Worst President in history ?

[The Captain]

"First of all, Reaganomics pulled us out of a recession. Ask someone who was around when Carter was president about the "Misery Index"."

I disagree with you entirely there, but that's also due to the fact that we have established we travel in very different circles.

Worst President, would probably be Nixon, who set politics, the government, and the governments relations to its own citizens back a good 30 years. Even today, the vast majority of the citizens of this country are still untrusting of the government, and much of it is linked back to Watergate.

Also on the list of what I'd call Sub Par Jobs By Presidents:

Warren Harding
Andrew Johnson
Franklin Pierce

W's legacy is still up in the air. If, and it's a very big if, Iraq becomes a stable democracy, it could trigger a great wave of change, but if it falls completely into chaos or the insurgents are not beaten down, it may be just another war that had mixed intentions and few real net gains.


As for those on the other end of the spectrum in my opinion:

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, FDR, and Teddy Roosevelt

Kennedy's Presidency didn't last long enough to get a truly accurate view of everything he planned to do, Reagan's policies made him the second most polarized president ever, second only to our current occupant, but both had qualities that raise them greatly above the likes of a Nixon.

Here's a poll conducted in 1996 by 30 Historians which rates the Presidencies:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...hlesinger.html


Take care all.