serious question

[mathewsleep]

is bush really the worst president in history?
was nixon worse?

or is the record surplus to the record deficit as damning as it seems.

i'm being serious.

serious question, is bush the worst president or do i only think he is because he's here right now?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. If not the worst, he sits right on the bottom with the other few worst ones.

In my opinion, yes, he IS the worst - by far. By such a huge margin, that Nixon is practically Jefferson.

[fenriswolf]

2. he has had the lowest polling number

in history, and now he is very close to breaking the lowest numbers for longers amount of time curretnly held by lbj. Guess what gave LBJ his low numbers.....thats right the vietnam war and his refusal to end it.

[yy4me]

5. I was a young adult at the time of Watergate. I remember well

watching the hearings and following the shenanigans of Nixon and crew. They could not come close to that this current gang in Washington is doing. Our current leader is so much worse than Nixon that Nixon looks like a prince in comparison. Yes, Agnew was a crook too but all of what he and Nixon did was petty compared this current bunch.

BUT: they resigned. Message there!

[Muttocracy]

3. in terms of abuse of powers...

I'd say Bush is equal or more likely worse. Signing statements, interpreting IWR the way he wants to, "executive privilege" to keep exec. branch from being investigated...

Who did Nixon appoint to Supreme Court?

[Hart2008]

8. A. Burger, Blackmun, Powell, and Rhenquist

Supreme Court appointments
Nixon appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States:

Warren E. Burger (Chief Justice) — 1969
Harry Andrew Blackmun — 1970
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. — 1972
William Rehnquist — 1972

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#Supreme_Court_appointments

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. Nixon didn't do half the damage that Reagan did, but Bush did far more damage....

... and as much as it hurts me to say this, Clinton improved things for corporations so he didn't help the most suffering people. :(

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. The worst

Nixon didn't trash the Constitution nearly as bad (Congress wouldn't let him), didn't start an illegal war, didn't craft legislation to please his corporate masters, etc, etc.

[femmocrat]

7. Nixon looks like a statesman in comparison to *.

He was actually a moderate by today's standards.

[Hart2008]

9. Bush is worse than Nixon.

In his own twisted way, Nixon thought what he was doing was right.

That was why he recorded everything on the tapes.

He wanted history to know what he did.

Junior knows he is trampling on the Constitution and has done it because Dem's won't stand up to him.

:puke:

[MadBadger]

10. Id put Hoover right up there.

[NYC]

11. Bush is worse than Nixon.

I'm old enough to remember.