Most honest President of the last 50 years?

[elperromagico]

Poll question: Most honest President of the last 50 years?

Poll result (84 votes)
George W. Bush (2001- )	(2 votes, 2%)	Vote
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)	(2 votes, 2%)	Vote
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)	(72 votes, 86%)	Vote
Gerald Ford (1974-1977)	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
Richard Nixon (1969-1974)	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969)	(1 votes, 1%)	Vote
John Kennedy (1961-1963)	(2 votes, 2%)	Vote
Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961)	(5 votes, 6%)	Vote

[jjmalonejr]

1. Ike.

Read or listen to his farewell address and you might agree.

Carter's a close second.

[RC]

2. correct.

Carter is getting the votes here because most people here are too young to remember Ike.

[elperromagico]

4. The general perception is that Carter was too honest to be President.

Some would even argue that it helped defeat Carter in '80. Carter was telling people that the problems we faced had to be dealt with by all of us. Reagan was saying the problem was government. Voters seem to prefer to think that things aren't their fault or their problem. Carter presented long-term solutions; Reagan presented a quick fix and jingoism. Voters picked the quick fix and jingoism, and look where it's gotten us.

I do feel, though, that Ike was honest. There's just not the feeling that he sacrificed anything because of his honesty.

[wuushew]

5. Ike lied his face off about U2 overflights

and some of his remarks regarding civil rights puzzle me. He was spot on about the military industrial complex.

[Fitzovich]

3. Like Ike

Have to agree about Ike, I think Carter and Ford are also excellent choices.