Use whatever criteria you want. How much you admire them, what they accomplished, how popular & unifying their policies were, or whatever. Feel free to go back 5-10 years before you were born if you've got a good understanding of what those presidents did, also.
2007-02-06 06:24:09 · 23 answers · asked by MikeTX 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
First, I will eliminate anyone from the past 25 years because it takes at least that long for history to give us real perspective on their accomplishments, or not. I would say it is a tossup between Kennedy or Truman. Both had the political courage to work against the Political Establishment of their times.
2007-02-06 06:34:19 · answer #1 · answered by bob h 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ronald Reagan
2007-02-06 14:43:06 · answer #2 · answered by Truth B. Told ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Bill Clinton. It's just sad that his amazing governing ability was short-circuited at the end of his term by the lunatic witch-hunt right wing.
If left to focus on his own policies (which included busting up terrorist groups) he might have prevented 9/11... but the righties were too focused on his pants.
2007-02-06 14:38:23 · answer #3 · answered by leftist1234 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My best presidnet is BUSH, no other president ever LIED and gotten away with it like him.
Nixon got nailed a much lesser crime than Bush, yet this Kind of morons is still crowned presiding.
How much and long Americans can take his moronic STAY the COURSE craap??
2007-02-06 14:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by WO LEE 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Although I was extremely young at the time, looking back I believe John Kennedy was the one who could have accomplished the most had he lived.
2007-02-06 14:28:45 · answer #5 · answered by martinmagini 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ronald Reagan
Dwight Isenhower
2007-02-06 14:27:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Even though wars/scandals ruined their reputation as good presidents, Nixon and LBJ
2007-02-06 14:55:29 · answer #7 · answered by marcustalls 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
FDR (not in my lifetime, but that's an irrelevant parameter so I'm disregarding it)
In my lifetime? Easy. CLINTON! by a thousand-fold.
2007-02-06 14:27:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ronald Reagan undoubtedly.
He perserved until the Soviet Union dissolved, thus ending the Cold War.
2007-02-06 14:31:45 · answer #9 · answered by Sean 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Reagan was a polarizing idiot. In terms of accomplishments, this 48 year old would have to say it's a tossup between Kennedy and Nixon. Yes, Nixon. And I'm a far left liberal. He was a jerk, but he did tons for social programs, the environment, and he was a foreign policy genius. (and a crook and a liar, but who's counting)
2007-02-06 14:31:01 · answer #10 · answered by barefoot_yank 4 · 3⤊ 6⤋