Who was the best President?

[Randi]

Whoever America's new President is gonna be, one thing is certain - a lot of people won't agree with the choice.

I'm wondering which President out of the ten latest in America, PTalkers liked the most, and who the they thought were the worst. I can only put ten in a poll, so .... vote for the one you liked best, and put the worst in your reply, if you like.

In spite of Bill Clinton's big blunder, I rather had a good impression of him. I personally think Nixon was the worst.

I'm also curious to know, which one of them reminds you the most of President G.W. Bush? Is he one you liked, or one you didn't like?

[Mkitty]

i chose Bush, but i don't know that much i'm only 13

[Pam]

Unfortunately I can't name one so I didn't vote. They have all had their faults, some more than others and none has really inspired me. *sigh* I think many people will vote for JFK, but it may be more of a sympathy vote because of the way he died. It was a tragic event in our history and one of the only times I saw my dad cry. That's not enough of a reason to vote for him though.

[ramanth]

Gee Randi... I wish I could answer that.

I was a baby when Carter was president. I remember learning all about the President's in school. From what my parents have said.. I have to vote Kennedy.

Though personally, out of the Presidents I've seen while growing up, I liked Clinton.

[popcornbird]

I haven't lived enough to see many presidents, but of the presidents in my lifetime, I would say Clinton was the best.

[mugsy]

I've lived since JFK, but, as a social studies teacher, I have read about the presidents.

Of these 10 I rated Truman the best....I didn't like any of them, but, he was the best of the bunch. Personally I liked Roosevelt (FDR) and what he did to try and get us out of the Depression, even though he sent the national debt through the roof.

Of the 10 listed I think Reagan and Nixon were the absolute pits. Of the presidents throughout history....in addition to these 2, William Henry Harrison was an idiot (even though he only served 31 days!! lol) and Andrew Jackson.

[Soledad]

What? No Roosevelt?

I don't know who I think was the BEST, but I do know that I find Nixon the most intriguing. I think he's America's most amazing tragic figure.

[PJ's Mom]

I voted for Reagan. He gave the country hope when we needed it most. ;)

[BCBlondie]

Originally posted by popcornbird
I haven't lived enough to see many presidents, but of the presidents in my lifetime, I would say Clinton was the best.
Ditto.

[dukedogsmom]

I voted for Reagan. No drama or scandals and the big plus was he was very level headed. One of the best in a long time.

[Soledad]

Originally posted by dukedogsmom
No drama or scandals

You're joking, right?

[lizzielou742]

I was only around for Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton and Bush Jr.

I don't remember either of Reagan's terms. My first memory of a political event is the start of the Gulf War. I was nine years old.

I voted for Clinton. :)

[RICHARD]

Nancy Reagan!!!;)

[Miranda_Rae]

Originally posted by Dukedogsmom:
I voted for Reagan. No drama or scandals and the big plus was he was very level headed. One of the best in a long time.

I agree. I think Reagan was my favorite although I was only a baby when he was President. I don't know...I just like him a whole lot better than any of the others. :)

[mugsy]

Originally posted by Soledad
You're joking, right?

Wanna be scared Soledad?? I thought the same thing.....lol

[lizbud]

The best President this country ever had was Abraham Lincoln.
He was a Republican. He would surely roll over in his grave to see
the depths to which that grand old party has fallen in choosing
the likes of a semi literate, "good ole boy" as a candidate for
any public office.

Of the ten people listed, Truman & Eisenhower were very good
Presidents. Nixon , Ford and George W. Bush, the worst.

[mugsy]

Liz,
Lincoln's Republicans evolved into the current Demcratic Party, not much of what he did resembled the current Republicans. He was much closer to Democratic. He was, however, not as angelic as most people believe. He actually was not anti-slavery. He just wanted to win the war and figured the Emancipation Proclamation would motivate the anti-slavery people in the North to continue to fight. I liked Lincoln too though....
Oh yeah, he didn't even consider the Constitution when he instituted martial law in Maryland either....

[lizbud]

Originally posted by mugsy
Liz,
Lincoln's Republicans evolved into the current Demcratic Party, not much of what he did resembled the current Republicans. He was much closer to Democratic. He was, however, not as angelic as most people believe. He actually was not anti-slavery. He just wanted to win the war and figured the Emancipation Proclamation would motivate the anti-slavery people in the North to continue to fight. I liked Lincoln too though....
Oh yeah, he didn't even consider the Constitution when he instituted martial law in Maryland either....

Molly,

Lincoln was NOT pro-slavery and actually he was a member of
the Whig party that later evolved into the Republican party as
it's know today. Anybody wanting to know more about this
ledgendary President, check it out;

http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln77.html

[mugsy]

I don't want to argue, but, since I teach this stuff at least once or twice a year, Lincoln was a Republican and was not a Whig. And the Republican Party that he belonged to eventually became the Democrats.

Here's the link to POTUS (Presidents Of The United States)....actually you can read about all the presidents on that site....it's really good info....

http://www.potus.com/alincoln.html

I'm sorry Liz, I can't get to that link. It seems like every time I open something that opens in another window, my internet shuts itself down. Mike is working on it, but, he doesn't have a lot of time to do it. I tried it 3 times and it shut me down everytime.

[lizbud]

Originally posted by mugsy


I'm sorry Liz, I can't get to that link. It seems like every time I open something that opens in another window, my internet shuts itself down. Mike is working on it, but, he doesn't have a lot of time to do it. I tried it 3 times and it shut me down everytime.


Hummm, opens right up for me.:)

[mugsy]

Well, to be fair, it will open up for about 15 seconds, just long enough for me to start reading something and then I get a fatal error message from Explorer and BOOM! it shuts down everything. It's extremely annoying. It does it wherever I am...Pet Talk or any other forum or website. Like I said, Mike is working on it. He thought he had it figured out and then it started up again.

[lizbud]

Molly,

I hope Mike finds out what's wrong.I had a similar problem
recently until I finally got rid of all the "adware" on my pc. I had
almost 50 files just sucking the life out of my connections.

Good luck, Liz.

[mugsy]

I have adaware on my pc and run it daily to get rid of the spy ware. We run Trend Micro virus protection....which is what Mike ran when he ran the multi national network and never had a problem. I am going to download spybot as well and see what I can find.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Well.... for best president I would have to vote for Washington, Lincoln and FDR.....even though they aren't in the last ten.

I think Harding would have to lead the list of worst presidents. I think Reagan will be judged harshly by history as well.

Of those listed...I would have to say Truman. He demonstrated political courage with some of the difficult decisions he made and he grew into the job.

Presidents I most admire would have to be Jefferson....for the constitution and the declaration of independence.