All the presidents of the 20th century ranked from furthest left to right

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Eisenhower did more for civil rights then Kennedy or Johnson.

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Eisenhower did more for civil rights then Kennedy or Johnson.

While I do agree, I suspect that had you been alive at the time you'd be whining about his sending of federal troops to Arkansas to block Orval Faubus was wrong and a violation of states' rights.

I probably would have you are correct.

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I tend to forget how the center of the political debate has moved right in the last 24 years.
Read some of what men like Eisenhower and Nixon were saying in their time - it sounds left of center in a 2004 context.
Judged by legislation on their watch (not their intentions or perceived idealogy) I would rank the presidents as follows:

Left

FDR
TR
Taft
LB Johnson
Kennedy
Carter
Truman
Nixon
Eisenhower
Wilson
McKinley
Ford
Clinton
H.W. Bush
Hoover
Harding
Reagan
Coolidge

That's a fair analysis. I applaud you for it.

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Come on people! Wilson saw to it that the Espionage and Sedition Acts were passed--they make the Patriot Act look good. He also endorsed the ultra-racist movie "Birth of a Nation" and called it historically accurate.

The Espionage and Sedition acts were good ideas. I liked them. Also, "Birth of a Nation" was a landmark movie and set in course the development for ALL modern movies. Certainly one of the greatest movies in all of cinematic history.