On this President’s Day, let us open the comment lines to one of the most commonly debated parts of American history. Who was our finest leader? Was is Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, who kept this nation together and ended the wicked institution of slavery? Was it Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat, who guided the nation through the Great Depression and World War II?
What about the worst ever? Before he’s even left office, George W. Bush has been labeled by many as the worst president ever, having overseen an economy shift from record surpluses to record deficits; being M.I.A. in the hours following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil; still — over 6 years later — being unable to capture the man responsible for those attacks; whose administration was unable to get food and water to Americans stranded on rooftops after the City of New Orleans was destroyed by flooding… the list goes on. But is W really the worst?
What about Warren G. Harding, who once confessed “I am not fit for this office and never should have been here”? What about Franklin Pierce or James Buchanan? Both of these oft-forgotten presidents failed to prevent the nation from splitting apart in civil war.
What about Richard Nixon, who single-handedly shattered the American idealism of the presidency? Or Jimmy Carter, whose idealism butted heads with the reality of global politics?
So who is the best and the worst of men to ever lead this nation?
I am so sick of people ( democrats ) saying how great clinton was and how bad Reagan was.
BEST: Reagan
WORST: Clinton, Carter
Posted by True Republican | 04. May, 2009, 8:49 PMLoko you have no clue.
Posted by True Republican | 04. May, 2009, 8:50 PMI would say Reagan was the best. He ended the soviet union, which could still have been a problem today if he hadnt taken care of it.
Posted by Conservative | 08. May, 2009, 8:00 PMI would think Abraham Lincon and George Washington would tie for best. Zachary Taylor wouldn’t be far behind because he was a lutienet in two wars which were the Black Hawk War and the Mexican War. Abraham and George are proboaly the best because George was a general in the Revolutionary War. It’s also that he was the first president. I think Abraham would be in that spot too because he wrote one of the greatest speeches. The speech that he announced was the Getysberg Adress. Abraham was also proboally one of the best presidents because he ended slavery, too. The worst president was proboally George W. Bush beacuse he started a war with Iraq for no good reason.
Posted by Zach | 22. May, 2009, 8:47 PMWorld’s & Europe Best President: Viktor Yushenko
Posted by Nitrix | 09. Jun, 2009, 1:26 AMBest: Teddy Roosevelt, Abe Lincoln, George W Bush.
Worst: Andrew Jackson,Bill Clinton, Barack Obama
Posted by TY | 17. Jun, 2009, 8:30 PMBARACK OBAMA IS THE WORST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO McCain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by DEMOCRAT HATER #1 | 17. Jun, 2009, 8:34 PMBARACK OBAMA IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCREW McCain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by REPUBLICAN HATER #1 | 29. Jun, 2009, 2:17 PMWhoever thinks FDR was the worst is mentally retarded!! George W. Bush was the worst. Do i even need to explain?
Posted by Bob | 19. Jul, 2009, 7:59 PMHere’s an explanation in 2 words… 9 11
FDR lead our nation through the great depression and WWII
The man was elected 4 times for God’s sake!
And George W. Bush sat in the oval office probably playing with a toy train
Posted by Bob | 20. Jul, 2009, 9:07 AMSo Susan shut the f*** up and JJ you rock!
You were so right about about the best and worst presidents But Susan you’ve got to do more research on your presidents
Posted by Bob | 20. Jul, 2009, 9:12 AMGraetest Foreign Policy President- FDR or Wilson
Best Expansionalist- James K. Polk
Best Civil Rights- Kennedy, but brought to life by LBJ
Best Domestic Policy- Jimmy Carter
Posted by JJ | 08. Aug, 2009, 2:11 PMBest Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Worst George Bush
Posted by casebier | 11. Aug, 2009, 4:27 PMFDR was awesome! George W. Bush sucks!!! And warren harding was no better! Neither was clinton or carter! Democrats=great! Republicans=retards
Posted by Bob | 14. Aug, 2009, 1:36 PMAn Regan was the best president ever. He put an end to the soviets< strengthened our Military, put the liberals in place and LOWERED OUR TAXES AND CREATED 26 MILLION JOBS!!!
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Posted by Snommanuh | 17. Aug, 2009, 11:15 PMWhoever thought that Carter had the best domestic policy is deranged! Carter took us to triple inflation, triple interest rates, and triple un-employment. Thanks to him half our farmers lost land that had been in the family for a hundred years. Long lines at the gas pumps. No entries in the Olympics that year because — remember? — Sadam was holding American hostages for more than a year. Reagan got them back — and brought down the Berlin wall — by presenting a strong offense without ever firing a bullet. It would be a toss-up for me between George Washington and Ronald Reagan as best; no contest for Carter being the worst.
