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« on: February 16, 2015, 08:06:35 PM »
Reagan: Led a massive economic recovery, but also tripled the U.S. debt and gave big tax cuts to the rich.

Nixon: Ended the terrible Vietnam War, but also instituted the republican "southern strategy" and (probably) committed crimes punishable by impeachment.


I'll go with Reagan.
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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2015, 08:08:44 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2015, 08:19:13 PM »
The most corrupt president in American history vs. the most charismatic?

Reagan is the correct answer.
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2015, 08:24:34 PM »
Nixon, largely because of domestic policy.
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2015, 08:29:40 PM »
Quote from: I'm too young to have 50 year old parents! on February 16, 2015, 08:19:13 PM
The most corrupt president in American history that got away with it vs. the most subtle, and environmentally reaching sans Carter?

Nixon is the correct answer.
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2015, 08:35:15 PM »
Quote from: I'm too young to have 50 year old parents! on February 16, 2015, 08:19:13 PM
The most corrupt president in American history vs. the most charismatic?

Reagan is the correct answer.
What does charisma have to do with this?
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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2015, 08:38:43 PM »
Nixon, for his labour and environmental policy.
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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2015, 08:43:16 PM »
Quote from: Senator SWE on February 16, 2015, 08:35:15 PM
Quote from: I'm too young to have 50 year old parents! on February 16, 2015, 08:19:13 PM
The most corrupt president in American history vs. the most charismatic?

Reagan is the correct answer.
What does charisma have to do with this?
If you're charismatic, you're allowed to have sh*ty policies.
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« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2015, 09:06:16 PM »
Reagan by far (accidentally voted Nixon).
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« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2015, 09:17:24 PM »
« Edited: February 16, 2015, 09:22:11 PM by Clarko95 »
Quote from: New Canadaland on February 16, 2015, 08:38:43 PM
Nixon, for his labour and environmental policy.

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Both we enormously damaging, but Reagan was just bad in every category.
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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2015, 11:32:16 PM »
Not the criminal (bracing self for Atlas poster who says, "Which one?").
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« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2015, 12:12:27 AM »
Have to go with Reagan. Nixon was a crook who should not have been elected to anything. Reagan was just a puppet.
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« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2015, 01:05:10 AM »
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« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2015, 07:27:36 AM »
^^
I'm sure we've done this before, and Nixon usually wins for being more 'liberal' or whatever.
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« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2015, 07:41:17 AM »
Nixon was definitely a worse person, but he did less damage than Reagan (at least domestically).
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« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2015, 08:02:05 AM »
Reagan by any measure. Nixon's entire career was one long, unbroken chain of criminality.
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« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2015, 08:09:18 AM »
I'm going to kill you in your sleep for making this poll (sane).
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« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2015, 10:04:08 AM »
Quote from: Rockefeller GOP on February 16, 2015, 11:32:16 PM
Not the criminal (bracing self for Atlas poster who says, "Which one?").

Iran-Contra means Reagan was either a criminal or a dupe so ignorant of his staff that it would be criminal in and of itself.
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« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2015, 08:28:44 PM »
Quote from: Clarko95 on February 16, 2015, 09:17:24 PM
Quote from: New Canadaland on February 16, 2015, 08:38:43 PM
Nixon, for his labour and environmental policy.

^^^

Both we enormously damaging, but Reagan was just bad in every category.
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« Reply #19 on: February 17, 2015, 08:59:18 PM »
Nixon was less bad
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« Reply #20 on: February 17, 2015, 09:14:24 PM »
Nixon. The fourth best President of the 20th century.
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« Reply #21 on: February 17, 2015, 10:27:19 PM »
Nixon.
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« Reply #22 on: February 17, 2015, 10:38:45 PM »
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« Reply #23 on: February 17, 2015, 10:46:49 PM »
Quote from: Cory on February 17, 2015, 09:14:24 PM
Nixon. The fourth best President of the 20th century.

What drugs are you on?  Nixon was arguably worse than Hoover.  He had a super-expansionist monetary policy creating a very nasty recession when Ford started, paved the way for stagflation in the late '70s, was a complete crook, and delayed an end to Vietnam in '68 solely so Humphrey would lose the election.

Nixon was a horrible President and a horrible person.


Reagan is polarizing, but I can see no objective measures in which he's a worse President or person.
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« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2015, 12:20:17 AM »
Nixon, who at least is partially redeemed by some elements of his domestic record. Both were pretty bad though and fall in the third quartile of presidents as far as I'm concerned.
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