Presidential Rankings

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1. FDR
2. T. Roosevelt
3. Lincoln
4. Washington
5. Truman

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42. John Tyler
41.  James Buchanan
40. Herbert Hoover
39. William henry Harrison
38. Ronald Reagan

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1. FDR
2. T. Roosevelt
3. Lincoln
4. Washington
5. Truman

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42. John Tyler
41.  James Buchanan
40. Herbert Hoover
39. William henry Harrison
38. Ronald Reagan

This is what I tried (and, I think, was successful) to avoid in my own ranking.  Doing a true, unbiased presidential ranking, it would be near impossible to rank Reagan so low.  Republican or Democrat, you have to admit the good he did for the country and for the world.

He is responsible for a huge chunk of that national debt that haunts us to this day.  His illegal wars in South america slaughtered thousands.  Now, he is seemingly a good guy, I'll give you that, but he was not a good president.

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Great Presidents

FDR
Lincoln
Washington
T. Roosevelt
Jefferson
Truman

Good Presidents

Eisenhower
Kennedy
Clinton
Wilson
A. Jackson

Fair Presidents

Polk
Monroe
LBJ
Hayes
Cleveland
Grant
McKinley
GHWB
Taft
B. Harrison
Ford
Nixon
Van Buren

Moderately Bad

Reagan
Madison
Carter
Buchanan
Pierce
A. Johnson
Quincy Adams
Tyler

Crown Jewel of badness

Herbert Hoover

Those unlisted I have not feeling to.

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Always said Clinton was the PERFECT DEMOCRAT Candidate and so GOP couldn't beat him.

Draft Dodger, adulteror, lied through his teeth and directly to the American people many times.

Hard to beat their perfect candidate

You lost twice, didn't you?

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JNB, your list looks good except for Madison.  Why is he there?  He didn't do anything that monumental, unless I am seriously mistaken.

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 James Madison was the author of a large portion of the constituion. Yes it was before his presidency, but his influence on the US was monumental.

Fine enough....

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JNB, your list looks good except for Madison.  Why is he there?  He didn't do anything that monumental, unless I am seriously mistaken.

Not necessarily true.  As JNB pointed out, he was a major contributor to the Constituition.  He held the nation together while it was getting slammed in the War of 1812 (imagine how a modern Pres would be cheered if he held things together after Washington was burned).  Madison served as Sec. of State during the Jefferson years and helped to engineer the Louisiana Purchase.

Yes, but what did he do *as president*?  That's why he isn't top 5 on my list.

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1. Franklin Roosevelt
2. Lincoln
3. Wilson
4. Clinton
5. Washington

42. Harding
41. Grant
40. Hoover
39. Buchanan
38. Coolidge

Reasonable list.  Clinton and Wilson are too high.  Wilson was good, but I don't like the way it all went down, leaving his wife in charge.   Truman should be higher.

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JFK was not the most imcompetent president of alltime. He was a hero. He stop a war from happening and saved millions of lives.

And that makes him incompetent?  Go away.

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JFK was not the most imcompetent president of alltime. He was a hero. He stop a war from happening and saved millions of lives.

And that makes him incompetent?  Go away.

Ehh...he does say NOT the most incompetent, you know. He isn't all bad!

Damn!  Now I look like the jerk.

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JFK was not the most imcompetent president of alltime. He was a hero. He stop a war from happening and saved millions of lives.

And that makes him incompetent?  Go away.

Ehh...he does say NOT the most incompetent, you know. He isn't all bad!

Damn!  Now I look like the jerk.

Yep, I'm afraid you do! Maybe you could be a good troll if you wanted to!

Thanks....
LETS GO HURRICANES

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JFK was not the most imcompetent president of alltime. He was a hero. He stop a war from happening and saved millions of lives.

And that makes him incompetent?  Go away.

Ehh...he does say NOT the most incompetent, you know. He isn't all bad!

Damn!  Now I look like the jerk.

Yep, I'm afraid you do! Maybe you could be a good troll if you wanted to!

Thanks....
LETS GO HURRICANES

Oh, never mind!

Btw, does anyone intend to answer my little question? Why is GWB the 43d president when there seem to have been only 42?

This is because grover Cleveland was elected twice.  He was elected, defeated, and then elected again.  He is the 22nd and 24th presidents.

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No problem.