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Question: Which President most damaged America, 1920-present?
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Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)		  
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Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)		  
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Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)		  
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FDR (1933-1945)		  
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Harry S Truman (1945-1953)		  
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)		  
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John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)		  
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Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)		  
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Richard Nixon (1969-1974)		  
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Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)		  
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Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)		  
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Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)		  
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George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)		  
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Bill Clinton (1993-2001)		  
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George W. Bush (2001-2009)		  
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Barack Obama (2009-present)		  
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« on: April 24, 2013, 03:40:01 PM »
Which President since 1920 had policies which most damaged America or most harmed America, even if they did not intend to do so, long term and short term?
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« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2013, 07:07:55 PM »
Hoover followed by Coolidge and Bush the Lesser
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« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2013, 01:18:28 PM »
Richard Nixon.
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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2013, 01:42:20 PM »
LBJ, Reagan, or Bush.
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2013, 09:43:06 AM »
Nixon, Hoover, or Baby Bush.
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2013, 10:28:42 AM »
A combination of Nixon, Reagan, and Bush the Younger.
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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2013, 10:28:46 PM »
FDR
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2013, 04:42:49 AM »
Dubya with regard to actual deeds, though Nixon and Reagan would come ahead if it was about long-term impact on political culture.
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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2013, 01:49:31 PM »
Reagan by long-term impact.
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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2013, 06:45:45 PM »
George W. had the most directly negative impact, I'd say.
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« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2013, 08:36:16 PM »
LBJ easily.
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« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2013, 10:48:08 PM »
Seriously? FDR is beating Hoover in this poll? Roll Eyes
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« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2013, 12:48:00 AM »
Somehow accidentally voted for Obama, but LBJ. Hoover is pretty close.
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« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2013, 12:25:41 PM »
Bush Jr., Reagan, Coolidge.  Three-way tie.
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« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2013, 10:16:54 AM »
« Edited: April 29, 2013, 10:41:43 AM by Irish Racism, the Poster »
Here's what I figure:

1. Richard Finksking Nixon
2. George W Bush
2. Lyndon Johnson
4. Herbert Hoover
5. Bill Clinton

EDIT: moved Hoover down a few after considering how damaging Bush and Johnson were to the concept of government.
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« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2013, 12:43:40 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2013, 02:23:31 PM »
Jack Ryan.
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« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2013, 03:14:52 PM »

Hoover is lower on the left wing villain list than FDR is on the right wing villain list.
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« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2013, 05:46:09 AM »
Reagan.
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« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2013, 06:24:51 AM »
LBJ




Bush the Lesser
FDR
Nixon
Quote from: DC Al Fine on April 29, 2013, 03:14:52 PM

Hoover is lower on the left wing villain list than FDR is on the right wing villain list.
Obama is tied with the 2 of them, that's even nuttier.
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« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2013, 08:13:07 PM »
Carter (the non-hackish answer.)
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« Reply #21 on: May 19, 2013, 02:51:03 PM »
Dubya, by far.  Lots of Presidents were in power during hard times or made missteps because of the cold war.  I can't totally blame them. 

Bush, on the other hand, invaded Iraq for no good reason and lied about it.  That and the horrible economic management, going from surpluses to a near great depression 2.0, is pretty damning.  Oh, and torture, scapegoating gays, Medicare part D, no action on climate change, the US attorney scandal, putting Roberts and Alito on SCOTUS, the giant tax cut for rich people, not good...
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« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2013, 09:21:56 PM »
GWB was nothing but a reappearance of Reagan-Bush in the new circumstances.  plenty of staff returned, reconstituting the original criminal Reaganist nucleus.  God knows what sorts of statist military adventurism Reagan would have authored were he not somewhat constrained by the still-existent Soviet bloc.  we got a small glimpse into this window with Gulf War I.
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« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2013, 02:53:47 PM »
Quote from: Formerly Californian Tony on April 27, 2013, 04:42:49 AM
Dubya with regard to actual deeds, though Nixon and Reagan would come ahead if it was about long-term impact on political culture.

America is well past the trauma of Watergate. If anything, having the President caught red-handed and forced out in disgrace only helped the American Democracy in a long term.

We can't estimate how long term Dubya's damage is going to be. Certainly no sane person is going to believe Obama taking over magically erased this.
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« Reply #24 on: June 05, 2013, 10:51:04 AM »
Hoover
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