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Stevendsmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:02 PM
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Who is the Second-Worst U.S. President Ever?
Reagan? Nixon? Herbert Hoover?
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:02 PM
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1. Honestly, I can't stand Andrew Jackson.
Edited on Wed Sep-07-05 04:04 PM by tasteblind
Take away the D from his name (and that Dem Party was nothing like today's) and you have someone remarkably similar to George W. Bush.
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Alamom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:22 PM
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25.  Very similar. People killed, thrown away & forgotten. n/t.
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jackster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:04 PM
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2. EASY
Ronnie Raygun

If it weren't for his "government is the problem not the solution" philosphy we might not be in the mess we're in today and we MIGHT not have the world's biggest POS Idiot as president right now.
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:05 PM
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3. Does Ford count?
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:09 PM
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12. F.O.R.D
Found On Rockefeller's Dick
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:14 PM
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17. Ford wasn't in office long enough.
I like ol' Jerry Ford.

Falling down and bumping his head and shit.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:16 PM
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18. Don't go bashing Ford, okay? He had the kind of simple,
common human decency that would get him kicked out of the republican party these days.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:17 PM
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22. Oh I agree.
I really do like Jerry Ford.

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paula777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:05 PM
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4. I would go with Reagan because of Iran Contra - selling weapons to
enemies, trafficing drugs for cash to purchase weapons. That whole sweet story
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:06 PM
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5. Reagan n/t
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JackDragna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:06 PM
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6. It's Dubya.
I think Ulysses Grant was the worst ever. Bush is horrible, but Grant was a combination of incompetent and corrupt even Bush couldn't match. And yes, I'm talking about being worse than someone who started a dunderheaded war. Grant was THAT bad.
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Loge23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:17 PM
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20. but give Grant his due
At least Grant was a bonafide leader as a general in the Union army.
Yes, he surrounded himself with all manner of snakes and cheats. But the chimp has mass murder on his resume - UG can't touch this.
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Left_Winger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:06 PM
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7. Second worst: Reagan
IMO, Nixon and the two Bushies are tied for worst presidents ever.
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Mr Rabble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:06 PM
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8. I think that Reagan started this whole mess.
The total lack of accountability really enveloped the entire Reagan episode. He fooled people into believing fantasy as reality, while he systematically looted the country and started the downward spiral that we are now in.

Nixon was a real charmer too.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:07 PM
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9. I think it's Buchanan
Who, like W, ignore events until it was too late.
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nonconformist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:07 PM
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10. Reagan. nt
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BurgherHoldtheLies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:07 PM
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11. Hoover gets my vote (VERY similar philosophies with W)
Private sector all good, government all bad.
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Call me Deacon Blues Donating Member (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:10 PM
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13. G. W. Bush
He's number one as well -- he's bad enough for two presidents.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:19 PM
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24. Yeah, I thought the same thing...
However, I couldn't decide if it was his first or second term that made him the second worst President ever...
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:12 PM
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14. Millard Fillmore.
Reagan is the worst. Bush** is not pResident, he never has been, and he never will be.
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:13 PM
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15. I'll go with Herbert Hoover. nt
nt
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:14 PM
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16. Bunnypants is so bad
He takes up the first AND second spots.
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:16 PM
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19. It's hard to think of second when this one is so damn bad
:puke:
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:17 PM
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21. Actually, Hoover was the worst President. Bush is our worst dictator.
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MN ChimpH8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:18 PM
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23. Reagan
then Harding, Andrew Johnson, Nixon, Bush I
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smartvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:31 PM
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26. Reagan
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stevietheman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:33 PM
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27. Historically speaking, Buchanan...
but Bush is bad enough to fill the top five worst spots.
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BeachBuckeye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:50 PM
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28. So many to choose from
1. Bush Jr.
2. Warren G. Harding
3. Herbert Hoover
4. Ronald Reagan
5. Grant
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