What is the worst decision a U.S. President as ever made ?
923455
It is a toss up between dismantling the military, or giving away the Panama canal, no it was giving our guidance system away to china
584076
As far as i can tell pres bush is the worst president.....ever.
1162699
Certainly not Reagan -- he was the worst president ever (except maybe for the current one).
92637
BUSH! Thank God I didn't vote for him at all! It's bad enough that he gives us Texans a bad representation! But I'd be afraid of losing my nice shoe after kicking him! No shoe is worth it!
654321
No, I for the life of me cannot figure out anybody that does. He is the worst president ever. I voted for Kerry because I knew that Bush and his policys were wrong for America.
965942
That's not a bad question, it is true the being the leader of the free world, is let's just say---ummm, stressful.  There is no way I could do it, nor would I want to.  There are many reasons that I dislike this particular president.  If you want your mind opened a bit, watch this video:  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7218920724339766288&q=loose+change\n\nIt will change your opinion on him and his policies, I can almost guarantee it.\n\nI'm not anti-american, I'm just pro-democracy and informed choice.
543122
He's the worst president we've ever had.
259713
History and time will tell.  It's too early to answer that question.  It's hard to point to one President who was the worst - there were many rather insignificant Presidents.  Ulysses Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, and Cleveland all served during one of the most corrupt eras in U.S. history - I would probably start with one of these men.
522694
ME! where do i sign up? I never thought he was a good president the first 4 years but now everythigns going down the toilet even more this 4 years and i think we should get him out NOW! He is the worst president for the USA in history. That is according to a people poll. The american people can do better by putting someone else in the office i vote for hilary rodham clinton!!!
1017867
I think is awful but unfortunately its politics.  Clinton was too busy cleaning up his own mess in the White House to worry about helping another country in need.  He was also didn't help because they are no threat to America. He is a coward.
114802
I think he is a power hungry egomaniac that doesn't have any diplomatic skills.\n\nA man that has lied to the American people, circumvented the constitution, created chaos and refuses to admit to any of it.\n\nWhether you agree with the decisions is a moot point.  The president is an elected position.  The American people are supposed to have a choice in how the country is run.  He basically eliminated the checks and balances system that is so fundamental to the organization of our government.\n\nHe is definitely not "For the people, by the people"!
357925
I believe it is the lowest any president has ever had. Even Herbert Hoover during the depths of the Depression had a higher approval rating. Bush has systematically ruined this country's economy, military, border defenses, and environment. Enough is enough.
151539
George Bush is not right for America, never has been, never will be. He is the worst President we've ever had, bar none.  He should have been impeached long ago for lying to the American People about Iraq. The blood of every dead soldier is on his hands.
246794
Jimmy Carter was the worst president of the second half of the century, he nearly ruined America with an energy crisis sham, and staggflation. Not to mention his unrealistic emmision standards set back the American autimotive industry so far that it has yet to completly recover. He may have been a good man, but he was a very bad wizard.
1132203
I hope A.S.A.P. but being realistic.... never\n"W" is the worst president ever
160812
There are several dismal, embarrassing American atrocities including:\n\nAndrew Jackson putting Cherokee people into leaking boats and sinking them in the Mississippi River\n\nThe Trail of Tears\n\nThe internment of of Japanese American citizens during WWII\n\nThe lynching of black people\n\nIt's hard to determine what's the worst. I'm just ashamed that our leaders have made such fear-based, cruel decisions.
181407
I would rank as the "worst" Presidents should be those whose policies clearly made things worse, not those who may have been hampered by opposition or simply not politically very effective. Thus I'd omit the likes of John Quincy Adams.\n\n\n1) Franklin Pierce -- he supported slaveowners to the point of accepting what everyone knew was a trumped up government brought us "bleeding Kansas", which was essentially the beginning of the Civil War.\n2) James Buchanan -- marginally better; took the same general position as Pierce.  Beyond his failure on Kansas, he did a horrible job between Lincoln's winning the election and taking office to effectively counter secession (people in his cabinet were even actively working for the secessionist goverments!)\n3)  Jimmy Carter -- disastrous on domestic issues, esp. the economy ("misery index"), but that dims compared to his foreign policy, allowing Communist expansion in Central America (which Reagan had to clean up) and the fall of Iran (which we are STILL trying to figure out how to deal with)...  \n\nAnd Jimmy Carter certainly wins my vote for worst EX-President... Breaking all precedent by bad-mouthing his successors (before him there was an understanding that you did not do so).  But more important that that bad form since the early 90s he's been running around secretly (and not alway so secretly) trying to run his own foreign policy, even if it directly contradictory to the current elected administration.\n\nAlso, I have to disagree with some of the "classic answers" we often see... at least for their reasons.  Harding & Grant are usually ranked low because of scandals on their watch. Hard to be sure about how much personal involvement Harding had in Teapot Dome, and not a big fan, but his economic policies (tricky postwar transition time) were more effective than he is usually given credit for.  As for Grant, no one questions that he was personally scandal-free (though generally too trusting of OTHERS' motives), and many are reassessing his successes  (e.g., as a strong champion of the freedmen in the very difficult post-war era).   Hoover is blamed for the Great Depression, or at least making it worse -- there may be some truth to that, but if so it's not that he just sat back (contra the popular myth), but probably that he tried to have the government do too  MUCH... things that it was ill=equipped to do.