20th Century Presidents hurt or heal

[David Floyd]

Clinton 10
Bush Sr. 4
Ford 6
Johnson 10
Kennedy 0 --
Eisenhower 16 +
Truman 11
F. Roosevelt 9
Coolidge 9
Taft 12
T. Roosevelt 14
McKinley 8

OUT
18. Carter
17. Reagan
16. Nixon
15. Wilson
14. Harding
13. Hoover
12. JFK

[RGBVideo]

Clinton 11 +
Bush Sr. 2 --
Ford 6
Johnson 10
Eisenhower 16
Truman 11
F. Roosevelt 9
Coolidge 9
Taft 12
T. Roosevelt 14
McKinley 8

OUT
18. Carter
17. Reagan
16. Nixon
15. Wilson
14. Harding
13. Hoover
12. Kennedy

[David Floyd]

LBJ, Ford, and McKinley should probably be the next ones to go, IMHO.

[Guynemer]

That's nice, but since you're a libertarian wackadoo, we don't particularly care.

(You're probably right about Ford and McKinley, at least.)

[Felch]

Clinton 11
Bush Sr. 2
Ford 6
Johnson 10
Eisenhower 17 +
Truman 11
F. Roosevelt 7 --
Coolidge 9
Taft 12
T. Roosevelt 14
McKinley 8

OUT
18. Carter
17. Reagan
16. Nixon
15. Wilson
14. Harding
13. Hoover
12. Kennedy

[David Floyd]

Hey, if I was entirely basing this on personal politics, I'd be screaming about FDR. But I'm not, even though I do believe he did a ton of harm to the country.

My point about LBJ is he essentially created the Vietnam War, and signed into law a number of vastly expensive social programs that have demonstrably done nothing but waste money and buy the votes of poor minorities.

But anyway.

[DaShi]

Clinton 11
Bush Sr. 0 --
Ford 6
Johnson 10
Eisenhower 17
Truman 11
F. Roosevelt 8 +
Coolidge 9
Taft 12
T. Roosevelt 14
McKinley 8

OUT
18. Carter
17. Reagan
16. Nixon
15. Wilson
14. Harding
13. Hoover
12. Kennedy
11. Bush Sr.

[Guynemer]

Hey, if I was entirely basing this on personal politics, I'd be screaming about FDR. But I'm not, even though I do believe he did a ton of harm to the country.

My point about LBJ is he essentially created the Vietnam War, and signed into law a number of vastly expensive social programs that have demonstrably done nothing but waste money and buy the votes of poor minorities.

But anyway.

In case you missed it, I was agreeing with you, you humorless bastard.


It seems pretty clear to me that there are four standouts, that it should come down to the Roosevelts, Truman, and Ike.

[David Floyd]

I agree with that, too.

If I had to handicap this, I think TR is the frontrunner, even though Ike has more votes currently.

[EPW]

Clinton 11
Ford 6
Johnson 10
Eisenhower 17
Truman 11
F. Roosevelt 9 +
Coolidge 9
Taft 12
T. Roosevelt 14
McKinley 6--

OUT
18. Carter
17. Reagan
16. Nixon
15. Wilson
14. Harding
13. Hoover
12. Kennedy
11. Bush Sr.

[Kitschum]

Clinton 9 --
Ford 7 +
Johnson 10
Eisenhower 17
Truman 11
F. Roosevelt 9
Coolidge 9
Taft 12
T. Roosevelt 14
McKinley 6

OUT
18. Carter
17. Reagan
16. Nixon
15. Wilson
14. Harding
13. Hoover
12. Kennedy
11. Bush Sr.

[Drake Tungsten]

Clinton 7 --
Ford 7
Johnson 10
Eisenhower 17
Truman 11
F. Roosevelt 9
Coolidge 10 +
Taft 12
T. Roosevelt 14
McKinley 6

OUT
18. Carter
17. Reagan
16. Nixon
15. Wilson
14. Harding
13. Hoover
12. Kennedy
11. Bush Sr.

[DirtyMartini]

Xpost -- fixed

Clinton 8+
Ford 7
Johnson 10
Eisenhower 17
Truman 11
F. Roosevelt 9
Coolidge 10
Taft 10 --
T. Roosevelt 14
McKinley 6

OUT
18. Carter
17. Reagan
16. Nixon
15. Wilson
14. Harding
13. Hoover
12. Kennedy
11. Bush Sr.

[DaShi]

Clinton 9+
Ford 5--
Johnson 10
Eisenhower 17
Truman 11
F. Roosevelt 9
Coolidge 10
Taft 10
T. Roosevelt 14
McKinley 6

OUT
18. Carter
17. Reagan
16. Nixon
15. Wilson
14. Harding
13. Hoover
12. Kennedy
11. Bush Sr.
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[notyoueither]

Clinton 7--
Ford 5
Johnson 10
Eisenhower 18+
Truman 11
F. Roosevelt 9
Coolidge 10
Taft 10
T. Roosevelt 14
McKinley 6

OUT
18. Carter
17. Reagan
16. Nixon
15. Wilson
14. Harding
13. Hoover
12. Kennedy
11. Bush Sr.