Happy Presidents’ Day! Meet The Five Most Overrated American Presidents

[TheGreatGatsby]

By Ian Millhiser

Americans love to rank things. So lists of the best presidents in American history frequently allow historians to duke it out over whether George Washington, Abraham Lincoln or Franklin Delano Roosevelt should be remembered as our nation’s greatest leader. Meanwhile, recently departed President George W. Bush already ranks close to the top in polls of historians asked to rank the worst president in American history. Rather than wade into the thicket of which men best or worst served their nation during their time in the White House, we would like to offer a different kind of list. Here are five presidents who routinely rank far above what their performance in office deserves in surveys considering presidential performance:

1. Andrew Jackson

2. Ronald Reagan

3. Woodrow Wilson

4. Thomas Jefferson

5. James Madison

DETAILS: Happy Presidents' Day! Meet The Five Most Overrated American Presidents

Thinkprogress?

Christ, and you wonder why you're now known as the, "lil injun who couldn't".

Get back to us when you actually have an original thought of your own.

We'll be, and have been, waiting.

LOL - He couldn't even expound upon their thoughts.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

For those of us who employ LOGIC and FACTS in our thought processes, here are the FIVE WORST PRESIDENTS in U.S. history:

1. Barack Obama
2. Bill Clinton
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Lyndon B. Johnson
5. TIE between Franklin Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

Insane, childish and dishonest.

Translation: Hey! Those are my gods you're bashing!

 

[Saigon]

Gatsby -

Translation - his post is insane, childish and dishonest.

If you were an honest poster, you'd criticise his post yourself.

It's not about left or right, genius - it's about sticking to facts and allowing some objectivity. There have been terrible presidents and excellent presidents on the left and right, and it takes a level of maturity such as yours to deny that.

 

[Wicked Jester]

It's funny - I don't think there is an adult in America who honestly believes Obama is a worse president than Carter and anyone of a half dozen others.

And yet here we have a half dozen posters pretending that they do believe that.

I never understand this "Look at how fucking nuts I am!" kind of posting.

It's a toss up between Obama and Carter.

Hell, like Obama, Carter was economically illiterate, but at least he was able to broker a very important peace deal between Egypt and Israel. Obama has seen that deal being blown out of the water by the words of the Muslim Brotherhood, a group he aided in bringing to power. And lets not forget he was completely schooled, publically, in the White House, before the worlds eyes, by a true leader named Benjamin Netanyahu....So, it shows that not only is Obama an economic baffoon, he's foreign policy illiterate also, fully giving the edge to himself at this point, as being the worst POTUS in history.

It's just the way it is.

 

[Stephanie]

Well I'd say a solid four years of 8%unemployment under his belt pretty much puts Obama in the running for the worst..but not to his cult members

 

[Saigon]

Stephanie -

Which right wing presidents would you criticise?

 

[MarcATL]

Anyone that puts Jimmy Carter on an "overrated" list of Presidents is simply stupid.

He's been eviscerated by the RW such that it has seeped into the conscious of the LW.

He's already seen as the worst, so by listing him again under an Overrated President's list you're simply showing how partisan, petulant, petty and rather foolish you are.

He'd probably be number one on any Underrated lists though.

 

[California Girl]

For those of us who employ LOGIC and FACTS in our thought processes, here are the FIVE WORST PRESIDENTS in U.S. history:

1. Barack Obama
2. Bill Clinton
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Lyndon B. Johnson
5. TIE between Franklin Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

Okay, please explain why with "credible" facts...

You made a funny! Well done!

 

[TruthSeeker56]

Lincoln launched the Civil War unilaterally, without Congressional action, following the secession of seven Southern states. Only later did he obtain Congressional approval. His critics called him a dictator. He was the first to trample the constitution but is generally considered a great president.

Wilson asked for and received near dictatorial powers from Congress when attacks by Germany against American ships and submarines plunged the nation into World War I. He had to raise and equip a large army to fight on foreign soil. To do so, he demanded and received unprecedented new power and authority. At least he asked congress first.

