it looks like teh major agreement ppl have is that nixon was overall the worst president.
now..what about VPs..:)
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What exactly is your definition of a gentleman?
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a gentleman should care for others and have manners, poise, courtesy. of the choices given, clinton is near the top in my opinion.
Kaleem proof of what, It’s all out in the public, the tree belief, the war on drugs, the lack of AIDS research under Reagan. So Reagan’s big accomplishment is outspending the USSR? Wow. Communism doomed itself Kaleem, not Reagan. Being the Sole Superpower is not necessary good for the United States, sorry to bust your bubble.
On the “gentleman” side, Kennedy and Clinton were pretty much what women would consider “pigs.” Lyndon Johnson and Nixon were among the most foul-mouthed, ill-tempered people you could find.
From what I know of them, Ford, Carter and GHW Bush are generally considered by reputation as “gentlemen” in the true sense of the word. As a person and gentleman, you generally don’t get much criticism of Reagan either.
On the domestic policy side, people seem to have forgotten that it was Johnson that finally signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and launched the Great Society Programs of the 1960’s. Had it not been for Viet Nam, his legacy among Democrats would be pretty strong because he was quite effective at shaping a more expansive government on the domestic side.
The guy at or near the bottom of both domestic and foreign policy is clearly Jimmy Carter. His entire Presidency was based upon diminishing expectations of Americans and he certainly diminished the presidency during his term.
I place Reagan at the top on domestic and foreign policy. Domestically, he changed the entire nature of the political debate on domestic spending and laid the groundwork for the period of economic boom that lasted from the mid 80’s through Clinton’s term of office (with only very short periods of setbacks). Further, in laying the groundwork to win the Cold War, he provided us domestically with the opportunity to flourish economically through the peace dividend.
Dave
:k: Bilkul Sahi.
Same here Carter gets my vote over all the rest! 
I’m a democrat by the way.
Among Republicans for me it has to be Richard Nixon, because of his international policies, particularly going to China . :) Watergate was wrong, but then others before and after him did much worse but never had the foresight to resign like he did, and maintain the 'prestige' of the of the office of the Presidency. Just look at how Clinton tarnished that office with his goings on.
From the Democrats it has to to LBJ. He did far more for African-American's and the poor than various Presidents had done over decades before, and made pretty aggressive and far reaching efforts to integrate American society. It's a tragedy that the Vietnam war overshadows all that, but it can be argued he inherited that mess from his predecessors, and was beholden to vast domestic interests to keep that war going?
Re: Rank Us presidents
- John F Kennedy
- Bill Clinton
- Ronald Reagen
for the rest im not sure about the order. :D
anyone else about the combination of these guys along party lines for a ticket? who will be top dawg and who will just be in the dawg house?
How about a Bush/Bush ticket and Jeb as Secretary of State?
Bring back Ross Perot......
David Duke and Pat Buchanan
Yes Fruadia I agree with your thread title the US presidents are 'rank' but live with what you get no wat am mean.
chotay
take that dictionary/thesaurus and just throw it out the window.
PS. like your leader is any thing to be proud of..:P Know what I mean mate? ;)
My leader can't be faulted all nine inches of him ;) I'm sure you know what I mean mate.
^ Of course I was talking about my George Bush commemorative figurine.
Of course Bush went limp after his 1992 defeat and hasn't been seen much since.
Sorry to hear about 'your' George Bush mate, try some salv.
You're bush 1 but I'm dubya.