Favorite US President since 1960

I love George W., but Ronald Reagan was the best.

Bill Clinton!??

JFK. Even though he has connections to the mob, he was a good guy. With all the stuff that happened during his time, he really could haved f*cked up the entire world. But he didn't, which is good. Clinton was good too, personal life should be left out of politics, IMO. 

Not too cause controversy or arguments or anything, but Reagan was a bad president. Take a look at his economic policies, unless you enjoy recessions. Nixon was ok, but very...odd? That's not the best word to use. He was also a criminal and lied, cheated, and tapped to get ahead. O well...

Ford didnt do anything, Carter was just there (altho he was a nice guy). LBJ was good in the begining, but then came the war. Dont care for either Bush. Again, theres the econmics of it all. And with W...it's just so bad...

You gotta love The US political history

gdub411 wrote: I love George W., but Ronald Reagan was the best. Bill Clinton!??

Ronald Reagan was neat but (again from an outsiders point of view) not up there in my mind except he was an ex-hollywood star and some luny tried to assassinate him!!

As for George "dubya"  - what a war hawk he is! Just like his Daddy

Ronald Reagan ranks the highest, say what you will but he rid us of the Russians.

In addition, his "trickle down economics" worked. He understood that the strength of the U.S. is not in large corporations, it's in the small business owner and their ability to create. His policies allowed small businesses to compete (remember Microsoft began in someone's garage, it certainly wasn't in the labs of IBM). Bill Clinton simply rode on the wave of his economic policies.

Nixon runs a close second, he opened up China, created detente with the Russians (it takes an SOB to deal with an SOB), got us out of a war that JFK got us into and LBJ didn't have the intestinal fortitude to deal with. Remember, this is the same guy who ran against Barry Goldwater in '64 promising the U.S. public that he wouldn't escalate the Viet Nam fiasco. Three months after he was elected he upped the ante by 100,000 troops.

George junior comes in third, the rest of the world may not like him because he takes the unpopoular stand. Howwever the man talks the talk and walks the walk. If you think I'm wrong, ask the Democrats about the downsides of not having "a position".

What's going on in Iraq is very interesting, they finally have a democratically elected goverment after fifty years. It won't be easy but they will find their way and be better for it. Democracy is like a cancer, it mestatizes very quickly...before you know it the rest of the middle east will catch it.

Half of that post is absolutely true. so /...

All I know about Kennedy is well after the fact...except that, along with the pope, criticizing him was the best way to get lynched at my Irish family's get-togethers...

Johnson is vetoed for repeatedly pledging not to send any more US troops to Vietnam.

Nixon is vetoed for numerous obvious conspiracies against freedom in America. That and holding his dog by the ears.

Gerald Ford? He was president? I thought he was a cast member on the first few seasons of Saturday Night Live, eventually disappearing about the same time as Garrett Morris.

Jimmy Carter - okay, decent choice, if a little bland. The first president in decades who used the phrase "peace process" with any sort of authenticity.

Ronald Reagan is vetoed for claiming ignorance of Iran-Contra (whether true or not). Plus, trickle-down economics didn't work...in fact, it pretty much economically destroyed the part of the country where I was born, and it hasn't yet recovered. 

Bush Sr. would be vetoed, but the American public did that already after one pathetic term.

Bill Clinton - I'd like to stand up for him, but apart from his amiability and sax skills, I have no real esteem for the man.

GWB is vetoed for the Patriot Act alone, but also for opposing almost a century's worth of progress in civil rights and the environment. And that's just what he did when he was concerned about re-election...

gdub411 wrote: Almost Always, one can thank the previous administration for the current economy. The economy was starting to go into an upswing when Bill Clinton went into office....Walaa!...He's an economic genius. When Bill Clinton left office, the economy was slowing down for months already and in came George W. to recieve all the blame.

Sorry Gdub.. the economy started going down after Bush's first term.. not after Clinton's.  He started the roll and now he's having to deal with it his second term... G.W. earns his blames.. all by himself.