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Rank the Presidents since FDR (but don't include George W. or Obama)

Posted on 5/20/13 at 5:56 pm
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 5:56 pm
Yes, this probably belongs on the Poli Board, but I really don't care about what they have to say about this. I want to hear what you guys say about this.

1. Ronald Reagan
2. Bill Clinton
3. Dwight Eisenhower
4. John F. Kennedy
5. Harry Truman
6. Richard Nixon
7. George H. W. Bush
8. Jimmy Carter
9. Gerald Ford
10. Lyndon Johnson

There is a big drop off after Kennedy. We've elected some terrible Presidents in the last 70 years.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 5:59 pm to
1. Ronald Reagan
2. Dwight Eisenhower






3. John F. Kennedy




























































4.Bill Clinton
5. Harry Truman
6. Richard Nixon
7. George H. W. Bush
8. Jimmy Carter
9. Gerald Ford
10. Lyndon Johnson
Posted by UMRealist
Member since Feb 2013
35906 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 6:00 pm to
I think 2-4 are interchangeable. But I have the same list as yours
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 6:01 pm to
quote:

I think 2-4 are interchangeable.


As are 5-10 really. I don't know if anyone other than Reagan could be listed #1
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 6:05 pm to
quote:

As are 5-10 really. I don't know if anyone other than Reagan could be listed #1


I'm sure Rex the Uber left douche could tell you

Posted by TT9
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 6:06 pm to
1. Kennedy

2. Ike





















The rest sucked.
Posted by Crompdaddy8
Jimmy Rustler
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 6:12 pm to
nb4Reagan
Posted by CHSgc
Charleston, SC
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 6:23 pm to
Top 5, no order:

Truman
JFK
Eisenhower
Clinton
LBJ

Then Reagan, Bush I

Then Ford, Carter

Then Nixon, who had a pretty strong record as President but utterly destroyed the public's faith in gov't
This post was edited on 5/20/13 at 6:24 pm
Posted by Col Reb is my mascot
Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 6:47 pm to
Reagan
Eisenhower
Clinton
Truman
Nixon
Bush
LBJ
JFK
Carter
Ford
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
32477 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 7:42 pm to
Reagan
Kennedy
Clinton
Eisenhower
(W)
Bush
Johnson
(Obama)
Nixon
Carter

i don't know enough about the other presidents to offer an opinion so I threw the others in. Bush has grown on me in the last 5 years and Obama has lowered from expectations
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
22886 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 7:48 pm to
I think the steps FDR took were completely necessary given the circumstances. Johnson did what FDR did, only to cater to help maybe 5% of people. Everything Johnson did was pretty much a disaster
Posted by SavageOrangeJug
Member since Oct 2005
19758 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 7:49 pm to
1. Reagan




2. Eisenhower
3. Truman
4. Nixon


5. Bush
6. Kennedy
7. Clinton

8. Ford












9. Carter

































10. LBJ (the damage from his Great Welfare Society is why we are in the shape we are in today)




44. Obama (his incompetence is unmatched)



Posted by Alahunter
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 8:01 pm to
Agree.
Posted by UMRealist
Member since Feb 2013
35906 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 8:03 pm to
quote:

I think the steps FDR took were completely necessary given the circumstances.


Necessary evil
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
65976 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 8:05 pm to
quote:

SavageOrangeJug


:kige:
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
22886 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 8:06 pm to
The unemployment rate was 30%, something had to be done. Hoover tried the Tea Party approach, and it failed worse than any other Presidential policy in history. People need to actually look at a Presidency in its historical context, as opposed to looking back on certain policies with a 21st Century view. That's at least what I tried to do in my rankings
This post was edited on 5/20/13 at 8:08 pm
Posted by Cheese Grits
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Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 8:10 pm to
quote:

6. Richard Nixon


Probably put him #1 just for doing what presidents should do in foreign policy. Got both reds (Russia and China) to the tables and laid the groundwork for the end of hostility. That alone puts him in the top slot

quote:

8. Jimmy Carter


Navy guy who was probably the most decent president in the lot. Led by example and his work on peace in the middle east coupled with his Habitat for Humanity work showed us a man of the people not bought and paid for by corporate america. Adams was not the popular guy at the time but 200 years later history has showed him to be a great man by the test of time.

Odd that my 2 favorites were polar opposites but they were both solid leaders.

Kennedy gave us a focus on the space program and it is too bad we have been so slack about it since.
Posted by UMRealist
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 5/20/13 at 8:13 pm to
agreed
Posted by Alahunter
Member since Jan 2008
90742 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 8:20 pm to
Carter is a good humanitarian. He was a horrible President.
Posted by tiger114
Fairhope, AL
Member since Sep 2009
5235 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 8:36 pm to
quote:

SavageOrangeJug


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