Worst President Ever?

[PurpleChez]

I have heard and read much in recent months about how historians and other commentators are foregoing the customary 10-to-20-year waiting period in order to declare that * is in fact one of the worst presidents ever -- if not THE worst, period. But does anybody have any links or references to any such articles? Thanks for your input.

[Rageneau]

1. I have a T-shirt that proves it.

Everybody else should have one, too.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. I went with the "Dumb and Dumber" shirt.

:hi:

[Colobo]

2. Pierce was worse

Bush has proven to be very bad, but I feel Franklin Pierce takes the cake.

[AzDar]

4. Related through Babs, aren't they? n/t

[Colobo]

6. Yep; they are related

It's no surprise the one of the worst presidents we have ever had is related to the worst president we've ever had. :)

Still, I think Pierce and Hoover were worse than Bush.

[Tangledog]

9. Buchanan was horrible, too

The current inhabitant may not be "worse" than those two losers, but he's got bigger toys to play with and hence can do more damage all over the place.

[MetaTrope]

3. No need for a question mark in the thread title...

:applause:

[liberal N proud]

7. Worst excuse for a human being!

[stimbox]

8. Google it.

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Worst+President+Ever&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

:)

[Lobster Martini]

10. Here's one

Here's one from the founder of USA Today, reported by Editor & Publisher:

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003546943

[newyawker99]

21. Hi Lobster Martini!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[jtrockville]

11. LINKS

Not all of them rank him the absolute worst, but they do reserve final judgement until his term is finished.

Princeton Professor Sean Wilentz
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/9961300/the_worst_president_in_history

Columbia Prosessor Eric Foner
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120101509.html

Historian Douglas Brinkley
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120101511.html

Rutgers professor David Greenberg
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120101506.html

New America Foundation senior fellow Michael Lind
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120101475.html

University of Massachusetts professor Vincent J. Cannato
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120101497.html

[Colobo]

14. He will not be the worst

But will be right among them. Pierce, Buchanan and Hoover are worse.

[retread]

20. True for now. Don't forget he's not done yet. Still time for him to overtake

those 3. Just when we think we have seen him at his nadir, he surprises.

[rambler_american]

12. This is the ONLY excuse

the ONLY reason for anybody to vote for *.

And I enthusiastically support him for this dubious honor.

Given a choice I'd way rather have Nixon back. ('course he's dead and can't do any more damage.)

Still, in a list of really awful presidents one cannot overlook President Cheney.
OMG how I despise this administration! :grr:

[JFN1]

13. Here you go

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/neuharth/2006-01-19-neuharth_x.htm

[JFN1]

15. Oops - wrong link

Here you go: http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/02/plain_talk_by_a_1.html

[MasonJar]

16. What did Pierce do that was worse than starting a pre-emptive war,

torturing prisoners, spying illegally on the American people, outing a CIA agent, insulting our allies, spoiling the environment for profit, warprofiteering, allowing 9/11 to happen, keeping prisoners indefinitely without charge (including US citizens,) packing the courts, removing habeus corpus, lying constantly, and a never-ending number of etcs.?

[Colobo]

17. Simple

Helping lay the grounds for the Civil War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce

"There is nothing left but to get drunk." -Franklin Pierce

[EndElectoral]

I can see GW making that statment. He' got to be the worse, then Reagan, then Nixon.

[eppur_se_muova]

19. The poll in this thread agrees with you exactly.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=234076&mesg_id=237385

[EndElectoral]

18. I can see GW making that statment. He' got to be the worse, then Reagan, then Nixon.