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Post by Zynx on Aug 1, 2002 20:35:22 GMT -5
Incidentally on my list of presidential rankings Richard Nixon is one of the worst ever. 5th from the bottom to be precise.
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Post by D-Guy on Aug 1, 2002 20:36:17 GMT -5
and who be occupy the bottom and the top of your list?
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Post by Zynx on Aug 1, 2002 20:39:39 GMT -5
Top:
1. George Washington
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Franklin Roosevelt
4. Abraham Lincoln
5. Harry Truman
Bottom
From Very Worst to 5th Worst
1. James Buchanan
2. Warren Harding
3. Franklin Pierce
4. Benjamin Harrison/ Herbet Hoover(They were both really bad and caused the two worst depressions in our history 1893-1897 and 1929-1937)
5. Richard Nixon
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Post by Sokar468 on Aug 2, 2002 8:15:18 GMT -5
Incidentally on my list of presidential rankings Richard Nixon is one of the worst ever. 5th from the bottom to be precise. Richard Nixon actually did a lot of good before his Watergate scandal. Therefore, I hardly consider him the worst. My least favorite presidents were Herbert Hoover and Andrew Jackson. |
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Post by Zynx on Aug 2, 2002 8:19:28 GMT -5
Nixon was a disaster economically and his fiscal policy was awful with his international policy overrated. Also, Watergate brought such shame to the presidency by itself he can not possibly rate any higher than 30th on a presidential rating and with the economic problems brought on by his policies he ends up in the higher 30s which puts him about where I did.
Andrew Jackson was great. You must mean Andrew Johnson.
Also, you must know jack sh!t about presidential history if your least favorite president isn't Warren Harding or James Buchanan.
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Post by Sokar468 on Aug 2, 2002 8:25:31 GMT -5
Andrew Jackson was great. You must mean Andrew Johnson. No, I hate Jackson for the sole reason that he disrupted the Balance of Powers in the U.S. government. |
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Post by Zynx on Aug 2, 2002 8:27:40 GMT -5
Jackson was number 7 on the list of top presidents for me. Great fiscal policy, great international policy, and great economic policy(he lowered tariffs and I love that). Johnson is right behind the other disasterous presidents on my list because he totally shamed the White House almost as much as Nixon.
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Post by Sokar468 on Aug 2, 2002 8:55:53 GMT -5
Presidents are a vaery subjective topic, because people see different strengths and weaknesses in them. Can you agree with me on this, Zynx? I hate people who like a president simply because he belongs to their party.  |
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Post by Zynx on Aug 2, 2002 11:47:09 GMT -5
I am marginally Democratic yet I have two of the worst presidents being Democrats. I agree with your statement.
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Post by D-Guy on Aug 2, 2002 21:35:01 GMT -5
it was so much easier when the king cross da big lake told us what to do. j/k  |
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Post by Gustave on Aug 2, 2002 22:08:49 GMT -5
"O king, who do we vote for?"
"Um....let's go for that Michael Dukakis guy, he sounds like a winner."
It's a sad day indeed in Monarchy land
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Post by D-Guy on Aug 2, 2002 22:22:13 GMT -5
ya probably by now we would have a tax on any popular beverage and tea wouldn't exist.
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Post by KOUSAI on Aug 2, 2002 23:37:53 GMT -5
It's not just in America.
I live in Korea, and I've seen MUCHMUCHMUCH worse.
There are two major parties in Korea, one being Democrats and the other being some Korean Party.
The first thing you see in their party homepage is
Deomcrats: Korean Party is absolutely wrong!
they are wrong in this.....that....those...these....
Korean Party: DEmocrats are liars!
they are scum on earth....bitches....that....those....
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Post by D-Guy on Aug 2, 2002 23:40:40 GMT -5
zynx, what is your top 5 worst incidents cause by a president in presidential history?
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Post by Zynx on Aug 3, 2002 8:32:27 GMT -5
1. The Civil War (A mix of Lincoln and Buchanan. Lincoln inflamed the South with his campaign rehtoric and Buchanan, who came before Lincoln, didn't try to calm the situation.)
2. The Great Depression (Hoover imposed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff that crippled international trade and our economy and that was the main cause of the worst part of the Great Depression which was 1931. Also, he increased taxes to nearly 70% and killed personal spending. I should tell all of you that the Crash of 1929 DID NOT CAUSE THE GREAT DEPRESSION)
3. The Depression of 1893-1897. (Benjamin Harrison caused it by bi-metalism(trying to base the currency off both gold and silver) and the McKinnley Tariff of 1890. It was easily the second worst economic downturn in our history.)
4. Watergate (The scandal was so damaging to the presidency that Americans have still never recovered their faith in government)
5. To some extent World War II and this will take explaining. (Woodrow Wilson refused to stop the Allies from imposing very tought sanctions on Germany after World War I and infact he helped. By doing so he allowed the Germans to become enraged, following the economic collapse of their country because of post war conditions and sanctions, at Britain, France, and America and this led to the rise of Adolph Hitler. Had he tried to rebuild Germany instead of just humiliating it he could have prevented World War II from ever occurring.)
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