a new one.

It was that idiot Wilson who started it. In his book "The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson" Hoover condemns this move as a way to instigate price controlls.

[Speed of Sound]

he was so terrible. The first president to just completely ignore the Constitution.

Thank you A18. At least you understand the horrific blunders of the Hoover Administration.

[PBrunsel]

he was so terrible. The first president to just completely ignore the Constitution.

Thank you A18. At least you understand the horrific blunders of the Hoover Administration.

Hindsight is 20/20. Let's not forget that the New deal did nothing to get us out of the Depression. It was the World War that did that. FDR had his blunders as well. He just got lucky to be President durring a war.

It's like Dave Barry (who has the best ideas on the Presidency )said, "It doesm't matter how much leadership or skill you have, "great" Presidents a re always lucky dogs who become President durring ac crisis." Had Hoover been President durring the the Great WWII he would be known as a great President. Being a great President is all timing.

[Lincoln Republican]

1.   Abraham Lincoln (preserved the union, ended slavery)
2.   Theodore Roosevelt (dynamic and charismatic)
3.   Franklin D Roosevelt (led nation through depression, war)
4.   Ronald Reagan (leader in ending cold war)
5.   George W Bush (leading war on terrorism)
6.   George Washington (founding father)
7.   Thomas Jefferson (founding father, had vision for America)
8.   Dwight Eisenhower (great military commander)
9.   Woodrow Wilson (led nation through war)
10.  Richard Nixon (for achievements in foreign affairs, opened up closer ties with Soviet Union and China)

[The Dowager Mod]

Just list the last 9 democrats + Jefferson

[No more McShame]

1. Washington (set the precedent)
2. Jefferson (Deserves so much better than the $2 bill)
3. Monroe (Era of Good Feelings)
4. Reagan (Stared down the Soviet threat)
5. FDR (Kept the country together during Depression and rose it up during WWII)
6. Coolidge (last president to truely keep his mitts off the economy)
7. Cleveland (last president Opebo would approve of)
8. TR (legacy of National Parks, speak softly and carry a big stick)
9. Lincoln (did keep the Union together)
10. Andrew Jackson (tough SOB and common man)

[Bugs]

1 Lincoln
2 Washington
3 Reagan
4 T Roosevelt
5 Polk
6 Monroe
7 Madison
8 Jefferson
9 Truman
10 Hoover
 
Others I considered: Hayes, Arthur, Cleveland, McKinley, FDR, Kennedy