Who was the most evil President?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Lyndon Johnson

Why was Johnson "evil"?

LBJ was admittedly a repellent character on a personal level--constant infidelity (including a cavalier attitude towards sexual consent), unkindness to animals, almost-indisputable engagement in election fraud in his Senate primary against the ideologically far worse Coke Stevenson, at least some degree of personal racism despite his antiracist policies as President.

I find your critique here very biased.  Fraud in elections was commonplace in Texas (and other places) at that time.  Given what he did for civil rights, to criticize him for "at least some degree of personal racism" seems incredibly ungenerous--particularly given that whatever racism he had was most likely either less or, at the very least, no worse than most whites of his region and generation.  It's true that Johnson was a hunter, and I've always considered that his worst trait.  As far as infidelity--it's up to each person who's married/engaged/in a relationship to decide whether to be faithful or not.  As long as whoever they have sex with is a consenting adult, I don't take issue with it.  I would like to know what you mean by "a cavalier attitude toward sexual consent," though.


While Johnson could be a very difficult man--very demanding to his staff (as well as his wife), prone to  what George Reedy called "fantastic rages," and at times very crude (he urinated on one of his Secret Service agents at one point), he also had very positive qualities as well.  As Reedy also said, he could be a "big, magnificent, inspiring leader."  He had a colorful sense of humor and genuinely cared about others, both those who were around him and, on a larger scale, those who were disadvantaged--particularly African Americans and other minorities, and those living in poverty.  He was extremely intelligent as well. 

This is hilarious.