[Gordon Pym]

Teddy had his faults, but I would never question his patriotism.

TR began the explosive growth of government and the federal land grab that has taken place under the national park system. He may not have agreed with what came after his time in office but it was his administration that put in place the destructive machinery that was used by following regimes.

BTW TR was a major proponent of the income tax and that alone puts him on my excrement list

[ClearCase_guy]

My current list of “worst presidents”:

1 Obama - Because he has actually tried to destroy the foundations of this country.
2 Lincoln - Because he should have understood that this country is about states choosing to form a union, not a centralized government imposing itself on the several states.
3 Wilson - He tried to turn this country in a bad direction (fascism)
4 FDR - He tried to turn this country in a bad direction (fascism)
5 LBJ - He tried to turn this country in a bad direction (fascism)
6 Carter - Incompetent
7 Clinton - Incompetent
8 Buchanan - Incompetent
9 Harding - Incompetent
10 Teddy Roosevelt - He tried to turn this country in a bad direction (but I actually think he meant well).

[Vigilanteman]

You, and the artist, are both entitled to your opinions. However, in evaluating any president, the good needs to be weighed against the bad. That's why I put a guy like Lincoln in my top ten even though he made some terrible mistakes at the beginning of the Civil War which may have prevented it altogether had he played it right. For example-- a proper response to Ft. Sumter would have been sending the navy to shell Charleston and the marines to retake it, not an invasion of Virgina.

Same observations for TR on the federal land grabs. The National Park System makes up a small portion of federal land holding. The massive socialized land grabs such as ANWR would likely be vehemently opposed by TR if he were alive today.