LBJ and FDR are tied for worst IMO, mostly because they actually came up with evil new ideas (all of the New Deal wrt. FDR, Medicare/Medicaid/CRA for LBJ, not even going to go into his Vietnam incompetence). Carter is definitely down there for being the first President who wanted to reestablish a caliphate, though (some may call him the first Muslim President); as bad as Soetoro is, his plans to destroy America were largely ripped off from Carter’s.
LBJ and FDR are at the bottom precisely because they were competent at pushing through liberal agendas; Carter and Soetoro are not as competent at pushing through liberal agendas. (I think that it will be much easier to repeal Osamacare under a conservative administration, while Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security are basically deified among politicians; Carter’s damage was largely undone by Reagan).
How in the world is Woodrow Wilson not on that list?
I believe you’re right. I just didn’t go back far enough to include FDR since I wasn’t born until just before the end of the FDR era. In my lifetime, I have experienced the Obama, Carter, and LBJ administrations which I rated worst according to my personal experiences.
If you want to go back further, there’s the IRS, Federal Reserve, and Woodrow Wilson to consider.
Anyway, the damage has been done and it will be left for future generations to undo if ever. The social re-engineering mess and diversity Obama has caused, will take several generations in itself. I hope they start with Obamacare.
FDR did a lot to expand government, but he was far sighted in his understanding of the Nazi threat in the 1930’s when conservatism was isolationist. Government may (and I’m afraid probably will) continue to expand and degrade freedom, but the Nazi’s almost certainly would have become the world’s imperialist master if not effectively opposed by the British Empire, Russia (after they were attacked), and the United States.