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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:23 AM Original message |
How would you rank the last 12 US Presidents in order of best to worse? |
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bikesein (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Ranking |
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liberaldemocrat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. My Presidential greatness list. |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. You give Bush II a 10!!! (a minus 100 would be my score for |
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liberaldemocrat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I graded on a scale from 0 to 100 so yes I gave the riff raff low ratings |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Could we settle for a 1? LOL! ....n/t |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Your list is almost like mine. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. FDR, Truman, Clinton, Ike, Carter, JFK, LBJ, Ford, GHWB, Nixon, Reagan, GWB. n/t |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Pretty Close To Mine |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Like your list: almost all of us clearly see the worst four, the last four 'pukes |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. I would bump Truman down below Clinton |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. You tell me that South Korea would have been better off had we not |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I didn't say the people of South Korea would be better off |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. What exactly was the alternative? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Would you say the same about Vietnam? |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. You know, I think presidents are mostly just reflections of the |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Your's is good. I'd drop Truman about three slots.... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. Here is how I would rank them: |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. My list... |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
46. LOL! Looks like mine.... a negative score for gw. ....n/t |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. My only difference with you is, I have switched Bushes |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. Just curious. Why do you have Clinton ranked above Kennedy? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well just because Clinton had more time in the WH and more of a record |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. Here you are |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. My ranking... |
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gemdem (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not a lot of greatness here... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Bush II is certainly the worst in terms of how he's managed things.... |
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sandrakae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Bush II is the worst |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. best to worst |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. FDR, JFK, Ike, Carter, Clinton, Ford, Nixon, LBJ, Poppy, Raygun, * and Truman. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I fail to see the difference between Truman doing what he did and |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. The effects of a nuclear bomb can last over a million years; and while almost as heinous, |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The effects of the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are not that long |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Believe what you wish. n/t |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I choose to believe the truth. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. I am not trying to insult you nor argue with you, Zynx. I just consider |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. i like your list but put clinton way lower for what he left us with |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. fdr, maybe clinton and carter (both good men fucked w. by assholes) then it gets tough |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. If you're going to fault Truman for Nagasaki, you must dock FDR |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. i suppose that's a reasonable argument |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Japan deliberately targeted civilians in China by the millions. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. i can't really argue with that |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. FDR, Truman, Ike, Clinton, LBJ, JFK, Ford, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, Nixon, Bush II |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Though, I adore Jimmy Carter ... |
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rolleitreks (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Mine: |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. FDR |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
39. Eisenhower first |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. at first i thought maybe chimp the worst but reagan might be |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. did ike warn us or did his speechwriter warn us? |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Either way, samey-same, GI |
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rexcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Ike's administration toppled more than a few democratic governments... |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
45. FDR, JFK, Truman, Clinton, Ike, LBJ, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Bush I, Reagan, Bush II (nt) |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
48. Fascinating to read all of the comments... How do you suppose |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
50. My ranking |
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SteveG (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
53. my choices |
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atre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
55. my ranking |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. ... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
57. list: |
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Johnny Appleseed (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
58. clinton |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
59. Here's my ranking: |
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