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Best US president of the last 100 years?

Discussion in 'Opinion POLLS' started by Reasonablerob, Jan 31, 2019.

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Best President of last 100 years?

  1. WIlson

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  2. Harding

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  3. Coolidge

    3 vote(s)
    5.1%

  4. Hoover

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. FDR

    16 vote(s)
    27.1%

  6. Truman

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. Ike

    4 vote(s)
    6.8%

  8. JFK

    4 vote(s)
    6.8%

  9. LBJ

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  10. Nixon

    2 vote(s)
    3.4%

  11. Ford

    1 vote(s)
    1.7%

  12. Carter

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  13. Reagan

    25 vote(s)
    42.4%

  14. GH BUsh

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  15. Clinton

    1 vote(s)
    1.7%

  16. GW Bush

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  17. Obama

    3 vote(s)
    5.1%
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  1. Reasonablerob

    Reasonablerob Well-Known Member

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    Please note, The Donald is not included as he hasn't finished his term(s) yet

    1. Woodrow Wilson-took the US into WW1 and founded the League of Nations
    2. Warren Harding?
    3. Calvin Coolidge-'Silent' Cal, the president who decided to leave the American people alone
    4. Herbert Hoover-the great humanitarian
    5. FDR-took the country through the depression and into WW2
    6. Harry Truman-finished WW2, desegregated the US military and fought the Cold War,
    7. Ike-presided over a prosperous US superpower
    8. JFK-launched the race to the moon
    9. LBJ-launched the Great Society and aided Civil Rights
    10. Nixon-went to China and strove for 'Peace with Honour' on Vietnam
    11. Ford-pardoned Nixon
    12. Jimmy Carter-hosted SALT talks and Israeli/Egypt treaty
    13. Reagan-rebuilt economy and won the Cold War
    14. GH Bush-won Gulf War and oversaw post Cold War reconstruction
    15. Bill Clinton-lead US through peace and prosperity
    16. GW Bush-fought war on terror and began rescue from financial crisis
    17. Barack Obama-finished GW's financial rescue and lead a period of relative peace and prosperity
     
    Reasonablerob, Jan 31, 2019
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    JFK.

    Wilson doesn’t belong on the list. Championed the Fed which he later regretted publicly. Horrible President.
     
    Mackithius, Feb 1, 2019
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    Calvin Coolidge, the Great Refrainer.
     
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    FDR Best
    LBJ Would be best if not for Vietnam. Civil Rights, Voting rights, Medicare, Medicaid are among his greatest achievements. But Vietnam and Indonesia were major crimes and Vietnam destroyed any chance of Universal health care and other progressive policies that have been so successful in other Western nations.
     
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    evidently, this survey is taken every year

    but as always, no question that the best prez is always a Democrat starting with FDR
     
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    :roflol::roflol::roflol::roflol::roflol:
     
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    Democrats toss in theirs as being best. But best at having most Americans killed in combat? Definitely winners but for the outlaw Abe Lincoln.
     
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    Those who picked FDR and the OP who did not include Trump need to be counseled on context.
     
    JakeStarkey, Feb 1, 2019
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    Nixon, not even close. All the rest of them pale in comparison to the mighty intellect, charisma, suave disposition and grit that was Nixon. He tried to cover for a couple of his drinking buddies who got a bit drunk and went into the wrong hotel and he was unfairly blamed for it. Who hasn't gotten so drunk that they went to the wrong house at some point?
     
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    Ford; he reunited the country after much of the country lost faith in the system due to Nixon's extreme dishonesty.
     
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    You shut up and take that back about Nixon. He was the GOAT of Presidents.
     
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    Bill Clinton. While a leader pulling a nation through and out of a crisis (Lincoln, FDR) brings pride to voters, what voters ultimately want is peace and prosperity of which Clinton upheld if not delivered.
     
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    Everyone should have the chance in the poll, Wilson won WW1.
     
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    Indonesia?
     
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    It's true, he rescued Wall Street against much opposition and Barack largely just continued his policies, much as Clinton continued GH's.
     
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    True but would a GOP president in the same place have done any differently.
     
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    Trump hasn't finished his term(s) yet so it's unfair to include him.
     
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    A good point although it was more than just Watergate, it was the legacy of Vietnam and the counter culture, pardoning the draft dodgers, William Calley etc.
     
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    He was very competent but Watergate will always be his fatal flaw.
     
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    The economy was recovering anyway, what great crisis did Clinton pull the US through?
     
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    Reagan, no question. He ended inflation, ended a terrible recession under Carter, restored our military, restored our national pride, restored our faith in ourselves, presided over the longest peacetime expansion of the economy ever, put millions of Americans back to work, and if all that wasn't enough, he won the Cold War, bringing the Soviet Union first to the bargaining table, then to its knees. It finally collapsed during the Bush (I) administration, but it was already failing before that. Did he make mistakes? Absolutely. Could he have done more/better? Absolutely. But considering the presidents immediately preceding him and all the ones after him, Reagan was a giant.
     
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    FDR was the best of the group, bar none.
     
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    I took you seriously until your first sentence.
     
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    Very true; you make a very compelling statement.
     
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    bs, his subprime loan campaign choked the finacial markets & thrust this nation into turmoil, the likes of which we're still suffering from to this very day... billy goat, of all, is by far the most anti-america prez, slightly edging out obama in that regard...
     
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