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Question: Who was the meanest/cruelest US President out of these 4
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Andrew Jackson		  
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« on: January 03, 2017, 04:18:06 PM »
Who was the cruelest US President out of these 4 in your opinion?
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« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2017, 05:07:25 PM »
Easily Andrew Jackson.
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« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2017, 05:19:50 PM »
Jackson is my favorite, but he was the cruelest. (Nixon and W are both heroes of mine as well)
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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2017, 08:02:06 PM »
Really depends on how you define cruel.  W Bush I don't think would be called cruel by most to make his acquaintance, as he is a warm, friendly guy.  You might argue that his decisions were so thoughtlessly wicked in their consequences that he was a cruel person, but IDK if that's how most people would use the word.

Andrew Jackson takes the cake out of these options for me.
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« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2017, 08:28:18 PM »
Andrew "Trail of Tears" Jackson, without a doubt.
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« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2017, 08:39:29 PM »
LBJ on a personal level. Johnson treatment, anyone?
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« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2017, 08:47:59 PM »
Close call, but between Nixon and Jackson, at least Jackson had the Peggy Eaton affair on a personal level.

Also, where's He-Who-Ignored-AIDS?
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« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2017, 09:24:06 PM »
Jackson.
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« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2017, 10:52:59 PM »
Quote from: L.D. Smith on January 03, 2017, 08:47:59 PM
Close call, but between Nixon and Jackson, at least Jackson had the Peggy Eaton affair on a personal level.

Also, where's He-Who-Ignored-AIDS?
Or He-Who-Imprisoned-All-Japanese-Americans?
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2017, 10:58:06 PM »
Quote from: Kingpoleon, Never The Best/Worst Poster on January 03, 2017, 10:52:59 PM
Quote from: L.D. Smith on January 03, 2017, 08:47:59 PM
Close call, but between Nixon and Jackson, at least Jackson had the Peggy Eaton affair on a personal level.

Also, where's He-Who-Ignored-AIDS?
Or He-Who-Imprisoned-All-Japanese-Americans?

Fair enough.
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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2017, 11:12:51 PM »
I don't know if Jackson was "cruel" in a traditional sense. More a psycho.
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« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2017, 11:50:34 PM »
The one who literally committed genocide.
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« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2017, 10:15:00 AM »
Jackson, obviously. W made terrible decisions with fatal consequences, but wouldn’t rate him as “cruel”. Only as “poor and incapable president”. Nixon suffered from paranoia and had flaws, but also had some achievements. LBJ had flaws, too, but was a fairly good and successful president.
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« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2017, 10:16:20 AM »
1. Jackson
2. Nixon
3. Bush Jr
4. LBJ
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« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2017, 10:17:34 AM »
I'd say Nixon, but it's true that Jackson is a good contender.

LBJ was a huge asshole but doesn't strike me as cruel. Dubya seems like he might be a decent guy to be around (not that this excuses anything).
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« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2017, 11:29:49 AM »
Quote from: RIP Jante's Law, FF on January 04, 2017, 10:17:34 AM
I'd say Nixon, but it's true that Jackson is a good contender.

LBJ was a huge asshole but doesn't strike me as cruel. Dubya seems like he might be a decent guy to be around (not that this excuses anything).

It was really close. They both were homicidal sociopaths.
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« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2017, 11:53:20 AM »
Jackson personally killed the most people, for what it's worth.
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« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2017, 05:02:09 PM »
Quote from: MohamedChalid on January 04, 2017, 10:15:00 AM
Nixon suffered from paranoia and had flaws, but also had some achievements. LBJ had flaws, too, but was a fairly good and successful president.
But why would being good at being president necessarily preclude one from being cruel?
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« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2017, 08:15:25 PM »
Quote from: SpookyWE on January 04, 2017, 05:02:09 PM
Quote from: MohamedChalid on January 04, 2017, 10:15:00 AM
Nixon suffered from paranoia and had flaws, but also had some achievements. LBJ had flaws, too, but was a fairly good and successful president.
But why would being good at being president necessarily preclude one from being cruel?

If anything, cruelty is rewarded by success in that office. While kindness just gets a good stonewalling.
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« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2017, 08:46:47 PM »
Jackson, the genocidal psychopath.
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« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2017, 09:19:52 PM »
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« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2017, 10:15:51 PM »
Jackson, followed by LBJ.

Nixon wasn't very cruel, just calculating.  And Bush wasn't very cruel either, just a little too trigger happy in his foreign policy.
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