The winning response will need to provide a three-part answer. One for the recent history of the US, one for the entire US history, and a detailed explaination why.
If you want to Bush-bash, fine, BUT you MUST provide relevent, verifiable SOURCES with your answers.
Ten points goes to the most detailed, well thought out, and researched answer.
2006-10-12 10:35:54 · 15 answers · asked by elchistoso69 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Sources, sources, sources!!! Only one of you has bothered to even mention a source, and that was just an educational background! I don't expect the Bush bashers to provide a source; there isn't one that proves their wacky theories. But the rest of you are forgetting to list sources too.
2006-10-13 03:45:29 · update #1
In recent history; there is no contest for the worst history. That award goes to a smiling Jimmy Carter. I personally believe that he is responsible for creating the current terrorist crisis. He prevented the Shah from defending himself against Khomeini until it was too late. He gave the Islamofascists their first country. He was laughable when it came to handling the Iranian hostage crisis, his failure to get them released made us look impotent and emboldened our enemies.
He gave away the Panama canal to help improve relations with the South Americans, they still hate us and a strategic canal is now run be the Chinese.
The economy stank under Carter, the unemployment rate was at 8% and the interest rates were at 21% Gas shortages were commonplace.
The reasons could go on for ever. He is also the worst ex president ever. He won the Nobel Prize because of his anti American rantings and he approved the Chavez election for the small sum of 10 million bucks.
I wonder why the Soviets did not invade during those years.
I believe that Grant was the worst in the earlier times. I believe he was not suited to be President. The corruption and scandels during his regime caused the reconstruction of the South to be delayed for years. Grant was a great man though, Gen. Grant and Gen Lee were both great men, without there moral courage and clear thinking these men put an end to the Civil War without a guerilla war and a lengthened conflict.
Grant was a bad President and a great man. Jimmy Carter is neither, he is by far the worst.
2006-10-12 10:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
James Madison - an stunning shape former yet a disaster as a president. have been given the rustic into the conflict of 1812. Franklin Pearce James Buchanan - at a fateful time for the rustic, neither of them could have finished a solid interest as imperative of an agricultural college. Warren G Harding - a Mr superb guy who hadn't the faintest theory of what the interest demanded. Jimmy Carter - yet another superb guy who in fact made united statesa. a laughingstock in a foreign country.
2016-10-16 03:14:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bill clinton:
1-ignored the rule of law: lying to a grand jury and conveniently forgetting the definition of 'is.' apparently georgetown, oxford and yale don't spend much time teaching the English language.
2-Treated terrorism as a matter for internal law enforcement, rather than a matter requiring agressive international action and intelligence gathering (Bush hasn't done so hot here either).
3-NAFTA
id say either polk or harding for my other choice - but i dont feel like recalling all the reasons why. the mexican-american war and the teapot dome scandal comes to mind for now.
2006-10-12 10:53:50 · answer #3 · answered by kujigafy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This question is proof that the republican's will win both houses with an overwhelming majority! george bush senior and junior both sold your country for a militia group; junior is still selling off what's left or what none of you won't stand up for(which is nothing). How are the mango's, do they taste great with rice; China's going to com-a-knocking in 2012 and you better have the white house cleaned and repainted for their 1000 year stay over! bush junior has sold you all for the right to look like a hero(in his mind, I believe that's an illness).
Big business has bought and sold the Rights to the white house for cheap "illegal immigrants" to show the middle class what it's like to be "N. Korean".
Big business survives off of the stock market that's where it all end's!
Good Luck in November; you really do need it.
2006-10-12 11:00:54 · answer #4 · answered by overworkedsingleguy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Tough call. Either Carter or Clinton for recent. Carter for gross mismanagement and malaise, Clinton for his scandals and ignorance of the terrorist threat as it attacked during HIS administration over and over again.
For all time, I'd say Woodrow Wilson or whoever left the mess for Hoover to get blamed for. Harding. Warren G.
2006-10-12 10:48:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Worst in history: Nixon or Reagan either one. Nixon is self explanatory as he resigned. Reagan. Terrible president that gutted the unions, ran up record deficits that it took Clinton years to erase. Iran-contra scandals. My guess would be that Reagan was well into his Alzheimer's disease before his second term was up.
Worst recently has to be GW. He ran promoting fiscal responsibility and has never met a spending bill he didn't like. He ran as someone that would "clean" up the White House and in reality has done more to harm that office than any occupant ever. He lied us into a war that even his own father says was a mistake.
History will judge Bush as one of the worst ever.
2006-10-12 10:58:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Recent- Bill Clinton. He caused 9-11, he cheated on his wife and he disgraced the oval office with his cigar smoking and dress staining.
Past- Jimmy Carter - Ruined the economy and made the U.S. look stupid. Ronald Reagan (Best Pres. ever) had to clean up his damn mess.
2006-10-12 10:42:41 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jimmy Carter the reasons are evident to most sane people.
2006-10-12 10:42:35 · answer #8 · answered by Jean R 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Darnit. I was looking for a place to do some petty sniping, but all you want are sincere, thoroughly researched answers.
You must not be from 'round here if you expect the above.
2006-10-12 10:41:40 · answer #9 · answered by rustyshackleford001 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Recent History - Jimmy Carter
Ineffectual intellectual. Poor economic policies, failed dimplomatic efforts, father of the terrorist movement.
All time - Woodrow Wilson
Ineffectual intellectual. Poor economic policies, failed dimplomatic efforts, father of the one world socialist movement.
2006-10-12 10:39:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