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« on: October 05, 2015, 10:56:49 PM »
« edited: October 05, 2015, 11:03:08 PM by Moderate Hero Republican »
Great:
1. Reagan
2. Clinton
3. Truman
4. IKE

Good:
5. JFK

Inconsequential:
6. Bush Sr
7. Ford

Bad:
8. Obama
9. Nixon
10. LBJ

Horrible:
11. Bush Jr
12. Carter

Obama floor is 10th place and his ceiling in 6th place in the inconsequential rating
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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2015, 11:14:39 PM »
Obama
Johnson
Truman

Carter
Kennedy
Eisenhower

Clinton
Nixon
Bush, Sr.

Ford
Reagan
Bush, Jr.
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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2015, 11:18:21 PM »
Quote from: darthebearnc on October 05, 2015, 11:14:39 PM
Obama
Johnson
Truman

Carter
Kennedy
Eisenhower

Clinton
Nixon
Bush, Sr.

Ford
Reagan
Bush, Jr.

Why is Clinton so low and Carter and LBJ(70s crises trace back to his presidency) so high.
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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2015, 11:19:58 PM »
Quote from: Moderate Hero Republican on October 05, 2015, 11:18:21 PM
Quote from: darthebearnc on October 05, 2015, 11:14:39 PM
Obama
Johnson
Truman

Carter
Kennedy
Eisenhower

Clinton
Nixon
Bush, Sr.

Ford
Reagan
Bush, Jr.

Why is Clinton so low and Carter and LBJ(70s crises trace back to his presidency) so high.

Because I'm a liberal Wink

What was Eisenhower's fiscal policy? I'm unfamiliar with it.
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« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2015, 11:22:25 PM »
Quote from: darthebearnc on October 05, 2015, 11:19:58 PM
Quote from: Moderate Hero Republican on October 05, 2015, 11:18:21 PM
Quote from: darthebearnc on October 05, 2015, 11:14:39 PM
Obama
Johnson
Truman

Carter
Kennedy
Eisenhower

Clinton
Nixon
Bush, Sr.

Ford
Reagan
Bush, Jr.

Why is Clinton so low and Carter and LBJ(70s crises trace back to his presidency) so high.

Because I'm a liberal Wink

What was Eisenhower's fiscal policy? I'm unfamiliar with it.

Eisenhower fiscal policy results: http://federal-budget.insidegov.com/d/d/Dwight-D.-Eisenhower
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« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2015, 11:26:13 PM »
Great

1. Truman
2. Johnson

Good

3. Obama
4. Eisenhower

Above Average

5. H.W Bush
6. Carter
7. Kennedy

Average

8. Nixon
9. Ford

Bad

10. Clinton
11. Reagan

The Worst

12. W. Bush
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« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2015, 10:19:34 AM »
1. Truman
2. Johnson
3. Eisenhower
4. Obama
5. Kennedy
6. Nixon



7. Clinton
8. Carter
9. Bush Sr
10. Ford
11. Reagan
12. Bush Jr
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2015, 10:29:45 AM »
Why are people rating Truman so highly? He didn't really do anything at all, lol.
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« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2015, 10:41:27 AM »
« Edited: October 06, 2015, 10:43:25 AM by MW Representative RFayette »
Great:
1. Reagan
2. Clinton
3. Truman
4. IKE

Good:
5. JFK

Inconsequential:
6. Bush Sr
7. Ford

OK:
8. Obama

Bad:
9. Nixon
10. LBJ

Horrible:
11. Bush Jr
12. Carter

Agree with your rankings, but I wouldn't give Obama a "bad" rating; I think "OK" is more appropriate here.  Obviously, these rankings are coming from a conservative paradigm, however.
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« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2015, 10:44:36 AM »
Quote from: Crab on October 06, 2015, 10:29:45 AM
Why are people rating Truman so highly? He didn't really do anything at all, lol.

Truman, on economic policy, was arguably the closest America has ever had to a socialist President.
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« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2015, 11:43:34 AM »
Great:

Reagan

Good:

Bush, Sr.
Clinton
Ford
Eisenhower

Average:

Bush, Jr.
Obama
Carter
JFK

Bad:

Truman
Nixon
LBJ
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« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2015, 12:01:21 PM »
Anyway:

great:

Good:

Obama

Average:

LBJ
Truman
Ford
Eisenhower
Nixon

Bad:

Bush Sr
Carter

Terrible:

Reagan
Bush Jr
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« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2015, 03:43:16 PM »
Great:

1. Obama
2. LBJ

Good:

3. Truman
4. Nixon
5. Carter

Inconsequential:

6. Clinton
7. Ford
8. Bush Sr.
9. Eisenhower

Bad:

10. Bush Jr.

Horrible:

11. Reagan.
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« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2015, 04:41:34 PM »
Great/Good:
Bill Clinton(D-AR): Balanced Budget
Gerald Ford(R-MI): Actually responsible for the good results of Reagan's and Carter's presidencies
Dwight Eisenhower(R-NY)
Richard Nixon(R-CA)
Both were very fiscally responsible.

