dazzleman
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Political Matrix
E: 1.88, S: 1.59
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« on: January 28, 2005, 09:19:21 PM » |
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Wilson
Favorite - Idealism
Least Favorite - Racist, overly arrogant
Harding
Favorite - Advocated better treatment for blacks
Least Favorite - Corruption, incompetence
Coolidge
Favorite - Small government
Least Favorite - Failed to head off depression
Hoover
Favorite - Great humanitarian
Least Favorite - Unable to cope with depression
Roosevelt
Favorite - Courageous resistance to Nazis
Least Favorite - Class warfare prolonged depression
Truman
Favorite - Had ba**s, stood up to communists
Least Favorite - Demagogue on economic issues
Eisenhower
Favorite - Maintained peace and prosperity
Least Favorite - Too passive on civil rights
Kennedy
Favorite - Tough foreign policy, tax cuts
Least Favorite - Crisis-prone foreign policy
Johnson
Favorite - Civil rights laws
Least Favorite - Belief that answer to poverty lay in government spending; committing to war without intending to win
Nixon
Favorite - Opening relations with China; ending US involvment in Vietnam
Least Favorite - Overly liberal on certain domestic issues, Watergate
Ford
Favorite - Decency, restoration of civility after Vietnam/Watergate, conservative economic and foreign policy
Least Favorite - Poor public speaker; bad at public relations
Carter
Favorite - Pissed off core Democratic groups by not being liberal enough
Least Favorite - I'd hardly know where to begin...Dangerous foreign policy that appeared peaceful, but was dangerous passive and ultimately would have led to war
Reagan
Favorite - Confronted Soviets, unleashed economic expansion
Least Favorite - Passivity led to scandal
Bush
Favorite - Confronted Saddam Hussein
Least Favorite - unable to articulate vision for future
Clinton
Favorite - Welfare Reform (forced on him by Republicans)
Least Favorite - Failed to deal with emerging problems like terrorism; overly ego-centric view of the presidency
Bush
Favorite - Willing to risk popularity to bring future benefits (in marked contrast with his predecessor)
Least Favorite - Explosion in discretionary government spending
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