Posted by BILOXIPAT | 21. Aug, 2009, 6:06 AMBest U.S. Presidents
1.) Abraham Lincoln
2.) Franklin Roosevelt
3.) Thomas Jefferson
4.) Theodore Roosevelt
5.) Ronald Reagan
6.) George Washington
7.) Woodrow Wilson
8.) Harry S. Truman
9.) James Polk
10.) Dwight Eisenhower
Honorable Mentions: John F. Kennedy and John Adams
Worst U.S. Presidents
1.) Herbert Hoover
2.) George W. Bush
3.) Richard Nixon
4.) James Buchanan
5.) Franklin Pierce
6.) Jimmy Carter
7.) Grover Cleveland
8.) Andrew Johnson
9.) Benjamin Harrison
10.) Warren G. Harding
Honorable Mentions: William McKinley and George H.W. Bush
Posted by Nate | 30. Aug, 2009, 2:19 AMThe 2 best i probably Reagan for ending the soviets an getting the economy back on track and Lincoln for ending the civil war
The 2 Worst are Carter for doing basically nothing and FDR for because unemployment never hit under 10% and being the first president to disobey the constitution by putting Japanese Americans in camps
Posted by Bobby | 02. Sep, 2009, 8:47 PMBest – FDR, Teddy Roosevelt and JFK
Worst – George W. Bush, Warren Harding and James Buchanan
Posted by Bob | 04. Sep, 2009, 4:17 PM1. FDR
2. Lincoln
3. Jefferson
4. Jackson
5. Polk
6. TR
7. Truman
8. Washington
9. Kennedy
10. Wilson
10. Tyler
9. Fillmore
8. A. Johnson
7. Pierce
6. Grant
5. Nixon
4. Hoover
3. Buchanan
2. Harding
1. W. Bush
Posted by No way jose | 05. Sep, 2009, 7:30 PMBob, you rule
Bobby, you suck
Posted by No way jose | 05. Sep, 2009, 7:33 PMBest ever: Carter
Worst ever: Reagan
Posted by Green Party | 08. Sep, 2009, 6:46 AMgreen party you rule
Posted by JJ | 11. Sep, 2009, 2:54 PMI’d just like to say Nixon did a lot for this country in terms of foreign affairs. It’s a shame the whole Watergate scandal allows people to forget what he DID accomplish.
Posted by Sid | 16. Sep, 2009, 2:35 PMi would have to say……..lets get it over with……they all suck
Posted by bob | 22. Sep, 2009, 11:05 AMi dont know and i dont care,politcs are boring and a waste of time!
Posted by it | 22. Sep, 2009, 11:12 AMWorst President: Woodrow Wilson
Best President: Andrew Jackson
Posted by John | 28. Sep, 2009, 1:24 PMbush jr. fucked this country up worse than anyone can possibly imagine & obama (& whoever is elected after him) is left with this pile of shit country to fix.
& if you even concidered voting for mccain, you should go outside take a fucking look around. and when i say go look outside, i mean go outside your little suburban neighborhoods surrounded by nice-white fences. go see how the real world is.
so the worse pres was def. BUSH jr.
obama has some of the best ideas i have ever heard any president say.
Posted by mr. madden | 29. Sep, 2009, 12:39 AMI have missed emotions bout Regan, but I defiantly will not say that he is the BEST or one of the BEST president. He was a promising President. The WORST I have to say was Bush, Jr. He just ran our economy to the ground. The BEST president I will have to say right now is Obama. He is not only smart, but good in nature. He gave the first day of speech to school kids as a pep talk to give motivation to children who are less fortunate. He also showed that he gave even a care of what happens to the children. Second, he showed care of other festivals, including India’s Diwali. No other president even cared of other festivals, even though they visited the country, they did not show interest of the country. I kjnow that Obama will change our country for the better, but we just have to be patient. I have Full trust and Faith in Obama.
Posted by Mark Twain | 19. Oct, 2009, 9:06 PM1. FDR
2. Lincoln
3. Jefferson
4. Polk
5. Washington
6. Jackson
7. TR
8. Wilson
9. Truman
10. Kennedy
Posted by Captain Ahab | 08. Nov, 2009, 7:48 PM1. FDR
2. Lincoln
3. Jefferson
4. Washington
5. Jackson
6. TR
7. Wilson
8. Truman
9. Polk
10. Kennedy
10. Tyler
9. Fillmore
8. Hoover
7. Johnson
6. Pierce
5. Nixon
4. Grant
3. Buchanan
2. Harding
1. Bush Jr.
Posted by karen | 21. Jan, 2010, 8:38 PM