Who was America's worst President? (fair and balanced version)
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John Adams		  
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James Madison		  
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John Quincy Adams		  
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Andrew Jackson		  
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Martin Van Buren		  
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William Henry Harrison		  
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John Tyler		  
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Millard Fillmore		  
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Franklin Pierce		  
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James Buchanan		  
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Abraham Lincoln (statesrights)		  
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Andrew Johnson		  
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Ulysses Grant		  
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Rutherford Hayes		  
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James Garfield		  
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Benjamin Harrison		  
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Howard Taft		  
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Woodrow Wilson		  
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Warren Harding		  
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Calvin Coolidge		  
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Herbert Hoover		  
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Harry Truman		  
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Lyndon Johnson		  
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Richard Nixon		  
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Jimmy Carter		  
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George HW Bush		  
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George W Bush		  
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« on: July 16, 2007, 08:33:25 PM »
Discuss.
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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2007, 09:16:23 PM »
was going to vote for reagan, but he isn't included (is he sacred?) so i voted GWB
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2007, 09:21:07 PM »
No Washington either.
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2007, 09:50:06 PM »
Where's TR or FDR?
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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2007, 07:51:41 AM »
James Buchanan

And in any debate the last two Presidents should never be on since people have too many opinions on them before what they've done can show through.
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« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2007, 03:32:26 PM »
I'm leaning towards McKinley. (Who isn't on the poll amazingly. Out of those Wilson, Bush the Younger, Nixon and Jackson are all contenders. Even Adams the Elder too but in a lesser way.)
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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2007, 04:55:18 PM »
James Buchanan.
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2007, 05:21:25 PM »
I voted for Harding in the poll, but I forgot about Buchanan somehow Tongue
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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2007, 07:07:18 PM »
Why the consensus around Buchanan? He was merely a corrupt unimaginative (well, a slave owner...) bungler in a position way out of his league - his generations Harding but in a much more crucial period. But he didn't use his position for evil - unlike some other Presidents I've named.
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« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2007, 07:58:42 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2007, 08:02:23 PM »
Carter
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« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2007, 08:20:16 PM »
Wow, there are certain people who think that certain Presidents were the worst which are genuinely difficult to imagine. Then again I should have known better.
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« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2007, 08:23:51 PM »
Quote from: Rob on July 16, 2007, 09:16:23 PM
was going to vote for reagan, but he isn't included (is he sacred?) so i voted GWB

Reagan was pretty bad, but GWB has been far worse. Although I'll be fair and won't rank him until his term has expired. I'll say Buchanan for this poll.
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« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2007, 10:06:26 PM »
Buchanan
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« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2007, 10:08:38 PM »
Quote from: thefactor on July 17, 2007, 08:20:16 PM
Wow, there are certain people who think that certain Presidents were the worst which are genuinely difficult to imagine. Then again I should have known better.

The one that you left off the list that shocked me the most was Clinton, as you had to know he would receive a good deal of partisan bashing at the very least.

Of those you neglected to list, the worst was Jefferson who was a disaster as President whose only meaningful accomplishments were the Louisiana Purchase, which was a total accident of history, and the sending out of the Corps of Discovery.  While not the worst president we ever had (that dishonor belongs to Wilson)  Jefferson definitely belongs in the bottom quartile of Presidents.  His best years were in the period up 1779 when he was a legislator.  Once he moved into executive positions such as Governor of Virginia, he proved such an excellent example of it that we really should consider renaming the Peter Principle as the Thomas Principle.
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« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2007, 12:15:48 AM »
Where the hell's FDR?

anyways, for the sake of the poll: Lincoln
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« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2007, 09:56:31 AM »
A lot of you seem to have missed the "other" option. Roll Eyes
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« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2007, 08:39:21 PM »
James Buchannan, but Woodrow Wilson comes *close*.
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« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2007, 08:17:16 PM »
Andrew Jackson, a monster of a man.

Buchanan is second worst.
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« Reply #19 on: August 01, 2007, 05:22:47 PM »
James Buchanan just sat back and allowed the Civil War to happen.  I don't think we can judge Clinton or GWB just yet.
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« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2007, 01:02:26 AM »
Quote from: gporter on July 17, 2007, 04:33:51 PM
Quote from: MasterJedi on July 17, 2007, 07:51:41 AM
James Buchanan

And in any debate the last two Presidents should never be on since people have too many opinions on them before what they've done can show through.

I would agree with the fact that James Buchanan was the worst President. He commited treason while in the White House. You cannot get much worse than that.

Actually he was completely following the constitution.
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« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2007, 09:36:42 AM »
As for the sake of the poll Lincoln, but FDR was much worse.  Carter only narrowly beats out Lincoln
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« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2007, 10:53:58 AM »
I would have to say LBJ, no contest....
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« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2007, 10:54:40 AM »
Quote from: SADM on August 22, 2007, 10:53:58 AM
I would have to say LBJ, no contest....
Reagan was worse.
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« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2007, 02:20:39 PM »
Reagan, Jackson, Johnson, Buchanan, Harding, Wilson were all pretty horrible. But George W. Bush "wins" overall.
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