When Franklin Roosevelt was inaugurated in 1933, the world-wide Great Depression had reached its depths. The new President promised action, and during his first 100 days he enacted expenses that far exceeded his presidential power, afterward when he was challenged by the supreme court he threatened to appoint more judges until he could override their decisions but Congress gave him what he needed to enable him to use federal powers to rout the Depression and rescue every sector of the economy, as well as state and local government, from economic ruin. He further limited state's rights with the "new Deal".

Later, following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, which forced the United States into World War II, FDR's exertion of his presidential powers would far exceed anything Wilson or Lincoln had done. Through the strength of his personality, Roosevelt lead the nation from that day of "infamy" through battles in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific to total victory.

While FDR continued to ask Congress for what he needed, he gave them no choice as to whether they would accede. For example, in demanding that Congress repeal provisions in the Price Control Act (prohibiting ceilings on certain food products), he told the Congress: "In the event the Congress should fail to act, and act adequately, I shall accept the responsibility, and I will act." And he reminded the Congress: "The President has the power ... to take measures necessary to avert a disaster which would interfere with winning of the war." Once again a president trampled the constitution and was looked upon as it's savior.

These are the worst of the presidents as far as following their oath to protect and preserve the constitution. They each believed that the country was more important than the constitution - it is not!

Wow, so THIS is what our children are being taught in government schools today. Revisionist history at it's finest.

No wonder this country is SCREWED.

 

[GHook93]

By Ian Millhiser

Americans love to rank things. So lists of the best presidents in American history frequently allow historians to duke it out over whether George Washington, Abraham Lincoln or Franklin Delano Roosevelt should be remembered as our nation’s greatest leader. Meanwhile, recently departed President George W. Bush already ranks close to the top in polls of historians asked to rank the worst president in American history. Rather than wade into the thicket of which men best or worst served their nation during their time in the White House, we would like to offer a different kind of list. Here are five presidents who routinely rank far above what their performance in office deserves in surveys considering presidential performance:

1. Andrew Jackson

2. Ronald Reagan

3. Woodrow Wilson

4. Thomas Jefferson

5. James Madison

DETAILS: Happy Presidents' Day! Meet The Five Most Overrated American Presidents

Thomas Jefferson??? He might be the most underrated President of all time! I put him top 3 easily! Right there with Washington and Lincoln!

 

[Lakhota]

By Ian Millhiser

Americans love to rank things. So lists of the best presidents in American history frequently allow historians to duke it out over whether George Washington, Abraham Lincoln or Franklin Delano Roosevelt should be remembered as our nation’s greatest leader. Meanwhile, recently departed President George W. Bush already ranks close to the top in polls of historians asked to rank the worst president in American history. Rather than wade into the thicket of which men best or worst served their nation during their time in the White House, we would like to offer a different kind of list. Here are five presidents who routinely rank far above what their performance in office deserves in surveys considering presidential performance:

1. Andrew Jackson

2. Ronald Reagan

3. Woodrow Wilson

4. Thomas Jefferson

5. James Madison

DETAILS: Happy Presidents' Day! Meet The Five Most Overrated American Presidents

Thomas Jefferson??? He might be the most underrated President of all time! I put him top 3 easily! Right there with Washington and Lincoln!

Well, that ain't exactly a ringing endorsement...but okay...

 

[GHook93]

He caused the mortgage meltdown (revived the CRA, signed GLB and gave Fannie MAe and Freddie Mac the power to create a secondary mortgage market), student loan crisis (made student loans non-dischargable, expanded FIFA loans without limits causing the largest increase in prices of any product/service in US history - college tuition), signed NAFTA, got China into the WTO and removed all trade barriers with them, oversaw a recession which was caused by the dot.com bubble bursting, then the impeachment!

He is views by the left as great, but he was the worst! Worse than Bush or Obama!

 

[GHook93]

DETAILS: Happy Presidents' Day! Meet The Five Most Overrated American Presidents

Thomas Jefferson??? He might be the most underrated President of all time! I put him top 3 easily! Right there with Washington and Lincoln!

Well, that ain't exactly a ringing endorsement...but okay...

(1) Lousiana Purchase: One of the largest increases in the countries size without one bullet fired and he got it at a steal.

(2) Banned importation of slavery to America!

