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It's Buchanan. He just decided to ignore the fact that the country was disassembling.
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The Human Crouton posted:It's Buchanan. He just decided to ignore the fact that the country was disassembling. But that conflict might have been inevitable anyway. I feel like Andrew Johnson might really be the worst since he squandered the victory in the Civil War- a more forward thinking president might have headed off a lot of the worst abuses of the following century and put America on a much better and more equitable path going forward. I don't know that we really have the distance to judge any modern president as having made errors on the level of "totally hosed up Reconstruction."
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Jul 22, 2015 19:41
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Lufiron posted:Reagan by far. Raped social security and yet is beloved by the right, completely ignoring history In your opinion, how much worse is misappropriating funds meant for social security than committing genocide against native americans? Far worse?
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Wasn't it LBJ that turned social security into a generalized slush fund anyway? Somebody did that and now guess what allt he moneys gone
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I don't even know the names of all the presidents, and I don't think I'm alone here. The worst in my lifetime was probably Dubya.
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LGD posted:But that conflict might have been inevitable anyway. I feel like Andrew Johnson might really be the worst since he squandered the victory in the Civil War- a more forward thinking president might have headed off a lot of the worst abuses of the following century and put America on a much better and more equitable path going forward. I don't know that we really have the distance to judge any modern president as having made errors on the level of "totally hosed up Reconstruction." That's a good point, but I just can't get away from the fact that someone had a whole country at the start of his term, and had half of one at the end. I don't think Buchanan was evil or anything just woefully unprepared for the job at hand.
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Jul 22, 2015 19:49
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Fitzy Fitz posted:In your opinion, how much worse is misappropriating funds meant for social security than committing genocide against native americans? Because those native americans weren't REAL americans, DUH. Stealing from the elderly is worse some of those old people are God-fearing, tax-paying citizens of our country.
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Jul 22, 2015 19:58
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Shaman Ooglaboogla posted:Hitler
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Jul 22, 2015 20:00
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George Washington, when he refused to become a King.
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Jul 22, 2015 20:18
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George Washington, for his role in starting this whole thing off in the first place.
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Jul 22, 2015 20:18
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Warren Harding is a pretty good answer. I don't think of Eisenhower as a particularly bad president but arguably his policies directly paved the way for the modern military-industrial complex, and I assert that that is bad.
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Jul 22, 2015 20:29
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I like tanks and lasers tho
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Jul 22, 2015 20:38
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...maybe some kind of laser-tank.
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Jul 22, 2015 20:38
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andrew jackson, no contest
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Jul 22, 2015 20:39
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The Human Crouton posted:It's Buchanan. He just decided to ignore the fact that the country was disassembling. came here to post my scorn for this loathsome hobbit president
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Jul 22, 2015 20:44
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In the dystopian future, they're going to be like, "What went wrong?" And then they are going to go back in time and kill Reagan with a stage prop gun or whatever while he was filming one of his absolute garbage movies
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Jul 22, 2015 20:49
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Ralp posted:Warren Harding is a pretty good answer. I too hate the interstate highway system 
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Junkfist posted:George Washington, when he refused to become a King. This, but not because of the Kingship, but because he brought over all those stupid tightassed Puritans.
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Jul 22, 2015 20:52
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Ralp posted:Warren Harding is a pretty good answer. Doesn't he get a pass because he told us all exactly what was going to happen with the military industrial complex? It's not like he told us in a mustache twirling villain monologue, it was more of a stern grandfatherly, "This is going to happen and it's not good you dumb fags! Aren't you listening?"
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Jul 22, 2015 20:55
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remember that time johnson was like, yeah lets get deeper in this vietnam poo poo lol
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Fabulousity posted:Doesn't he get a pass because he told us all exactly what was going to happen with the military industrial complex? It's not like he told us in a mustache twirling villain monologue, it was more of a stern grandfatherly, "This is going to happen and it's not good you dumb fags! Aren't you listening?" Yeah he even coined the phrase.
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Jul 22, 2015 20:58
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It's Carter
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Daedra posted:remember that time johnson was like, yeah lets get deeper in this vietnam poo poo lol LBJ should've shown Ho Chi Minh his dick. I'm curious if Minh would've caved or come up with some sort of epic burn on the spot that escalated the war even further.
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Daedra posted:remember that time johnson was like, yeah lets get deeper in this vietnam poo poo lol
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LGD posted:But that conflict might have been inevitable anyway. I feel like Andrew Johnson might really be the worst since he squandered the victory in the Civil War- a more forward thinking president might have headed off a lot of the worst abuses of the following century and put America on a much better and more equitable path going forward. I don't know that we really have the distance to judge any modern president as having made errors on the level of "totally hosed up Reconstruction." Didn't he handle pretty much how Lincoln intended to handle it?
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Fabulousity posted:Doesn't he get a pass because he told us all exactly what was going to happen with the military industrial complex? It's not like he told us in a mustache twirling villain monologue, it was more of a stern grandfatherly, "This is going to happen and it's not good you dumb fags! Aren't you listening?" ANIME IS BLOOD posted:I too hate the interstate highway system You might say he literally paved the way 
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As noted, unlike Buchanan, people look back to Reagan as good and try to emulate him to this day. Buchanan sucked a log but I don't think anyone tried to be Buchanan 2.
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Hm so we have a lot for Reagan. I feel like that thread about the worst people in Football, there are Hall of Famers, and I think Reagan will always be the Hall of Fame of bad presidents when measured against history. SO we can set him aside for this thread. So we have Buchanan, W Bush, Jackson, and Andrew Johnson all receiving a lot of votes. A few for LBJ and one for Carter (wtf, he was maybe the best?) What about some of the less known ones. What about Fillmore? Garfield? Adams? Who was the BEST President? And why?
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Best prez is the one that never happened Sherman for President: Let's Make the South Howl, One More 'Gain ElGroucho fucked around with this message at 21:17 on Jul 22, 2015 |
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Teddy Roosevelt best president for just not giving a gently caress.
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Jastiger posted:Who was the BEST President? And why? James K. Polk- he was elected on a simple straightforward platform that sought to benefit the country as a whole, he readily accomplished what he set out to do, and he retired from the national scene when it was done. A modern day Cincinnatus.
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Nobody's said Obama yet. Jesus.
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Calvin Coolidge was the best President because he kept cool.
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circ dick soleil posted:Nobody's said Obama yet. Jesus. Aren't you supposed to be playing "Whose a Bigger Virgin?" with that other loving virgin in GBS
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ElGroucho posted:Aren't you supposed to be playing "Whose a Bigger Virgin?" with that other loving virgin in GBS What the gently caress are you even talking about? 
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