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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. Mr_Truth

    Mr_Truth Well-Known Member

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    Idiot Bush created the Great Recession.
     
    Mr_Truth, Feb 2, 2019
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  2. Reasonablerob

    Reasonablerob Well-Known Member

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    Actually arguably he didn't, the sub prime market originated under Bill Clinton leaving GW and Obama to pick up the pieces (much as Coolidge left office with the crash looming but that was Hoover's problem).
     
    Reasonablerob, Feb 2, 2019
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    reallybigjohnson Banned

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    Watergate was his shining moment. He stood by his friends who happened to make a drunk mistake one night and didn't throw them under the bus like most other politicians would have. Now that is character and class.

    How the hell did Reagan and FDR get the top picks? What the hell did they ever do?
     
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    And I am supposed to take you seriously for picking a guy who didn't know how to use the stairs? Nixon used stairs just fine, in fact I would argue he was the best President ever at not only going up stairs but also down them as well.
     
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    The GOP Congress from 1994 to 2006 arguably originated the causes of the Great Recession.
     
    JakeStarkey, Feb 2, 2019
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    He didn't pull the US out of any crisis. Like I said, that's not the ultimate thing voters should get. The ultimate thing is an extended period of peace and prosperity.
     
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    Trump
     
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    Invalid, he hasn't finished his term(s) yet
     
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    Because Reagan/GH Bush won the Cold War?
     
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    Under Clinton/Bush
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    That is like me asking you what if you had not bothered with that kind of question.
     
    Robert, Feb 2, 2019
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    At the time of both presidents, I was a strong willed Democrat. I never liked Nixon from when we started to call him Tricky Dick in Ca until he was buried. I never believed Ford helped at all.

    But he does not come close to the top for being dishonest. Tricky never started the Vietnam War. But FDR could have worked diligently to prevent WW2 and not sent hundreds of thousands of our young to their deaths.
     
    Robert, Feb 2, 2019
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    He didn't start it, but its highly likely it would have ended a whole 7 years earlier than it did were it not for his lawlessness,
    and that he through his actions therefore has the blood of tens of thousands of American lives on his hands.
    People remember him for Watergate of course, but that was far from his only flaw.

    -Meta
     
    Meta777, Feb 2, 2019
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    Congress is a co-equal branch. The members are not under anybody.
     
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    So far most posters are selecting Reagan; who was basically Trump with self-control. So . . . it . . . goes.
     
    Gatewood, Feb 2, 2019
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    So what? Bush did not win re-election and the next 8 years were better off for that.
     
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    I think that Ford did a lot to reunite the country and instill some trust and dignity back into the office of the Presidency
    Nixon may have been able to walk up and down the stairs properly, but he wouldn't recognize the truth if he tripped over it.
     
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    Hundred's of millions of people freed from tyranny and the end to the threat of nuclear holocaust?
     
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    To be fair he made Chevy Chase famous.
     
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    That's pulling a country out of a crisis of which voters can be proud. The next step is peace and prosperity (which is an extended period of living better off that has more worth than a momentary sense of pride) which if you refuse to acknowledge Clinton delivered, you must concede he upheld.

    It's not difficult to comprehend.
     
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    revisionist history is the order of the day on this forum but I will need to see proof in order to believe such a political variance
     
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    The country was not broken by Nixon. Ford forgave Nixon. A lot of us hated him for forgiving Nixon.
     
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    Reagan was far more innovative, far more dedicated to principles and accomplished far more globally. True Trump still has time but he is not facing the same serious problems nor is inclined to do things Reagan did.

    To be fair to Reagan, this is the best of all books on him.

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    I understand your viewpoint; I'll still stand by my viewpoint of Ford.
     
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