(3) Authored the Declaration of Independence with the revolutionary words, "All Men Are Created Equally!" - OK before his presidency, but still a master-piece.

(4) Won the First Barbary War through shred diplomacy and smart military maneuvers, remember the US was at a huge disadvantage with a young weak navy!

(5) Ordered the Lewis and Clark expedition, which was KEY for western expansion!

(6) Created West Point

(7) He lowered and removed taxes and balanced the budget!

(8) Kept us out of war with France and Britain.

(9) Rightly fought against the implementation of the national bank.

(10) Got rid of all of President Adams Activist Judges and shrunk government. Gave the legacy of a small central government!


His one bad move was to embargo Britain with harmed the economy, but overall he saw huge economy growth throughout the country!

 

[OriginalShroom]

By Ian Millhiser

Americans love to rank things. So lists of the best presidents in American history frequently allow historians to duke it out over whether George Washington, Abraham Lincoln or Franklin Delano Roosevelt should be remembered as our nation’s greatest leader. Meanwhile, recently departed President George W. Bush already ranks close to the top in polls of historians asked to rank the worst president in American history. Rather than wade into the thicket of which men best or worst served their nation during their time in the White House, we would like to offer a different kind of list. Here are five presidents who routinely rank far above what their performance in office deserves in surveys considering presidential performance:

1. Andrew Jackson

2. Ronald Reagan

3. Woodrow Wilson

4. Thomas Jefferson

5. James Madison

DETAILS: Happy Presidents' Day! Meet The Five Most Overrated American Presidents

Why is it that I knew who 3 of the 5 were before I even opened the thread???

 

[Rinata]

Presidents Gerald Ford, Zachary Taylor and James Garfield. (Clockwise from left:
Dirck Halstead/Time & Life Pictures/Getty; National Archive/Newsmakers/Getty;
Stock Montage/Getty)

For Presidents Day, Three Presidents Who Could Have Shined - Newsweek and The Daily Beast

I thought Gerald Ford was a good man - an honorable man.

I did too. He was nothing like the crooked Republican leadership of today.

 

[Rinata]

For those of us who employ LOGIC and FACTS in our thought processes, here are the FIVE WORST PRESIDENTS in U.S. history:

1. Barack Obama
2. Bill Clinton
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Lyndon B. Johnson
5. TIE between Franklin Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

To come up with that, it took crooked logic and false facts.

 

[Oddball]

Meet The Five Most Overrated American Presidents

FDR
Wilson
LBJ
Reagan
Lincoln

 

[rightwinger]

Overrated

Reagan
JFK
Madison
Jackson

 

[sealybobo]

By Ian Millhiser

Americans love to rank things. So lists of the best presidents in American history frequently allow historians to duke it out over whether George Washington, Abraham Lincoln or Franklin Delano Roosevelt should be remembered as our nation’s greatest leader. Meanwhile, recently departed President George W. Bush already ranks close to the top in polls of historians asked to rank the worst president in American history. Rather than wade into the thicket of which men best or worst served their nation during their time in the White House, we would like to offer a different kind of list. Here are five presidents who routinely rank far above what their performance in office deserves in surveys considering presidential performance:

1. Andrew Jackson

2. Ronald Reagan

3. Woodrow Wilson

4. Thomas Jefferson

5. James Madison

DETAILS: Happy Presidents' Day! Meet The Five Most Overrated American Presidents

Did you see?

Barack Obama ranks near the top of new C-SPAN list of best U.S. presidents ever

Happy Presidents Day Obama Carter and Clinton. Bush Bush and Trump FUCK YOU!

 

[sealybobo]

Barack Obama apparently ranks pretty well as far as U.S. presidents go. He came in 12th on C-SPAN's 2017 Presidential Historians Survey. Obama scored particularly well in pursuing "equal justice for all."

SEE MORE: Former President Obama Is Living His Best Life Without Us

C-SPAN has conducted the survey twice before — in 2000 and in 2009. The results are based on feedback from nationally recognized historians and a list of presidential leadership qualities. Those qualities include things like public persuasion, economic management and international relations. Each president is rated on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best. The findings might not come as a surprise. When Obama left the White House, the U.S. was — for the most part — in better shape than when he got in.