Who do you think was the best US president?

[Ov3rmind]

Purely opinion, although I'm sure some idiot will start a political debate about why someone else's choice is wrong.

Anyway, I gotta hand it to FDR.

[Jack_Dubious]

Martin Sheen.




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[Konigballer]

FDR got the job done, no doubt about it. But to be honest, I think history will, and already has to some degree, take a damning view of his forcing thousands of japanese-AMERICAN citizens into internment camps. Security considerations aside, I think the racial implications of that decision are very obvious. Of course there were japanese-american spys in America then, but there was also quite an extensive nazi spy ring in place here as well and nothing that extreme and unconstitutional would have ever been tried with regular american civilians of german decent.

I like Thomas Jefferson even though idealist kind of get on my nerves, he made mistakes but the man really was one of a kind.

I also like Geaorge Washington, maybe more for contributing so much to our ability to have our own government in the first place by leading the colonial army to eventual victory in the Revolutionary War than anything he accomplished as President.

[DementedChild]

any democratic president.... sorry sticking to the role

[shartley]

I think because of how history is written and certain things are not generally known, it is almost impossible to say who the best President was.

[1stdeadeye]

Reagan!

He won a war that could have ended humanity as we know it. He did it with $ and not bullets.

My problem with FDR was his tactics. He should never have served 4 terms. He was as close as we have ever come to a dictator.

[Rooster]

FDR was a horrible president, but not because of what he did to the Japanese. That was perfectly acceptable and prudent at the time. FDR's socialist programs have done nothing but create a national acceptance of welfare and socialism. His programs did not help this country, and most only served to hurt it. His actions during the Yalta conference, when he was so sick that he should have resigned or been relieved, garunteed the start of the cold war. His only redeeming qualities are that he managed to surround himself with some of the greatest war time leaders this planet has ever known.

Reagan was the greatest president in history. He solved the greatest problem of our time, the communist problem.

[TransMan]

Rooster is EXACTLY right FDR blows donkey nuts and Reagan is The Man

[Lohman446]

Hmm.. this one was hard, and yes I am still a Republican but if we judge by major events. Somewhere the answer is in there, a top ten would have been much easier, and don't think this is a ranking, its as much random thoughts.

JFK - averted missiles in Cuba, pointed us to the moon. Kept the cold war cold.. rather than hot.

James Monroe - the Monroe doctrine defined our stance on world policy at the time.

Reagon - ended the cold war... without bloodshed (major).

Lincoln - held the union together, though he may have had a hand in trying to tear it apart to.

Jefferson Davis (not count?). The civil war was nearly unavoidable, but when he and Lee signed teh surrender they likely saved America from having many small countries that get along about as well as those in teh middle east and Europe.

[spantol]

No contest, William Henry Harrison: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wh9.html

[FactsOfLife]

19th century, Lincoln.


20th, Ronaldus Magnus.

[Miscue]

19th century, Lincoln.


20th, Ronaldus Magnus.

Same here.

[spantol]

On second thought, what shartley said. Any qualitative comparison would require a certain degree of historical perspective--I think a couple more decades need to pass before any prize can be given to Reagan, for example.

I think because of how history is written and certain things are not generally known, it is almost impossible to say who the best President was.

[countchocula54]

clinton.....that guy is awsome...but when i can vote...(only 15) im gonna vote for the first guy to come out and say..."yeah, i was with her last night....we drank a few."

[HoboJudge]

Lincoln, you gotta love the big hat, not to mention he could totally beat up Washington or Reagan.