Comments on: Worst President Ever? Yup …

By: MAC

MAC — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:52:35 +0000

First of all you can not really judge a president until after a generation has passed. Too much emotional baggage love him or hate him.(recall Truman had low ratings) History will still be a judge of Bush and perhaps it will not be too kind. That being said, some of you (the author of this blog in particular)have never read U.S. History or studied it for that matter (Grant was only drunk when he was lonely and missing his family during the war not as president).
History for many Americans and politicians for that matter is what happened yesterday or a year ago if they can remember back that far.
Most if not all presidential historians rate James Buchanan as the worst, he sat idly by while he first watched South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20th 1860, the next state would not leave the Union until January 9, 1861. Perhaps if he was more like Andrew Jackson there would not have been a War between the States.
As one poster so aptly put it Lincoln, considered one of the greatest presidents by presidential historians violated the Constitution more than any president, the second probably was FDR and Nixon.
Carter is considered to be one of the worst, double digit interest rates, unemployment near 10%, high inflation rates, yes I remember Carter’s brilliant energy policy, turn down the thermostat and wear a sweater. His foreign policy (except for Camp David, which was led more by Sadat than him)was a total disaster; Iran crises, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Panama Canal, SALT II, etc. The military was gutted. Carter lost in the worst presidential (electoral)landslide 489-49 as a sitting president compared to Hoover 472-59 in 1932.
Harding and Grant were mired in scandals and had no clue to what was going on around them, Harding’s policies helped bring on the Great Depression, Hoover just happened to be the poor sap caught holding the bag. FDR seemed to care yet unemployment never dropped lower than 14% until the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. But FDR was a great leader and was trusted by the American people which Bush definitely is not.
Bush should have shown more leadership in 2005 in trying to reel in Fannie May and Freddie Mac when then Federal Reserve Board Chairman warned the Congress to take action soon or “risk economic insolvency” Which by the way is the cause of this financial mess.
Just a little history and economic lesson from a professor

By: Reader

Reader — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:46:35 +0000

We will always love our W!!! And we will always blame Nancy Pelosi for all the bad things. Everywhere.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081014/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_italy;_ylt=Am4ugmoxo3nHrocjCB7m1YJh24cA

By: Reader

Reader — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:31:54 +0000

Thanks Gillon…I don’t even like some of my opinions. But I come from very stubborn stock.

Anyway — how can any of you look at that obliviously benevolent face and hate him so much?!?

By: Gillon

Gillon — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:40:06 +0000

Reader, I like your style if not your opinions. Keep on pluggin’.

By: joe smith

joe smith — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:30:19 +0000

James Buchanan was the worst president because of his ineptitude and by hi failure to do anything to prevent the civil war. Whichby the way your state of South Carolina started but thats ok with me. because I still have confederate sentiments. but really you cant say who is the worst president until at least 40 years have past because we do not know what the future holds and naybe historians will look back etc etc. President Bush went to war becasue he thought it was the right thing to do.

By: Reader

Reader — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:14:12 +0000

P.S. For anybody looking forward to having somebody they can vote for without puking in 2012…the Mayans predicted Dec. 21, 2012 as the date the world will end. So this year may be it people!

By: Reader

Reader — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:10:22 +0000

Gillon…Maybe we just like to hear ourselves think — whether you agree, or think it well-researched but wrong…would never, ever keep us from saying it.

I could look him up, Phil Kearny, but — we’re also sorta lazy. ;)

By: Gillon

Gillon — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:02:50 +0000

Reader, I guess I touched a nerve with my Phil Kearny quote. (you could look him up if you’ve never heard of him) By the way , the “Mobster goons” that you refer to were on the Bush side in SC in 2000. It was they who spread the vicious personal rumors and lies about McCain and used push-polling to great advantage.
Also, in the first six years of the Bush Presidency, the Speaker of the House was not Pelosi, but Republican Dennis Hastert, so don’t blame her for everthing Finally, you speak of the”threat of amputation or death” by the McCain forces. Who was it that opposed torture at Guantanamo–certainly not Bush. It was McCain. Next time try thinking and doing a little research before you spout off.
But I guess that’s pretty typical of not only Bush but his supporters as well.

By: Not-A-RINO

Not-A-RINO — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:00:10 +0000

Clinton, the former, and future

By: rick

rick — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:20:01 +0000

History will tell the entire story, and only time will tell. J.Carter not only allowed a sovereign piece of American soil to be violated (yes, every embassy is considered to be the embassies sovereign soil), he allowed American citizens to be held for 440 days, botched a rescue plan, presided over an ineffective military, gave away the Panama Canal…..shall we go on?
Carter was and is an arrogant pissant who’s only accomplishment has been in driving nails. His brother Billy was smarter and more talented….