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Worst president in history was Woodrow Wilson (D, NJ).
• Started the war on drugs (Harrison act of 1914). Before that any American could walk into any corner pharmacy and legally purchase opium, coca, or marihuana. Wilson laid the foundation of the modern nanny state with such progressive initiatives as the war on prostitution and prohibition, which he nominally opposed, but failed to stop.
•Started the concept of US as world police by getting the US into WWI even though it was not our concern. And WWI of course set the stage for WWII.
•Created the federal income tax and thus vouchsafed the dominance of Washington DC and leviathan centralized government.
•Was an overt racist who re-segregated the federal work force and military after it had been desegregated by the Republicans.
Quite a job by our only PhD president, whose program marches on 100 years later under Pres. Barack Obama.
Worst president in history was Woodrow Wilson (D, NJ).
That's too funny, that was going to be my answer.
It's hard to have a 'worse' President previous to 1900 given how unimportant (aside from Lincoln) they really were. The flow of resources to DC over the last 100+ years has led to the opportunity for mischief.
And believe me...not one single person on CD is smart enough to be the POTUS.
Smart means you don't have your every decision picked over by the press both current and former. Smart means you set yourself up to take credit for your successes and minimize your failures, not the opposite. Smart means you're not on the job 24/7/52 for four entire years (or you being seen not on duty results in that decision being picked over by the press). Smart means you do not need to mingle with a bunch of slimy corrupt politicians on a daily basis to earn your salary. Smart also understands that power and authority are never granted, but are taken.
Anyone who is demonstrably smart enough to be the POTUS almost certainly would never accept the job under the criteria placed on it.
Maybe a little harsh, but not all that far off target.
Here's a nonpartisan and valid way to assess any president's performance:
Compare the state of the nation at the end of his term to how it was when he took office.
On that score, Dubya was a disaster. And I say that having voted for him twice as TX gov and once for prez.
But that 'nonpartisan and valid way' assumes that a) the president determines everything, and there is no input from Congress, Courts, etc. b) Presidential policies take effect immediately with no lag.
And you agree with some BLOG..who woulda thunk it....LOL....
Did I say that? Personally both Roosevelts were great presidents. Clinton well he was too busy bombing Serbia and signing free trade agreements and burning men,women and children alive at Waco,murdering a child and woman at Ruby Ridge etc to do much good,Obama has had his ups and downs...wish he would have stayed out of Libya,gotten min wage,one payer system and paid maternity leave done in his first 2 years with democratic majority but overall he has been an iffy president....in middle of the pack.
We don; 't have all the JFK documents yet but what we do showed a much different president than thought then. History will decide possibly from events that have not even occurred yet. At least modern presidents.
But that 'nonpartisan and valid way' assumes that a) the president determines everything, and there is no input from Congress, Courts, etc. b) Presidential policies take effect immediately with no lag.
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The worst? Maybe not, but pretty bad...
Yep...
