Who is the worst American President?

Question

Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Nixon, Bush I, Bush II, Clinton, Reagan, Polk, McKinley, or Monroe?

Woodrow Wilson and FDR created Hitler and therefore Stalin by their participation in disarmament after WWI.

Wahington, Jefferson, and Adams were possibly traitors for refusing to pay their taxes in order to help England recover from the French and Indian Wars that the colonists wanted.

Feel free to add any President not mentioned. I have not made up my mind but am leaning towards Wilson or FDR or Bush I or II.

Answer 1

Bush JR.
Nixon
US Grant
Hoover
Regan..
Ford
A. Johnson


corrupiton and incompetence are unforgiveable....a bj i can overlook.

Answer 2

It depends on what aspect you're looking at them. For accomplishments, I'd totally rule out Polk because he managed to "complete" the landholdings of the contiguous United States, settled a border with the English in Canada, etc. However, he did LIE a lot so that's sort of an issue but he was an effective liar! FDR I'd say was pretty bad for even RUNNING 1944 when he knew he was dying; that was pretty stupid and who made him king FDR and said he should even run for 4 terms? He's the one guy that didn't go along with Washington. Nixon wasn't a bad president really, he just had some issues admitting than an opponent is ok and not necessarily a reason to get mad and break into hotel rooms. His price caps weren't great for the economy though. Clinton was actually, other than sleeping with someone that wasn't his wife (That's nothing new though! If that makes someone the worst president, Kennedy gets to win THAT award!), a pretty good president. Unprecedented economic growth AND he managed to balance a budget with a surplus. That's pretty awesome. Reagan- was he REALLY president? I mean he seems more like a figurehead considering his total uninvolvement in the running of the country. Monroe didn't do anything BAD he just didn't do anything GOOD and is it really fair to judge him with the rest of the presidents on this list that are MOSTLY from the 20th century (other than Polk and sort of McKinley). Wilson was just too hard headed. McKinley died. I vote for Andrew Jackson being the worst president ever since he seemed to have a TOTAL disregard for the rules of his office (sounds like another president currently in office) and could never follow directions. His whole bank war caused the panic of 1837, etc. which led to a LOT of bad things happening. He should have been courtmartialed in 1819 when he went into Florida to go after Native Americans that had supposedly attacked people in Georgia considering he was told NOT to go into Florida. Just my opinion though.

p.s. I apologize for spelling errors but spellcheck wouldn't work.

Answer 3

George W Bush

Answer 4

I would've said Nixon until the last couple of years. Now Bush II (the "Torture President" -- true on soooo many levels) takes the cake.

I don't blame Wilson or FDR for Hitler, any more than I blame Bush I for Osama bin Laden.

Answer 5

My personal choice would be Andrew Jackson who was responsible for the slaughter of thousands of Indians and caused the famous "Trail of Tears." I was surprised this person mentioned Wilson, who was the forced behind an organization which ultimately lead to the current day United Nations. Also surprised about the FDR thing. Hitler came about as a direct result of the French sticking it to Germany after World War I. Please keep in mind that it's not really fair to judge a person, president or otherwise, by your time. You have to look at a persn within the context of their own time. For instance, I dislike Andrew Jackson's Indian policy but understand he was a man of his own time. Just as I dislike that my in-laws are extremely prejudice against black people but they're in their 80's. They grew up in a different time. You might instead look at what good or bad ultimately came out of a particular President's time in office.

Answer 6

Jimmy Carter was and is a bad joke,and then there was Jimmy Carter's godson Bill Clinton people want to talk about what is hiding in the Bush's what was hiding under Bill Clinton's desk and she had a 'mouth full of what'?now GORGE W. BUSH is cleaning up the mess left by Carter and Clinton's lax do nothing attitude toward terrorist attracts agents the U.S.

Answer 7

Nobody created Hitler or Stalin.
Wilson was against the harsh terms brought against Germany after WWI.
Not paying taxes to a foreign government that does not represent you is not traitorous.
FDR,dictator in the making,still managed to get us through the depression,if not doing it very well,and guided us through most of world war II.
The country was in the toilet when Carter was president.Reagan pulled us out and set the stage to end the cold war.
The only thing against W is the media tells people to hate him and they aren't intelligent enough to decide for themselves.He isn't the best president ever,but he isn't the worst.And we'd be in far worse shape with the alternative.

Answer 8

All the presidents have done an unjust to this country. The country is suppose to get better with time, however its getting worse and worse. What makes this country worse than any other is our American media. They feed our heads with so much bullcrap most our people can no longer think straight.
Actually you cannot blame the presidents for what has happened, they are just the face of the problem, not the actual decision makers.

Answer 9

Americans had more then one. For example, the president who aloud all the indians getting murdered and get their land and food stolen.

Bush is also not exactly a peacekeeper. The whole history of America exists from megalomaniac presidents, few exeptions.

Answer 10

Bush II

Answer 11

Clinton