Rank the Post WWII Democratic Presidents from Best to Worst:

This is a message board so I guess difference of opinion is what makes it work but.... anyone who puts Carter near the top or JFK near the bottom needs a mental examination to be sure

1. John Fitzgerald Kennedy - So much can be said about JFK meant to the nation. ‪Made Americans feel young again, inspired generations of Americans to give back. The notion of asking what you can do for your country is the most honorable idea a President can convey - His vision created the Peace Core, his vision to put a man on the moon within a decade (thought to be crazy at that time) was incredible and it was accurate. It was JFK who told Americans in the South that Civil rights is a moral issue and Americans in the North to not look down on Southerners and he also said we are not the nation we thought we were until we achieved full equality.... Then there's the Cuban Missile Crisis where his patience and his instinct led him to make the right moves in leading the world back from the brink of a Nuclear war..... at home he had the vision to institute an across the border tax cut, a policy not favored by many in his own party but one he thought in the best interest of the nation, putting country first.... JFK was young, charismatic, attractive, intelligent, vibrant, well spoken and had the overwhelming popularity of a rock star - that's what made an event (that would be tragic in any respect; a presidential assassination) be a flat out catastrophic blow to the nation. Despite his time being cut so short he is still one of the greats and ultimately (along with FDR) will always be the standard by which other Democratic Presidents are measured against

2. Bill Clinton - Underrated by so many especially on the right. Passed welfare reform, crime bills and many more successful domestic policies. He kept our nation relatively free from MAJOR foreign conflicts and most of all he took over during a recession and left office with our economy BOOMING better than it had maybe ever - to top it off he left the nation with a SURPLUS!! (imagine that?)

3. Harry Truman - This is a situation where one incident makes a Presidency - where he had a so so domestic situation, his decision to drop the bomb and save countless American lives that would've been lost in an invasion of Japan, was a brace and courageous one.

4. Barack Obama - Great man with great intentions and the temperament to be a great President but we will never really know about a lot of his policies cause frankly he had the worst congress in which to work with. They didn't even attempt compromise.

5. Lyndon Johnson - This is the exact opposite of Truman, this is where one situation destroys his overall record. Without Vietnam he's near the top of this list at two but exaggerated gulf of tonkin leading to the mistake that was Vietnam was just awful and overshadowed a tremendous domestic agenda that included civil rights acts and the great society, but I don't feel bad for him at all because he never should have been President.

6. Jimmy CarterThis isn't close. He had good intentions but he was just a total train wreck. Economy got worse and worse. Iran crisis made us look so weak. He didn't pass any serious domestic reforms despite having vast control of congress. A failure from Top to bottom but he is a good man and has been great post-presidency

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