Since my time on Earth I rate the worst as being William Jefferson Clinton.
Now I don't expect most left wingers to agree but here is my reasoning.
1. He sullied the office of the Presidency with his affairs.
2. He degraded the office of the Presidency and the trust of the American people when he lied UNDER OATH. He didn't just avoid the truth he LIED. At least he degraded the trust of those Americans that think that those sworn to uphold the truth, uphold the truth.
3. This is the biggest reason, his free trade agreements. None that would have passed without him pushing for them harder then anything else. They would not have passed with a Republican president. The results were predicted then and we are seeing the results now. No one should be surprised.
4. Waco. Won't even go into those details.
5. His foreign policy ineptness lead to the rise of OBL and 9/11.
Obama is a close second even though the BUSH administrations are nothing to crow about. My reasoning:
1. The MSM has taken a total dive for him covering his many faults.
2. He targeted and killed Americans without due process then lied about it.
3. He has not united the country but divided it as never before.
4. His wife.
5. His usurping the COTUS to get his own way.
6. His inability to work with the other side of the aisle. Basically that is a front because he has gotten all of his major initiatives.
7. His appointing of unqualified radicals to his cabinet and elsewhere.
Carter was bad in that he handled situation beyond his control badly. His malaise speach was not very inspriring and what else is the job of the President?
JFK, the best? Hardly had enough time in office to make that claim. Almost brought us to nuclear war and got us initially involved in Vietnam. BUT, Camelot made the American people feel good and JFK could inspire with his rhetoric. He was a leader so I do rate him pretty high for that reason.
Reagan had many faults. But at least he was a leader. A leader that should have left NO doubt where his loyalty rested. His "voo doo" econmoics ushered in the greatest peace time expansion of the economy in history. Was the man perfect, no one is perfect, was he a leader? Most definitely.
Nixon, did some really good things and really did some bad things. His place in history is assured but even with the bad, the worse? Not by a long shot. At least then we had a press willing to take on the president, very unlike today.
LBJ, totally blew, why he is not close to the bottom is anyone's guess. Not because he and the Republicans got a civil rights bill passed but because of what he said in private. Two faced for sure, and don't forget, Vietnam was all his.
GWB senior, a side note in history. Did what he had to do, probably should have been reelected but a MSM in the tank for the democrats did him in. And of course, "read my lips" didn't help.
Eisenhower, man do I love those interstates. Man do I love his stand against segregation and civil rights.