brucejoel99
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« on: December 30, 2018, 05:13:32 PM » |
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I'd say George H. W. Bush gave the nation its most successful one-term presidency, so he'd be my choice for the best one-term president, let alone one of the most underrated presidents, b/c of the end of the Cold War, German unification & the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Gulf War, the ADA, the 1990 Clean Air Act, the FIRREA law, NAFTA, etc. Yeah, the toughest one-term competitor to Bush is James K. Polk, who achieved all 4 of his goals (gaining the Oregon Territory & the Pacific Coast, establishing an independent Treasury, & lowering tariffs), but Polk's acquisitions left the country w/ the problem that was slavery in the territories (a problem which took a civil war to solve).
My favorite, though, would have to be Gerald Ford, b/c he was courageously motivated solely by the state of the country's health at home & around the world.
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