Slightly Positive:
John F. Kennedy(D-MA): He knew how to balance the Fed, Labor, and Commerce, even if a bit fiscally irresponsible

Incosequential:
Lyndon Johnson(D-TX): Riots caused instability; failed at managing the Fed; decent at Labor and Commerce

Slightly Negative:
James Carter(D-GA)
Barack Obama(D-IL)
George H. W. Bush(R-TX)
Ronald Reagan(R-CA)

Mediocre/Awful:
Harry S. Truman(D-MO): Destroyed Labor and Commerce for other economical advances
George W. Bush(R-TX)
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« Reply #14 on: October 06, 2015, 05:00:15 PM »
Reagan
Eisenhower
Clinton
Kennedy
Ford
Bush I
Carter
Nixon
Truman
Johnson
Bush II
Obama
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« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2015, 05:53:00 PM »
Reagan
Clinton
Bush I
Ford
Carter
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Bush II
Obama
Truman
Nixon
Johnson

Or something along those lines.
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« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2015, 06:09:19 PM »
Quote from: Crab on October 06, 2015, 12:01:21 PM
Anyway:

great:

Good:

Obama

Average:

LBJ
Truman
Ford
Eisenhower
Nixon

Bad:

Bush Sr
Carter

Terrible:

Reagan
Bush Jr

Where's Clinton
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« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2015, 06:10:31 PM »
Quote from: NYMillennial on October 06, 2015, 03:43:16 PM
Great:

1. Obama
2. LBJ

Good:

3. Truman
4. Nixon
5. Carter

Inconsequential:

6. Clinton
7. Ford
8. Bush Sr.
9. Eisenhower

Bad:

10. Bush Jr.

Horrible:

11. Reagan.

The nation's economy was far better in 1988 or 1992 then 1980
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« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2015, 06:18:42 PM »
Quote from: Moderate Hero Republican on October 06, 2015, 06:10:31 PM
Quote from: NYMillennial on October 06, 2015, 03:43:16 PM
Great:

1. Obama
2. LBJ

Good:

3. Truman
4. Nixon
5. Carter

Inconsequential:

6. Clinton
7. Ford
8. Bush Sr.
9. Eisenhower

Bad:

10. Bush Jr.

Horrible:

11. Reagan.

The nation's economy was far better in 1988 or 1992 then 1980

The subjective state of the national economy is not the only indicator of what was good economic or fiscal policy.
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« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2015, 06:20:08 PM »
Reagan
Eisenhower
Clinton
Kennedy
Ford
Bush I
Carter
Truman
Johnson
Bush II
Nixon
Obama
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« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2015, 06:26:54 PM »
Quote from: darthebearnc on October 05, 2015, 11:19:58 PM
Quote from: Moderate Hero Republican on October 05, 2015, 11:18:21 PM
Quote from: darthebearnc on October 05, 2015, 11:14:39 PM
Obama
Johnson
Truman

Carter
Kennedy
Eisenhower

Clinton
Nixon
Bush, Sr.

Ford
Reagan
Bush, Jr.

Why is Clinton so low and Carter and LBJ(70s crises trace back to his presidency) so high.

Because I'm a liberal Wink

What was Eisenhower's fiscal policy? I'm unfamiliar with it.

In short?  Moderate.  From what I've read, he wanted to scale back the New Deal a little but was pragmatic enough not to.  He could fairly easily be labeled as a corporatist and he did lower taxes/cut some spending here or there from the Truman era.
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« Reply #21 on: October 06, 2015, 07:14:09 PM »
Quote from: NYMillennial on October 06, 2015, 06:18:42 PM
Quote from: Moderate Hero Republican on October 06, 2015, 06:10:31 PM
Quote from: NYMillennial on October 06, 2015, 03:43:16 PM
Great:

1. Obama
2. LBJ

Good:

3. Truman
4. Nixon
5. Carter

Inconsequential:

6. Clinton
7. Ford
8. Bush Sr.
9. Eisenhower

Bad:

10. Bush Jr.

Horrible:

11. Reagan.

The nation's economy was far better in 1988 or 1992 then 1980

The subjective state of the national economy is not the only indicator of what was good economic or fiscal policy.

Carter answer was to keep taxes sky high which caused job losses, Intervene in the economy using Government which just added to inflation, and keep regulating stuff which made it really hard to start a businesses which made jobs being hard to find
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« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2015, 08:07:06 PM »
Great:
Johnson
Eisenhower
Truman

Good
Kennedy
Clinton
Obama

Average
Nixon
Bush, Sr.

Poor:
Ford

Horrible:
Reagan
Carter
Bush, Jr.
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« Reply #23 on: October 07, 2015, 11:15:14 PM »
Great:

Reagan
Clinton

Good:

Eisenhower
Kennedy

Average:
Bush Sr.
Ford
Nixon
Truman

Bad:
LBJ

Horrible:
Carter
Obama
Bush Jr.
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« Reply #24 on: October 08, 2015, 12:13:38 AM »
Great:
Clinton

Good
Reagan
Eisenhower
Kennedy

Average
Truman
Nixon
Bush 41
Ford
Johnson

Bad
Carter
Obama

Horrible
Bush 43
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