Posted on 02/17/2008 10:45:07 PM PST by Dawnsblood
Presidents Day has taken a deep back seat these days on our holiday calendar to the point that not only do schools go on as scheduled, but so do many state and government offices. This is not surprising in 2008, and many revel in it. Presidents Day now celebrates all presidents, not just our greatest. That being the case, let's "celebrate," or at least recall, the three worst presidents in our country's otherwise proud history.
All 43 had their faults, and though mainstream media sources may not agree with my choices, many who understand history will, as a recurring theme continues. During each of these men's short times in office, they were responsible for deterring progress and negatively affecting the future for America. Thankfully, two of them were followed by two of the greatest commanders in chief of all time.
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Jimmy Carter: (1977-1981)
Few would deny Mr. Carter's place in infamy. I will confine myself to his actual time in office, although Jimmy Carter arguably has actually been as detrimental to freedom, democracy and the American ideal as during his catastrophic tenure.
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#1 William Jefferson I Did Not Have Sex With That Woman Rapist Put Some Ice On It Clinton.
#2 is not even close. At his worst, Carter was not as bad as Clinton. That Clinton did less damage is because the Republican Congress had applied the brakes. With a Democrate House and Senate, this nation would look more like Italy than the USA.
Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson spring to mind as the only two impeached presidents. President Obama sucks too.
The dichotomy between how former Republican Presidents conduct themselves after leaving office versus the way former Democrat Presidents conduct themselves is like night and day.
Republican Presidents stay dignified and generally keep a low profile.
Rat Presidents have absolutely no class at all. None.
Grover Cleveland was voted POTUS twice in split terms. The 22nd President, 1885-1889 and the 24th President, 1893-1897.
The choices of Carter and LBJ as worst Presidents of all time, I can't argue with.
Nixon was the worst Republican President. Carter was the worst democrat.
I nominate LBJ as well.
My first reaction to everyone who always wants to say Carter now is to let history judge, but I tend to want to do the same thing and to agree:
Worst: The only elected president to be impeached. A man who diddled while al Qaida arose.
No one else is close to as bad.
Good choices.
Funny you should mention LBJ. He’s another rat who didn’t serve two terms.
Come to think of it, Clinton is the only rat to go the full eight years since FDR.
I think Harding would be a contender for worst Republican president ever.
He was pretty bad, as was his successor Cooledge.
Coolidge.
Interesting how LBJ was brought up..
His War on Poverty has to be without a doubt the most dismal failure everywhere!
Democrats and progressives to this day perverted his goal to say that all people should be equally wealthy.. except themselves of course....
Carter should be number one on your list.
I would have loved to see the top ten losers list.
Democrats just keep getting worse and worse, so going backwards, our worst prezes have been
Clinton
Carter
Johnson.
Either Obama or Hillary will be worse than all three of these. You can take that to the bank (unfortunately).
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