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Originally posted by themax:
Can anyone remember a President, allow me to rephrase. Which President in your lifetime made the least mistakes? I know they all make them, but who made the least?

my lifetime goes back a long way. I think FDR is the best answer. (I take the question seriously) I would put Eisenhower second, and I DID NOT LIKE HIM MUCH. Third place goes to Clinton. He made ONE WHOPPER OF A MISTAKE, but very few others, even his use of the military seems very wise to me. Jimmy Carter is fourth, Ronald Reagan is fifth, mostly because he didn't do much.
I am putting Gerald Ford off the list all together. He did not have much time in office, and he did not get elected, his mistake was taking the job.
I do want to speak to his presidency, and something that Forbes Magazine carried appropo privacy. http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2007/01/04/privacy-prote...res_0105privacy.html
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Originally posted by Yo Brotha from anotha Motha:
I would put Ford at the top of my list.

The worst would be Johnson, Bush,and Kennedy.

After reading the history of FDR I would put him and his wife on the bottom rung also.


Dang, if it wasnt for that dress Monica hung in her closet for 2 years, I would ALMOST say Bill, ... ugh, can you imagine how nasty Monica must be to hang "used" clothing up for that long? ...

Anyway, off topic here, just wanted to laugh a little before work.

I guess I would have to say Ford, he AND his wife made the best impact on America in my lifetime, even though he wasnt elected, he was accepted by Rep and by Dem parties.

The worst in history would BY FAR would be Bush, followed closely by Johnson...

Carter wasn't a bad President, he just really didn't do anything that was mind boggling,... the Geneva Convention seems like it was his only concern...

That is my take on history. I googled America's worst President, and got more than what I bargained for, the link below lists the 10 BEST Presidents, and then the worst... interesting!!

http://www.wildnesswithin.com/worst.html
Last edited by Kindred
FDR made the largest impact on my life although I was born after he died. I suggest a trip to Warm Springs, Ga. There is a museum there where you can contemplate what can be done by a president who really loves his country.
He led us thru a depression, and a war, and left us with TVA, REA, Social Security, and nuclear energy (although he died shortly before the final development of the bomb.
Clinton would be next.
I predict that G.W. Bush will be considered by history as the president who did the most to harm this country both domestically and in the world view.
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Originally posted by Kindred_Spirit:
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Originally posted by EdEKit:
Kindred Spirit,

Thanks for that link. It should be required reading in 7th grade civics classes, if there are such things anymore.


In fact, this is a good idea, wonder why educators hasn't thought about it?

When I was a little boy my father, a college graduate, with post graduate credentials told me something VERY interesting about School, I was just going into 5th grade. He said, "You have now learned all you need to know from your teachers. You have learned to read, write, add, subtract multiply and divide. Your success in life is dependent on what you do with that knowledge from now on. Use what you already know to LEARN everything your head can hold. Knowledge is the only thing that cannot be stolen from you or used by others to harm you.
The Thought seemed original to me at the time, but I have LEARNED since that he was quoting someone else.
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Originally posted by EdEKit:
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Originally posted by Kindred_Spirit:
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Originally posted by EdEKit:
Kindred Spirit,

Thanks for that link. It should be required reading in 7th grade civics classes, if there are such things anymore.


In fact, this is a good idea, wonder why educators hasn't thought about it?

When I was a little boy my father, a college graduate, with post graduate credentials told me something VERY interesting about School, I was just going into 5th grade. He said, "You have now learned all you need to know from your teachers. You have learned to read, write, add, subtract multiply and divide. Your success in life is dependent on what you do with that knowledge from now on. Use what you already know to LEARN everything your head can hold. Knowledge is the only thing that cannot be stolen from you or used by others to harm you.
The Thought seemed original to me at the time, but I have LEARNED since that he was quoting someone else.


Your Dad was a smart man.. .. Of course, this is off topic, but I was in the fifth grade when Kennedy was shot.
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Originally posted by Kindred_Spirit:
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Originally posted by EdEKit:
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Originally posted by Kindred_Spirit:
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Originally posted by EdEKit:
Kindred Spirit,

Thanks for that link. It should be required reading in 7th grade civics classes, if there are such things anymore.


In fact, this is a good idea, wonder why educators hasn't thought about it?

When I was a little boy my father, a college graduate, with post graduate credentials told me something VERY interesting about School, I was just going into 5th grade. He said, "You have now learned all you need to know from your teachers. You have learned to read, write, add, subtract multiply and divide. Your success in life is dependent on what you do with that knowledge from now on. Use what you already know to LEARN everything your head can hold. Knowledge is the only thing that cannot be stolen from you or used by others to harm you.
The Thought seemed original to me at the time, but I have LEARNED since that he was quoting someone else.


Your Dad was a smart man.. .. Of course, this is off topic, but I was in the fifth grade when Kennedy was shot.

My dad was a smart man, a professor of Accounting and Law at the Thunderbird Graduate School of International management when he retired. And, this is also off topic, you're too young for me, I was discharged from the Army 6 months before Kennedy was shot, and was a Sophomore in College. At the time, I was 22 years old, and registered to vote for only one year. Voting age was 21, draft age was 18. Progress has been made, now you can register to vote and enlist on the same day.

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