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Question: Who was a better president? Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter?
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Sir Mohamed
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« on: January 11, 2016, 04:58:41 AM »
I go with Ford, although being a Democrat. I like Carter very much as an honest person, but not as prez.
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2016, 05:05:31 AM »
Carter, he was a great president.
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2016, 06:39:41 AM »
Quote from: Intell on January 11, 2016, 05:05:31 AM
Carter, he was a great president.

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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2016, 04:18:58 PM »
Ford, he wasn't a failure.
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2016, 04:32:15 PM »
Ford
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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2016, 04:33:18 PM »
Carter was petty good on the domestic front, but horrible in terms of foreign policy. Lean Ford.
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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2016, 04:52:57 PM »
Carter was taken down by a poor economy and a foreign policy blunder.
Ford took himself down.

Both sucked.
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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2016, 05:09:30 PM »
Ugh they both were bad, edge towards Ford.
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« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2016, 05:17:49 PM »
Carter
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« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2016, 05:55:49 PM »
Carter, and while I count all the tired ways...I will put these reasons out:

- Rosalynn Carter, easily the most powerful FLOTUS between Eleanor and Hillary in policy and iconic status [I'd say she even edges out Betty, not by much]. Responsible for most of the mental health reforms that came under Carter.

- Making the position of Veep worth slightly more than "a warm bucket of pee"

Both were better than Reagan or anyone else after him however.
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« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2016, 06:59:38 PM »
Both might've been decent (relatively outstanding) Presidents if they'd had the opportunity.
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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2016, 07:48:43 PM »
Ford was a better person and president
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« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2016, 08:04:14 PM »
Ford.  I find the recent, relatively trendy re-appreciation of Jimmy Carter's very sub-bar Presidency to be somewhat baffling.
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« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2016, 08:06:13 PM »
Carter restored trust in the office and led to Reagan, so Carter.
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« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2016, 08:09:18 PM »
Ford was the last decent Republican President, but I have to go with Carter.
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« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2016, 09:52:07 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2016, 11:10:32 PM »
Quote from: Maxwell on January 11, 2016, 08:09:18 PM
Ford was the last decent Republican President, but I have to go with Carter.
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« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2016, 11:27:44 PM »
Ford, by far. His sense was very spot on, and it made up for his intelligence. He was smarter and more creative than his two predecessors and successor, but Kennedy and Reagan were just as creative/a character. Carter was slightly more intelligent in a sort of rural professor sort of way. They were both pretty good, but Ford's character and skill(Presidentially, not balancing) was well-suited to the Presidency.
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« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2016, 11:37:16 PM »
Quote from: Kingpoleon on January 11, 2016, 11:27:44 PM
Ford, by far. His sense was very spot on, and it made up for his intelligence. He was smarter and more creative than his two predecessors and successor, but Kennedy and Reagan were just as creative/a character. Carter was slightly more intelligent in a sort of rural professor sort of way. They were both pretty good, but Ford's character and skill(Presidentially, not balancing) was well-suited to the Presidency.

Uh, what? Nixon and LBJ were a lot of things, but stupid wasn't one of them.
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« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2016, 11:38:48 PM »
Kingpoleon is a very inventive troll.
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« Reply #20 on: January 12, 2016, 01:29:11 PM »
Quote from: Goldwater on January 11, 2016, 04:33:18 PM
Carter was petty good on the domestic front, but horrible in terms of foreign policy. Lean Ford.

Wouldn't mixed be a bit closer? Sure he didn't rescue the hostages in time but he did get Egypt to recognize Israel's right to exist.
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« Reply #21 on: January 12, 2016, 02:41:51 PM »
Gerald Ford, and really it's not even close.
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« Reply #22 on: January 12, 2016, 05:27:05 PM »
Carter is underrated (although had faults) and Ford suffered from some terrible decision-making. Carter it is.
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« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2016, 07:09:33 AM »
« Edited: January 23, 2016, 01:49:09 PM by President Johnson »
Gerald Ford.

Carter wasn't a bad president and he's a great person. Someone, you can trust in and have a beer with.

But Ford was the better, more experienced president and more of a leader. He was a likeable guy even for liberals. And like Carter, he was an honest and trustworthy person. And he deserves credit for cleaning up Watergate and restoring trust into the White House. I would rank Ford as an above-average president.
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« Reply #24 on: January 23, 2016, 10:37:03 PM »
I would've voted for Carter, but Ford has gone down as the better choice in history. 
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