Who was/is the best and worst president of the USA and why?
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In my opinion...and that is pretty much all these are anyways\n\nWorst President in the History of America is George W. Bush, worse than Nixon....but it is close\n\nBest President in my lifetime is Bill Clinton\n\nBest President of all time is tough i would say Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Lincoln, JFK, Jefferson, Washington, there are many more that were very good but it is hard to say who was the best all time.
481606
Anyone who answers Reagan is a dumbass.\n\nLincoln is the best president ever because he brought us through the toughest time in American history, the Civil War.\n\nClinton was a good president, but certainly not among the best.
322674
W is the worst!\n\nAt least Nixon knew when to step down.
110114
Pétain is the one for me.\nAmong the "normal" (democrat) leaders, Chirac would be quite close to be the worst. At the beginning of the 1920's, one president, Paul Deschanel, was insane. He was found... walking along a railway, in pyjama, by night, not knowing what he was doing! He was dismissed and sent to an asylum.
898345
Best = tie between Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt\nWorse = George W. Bush; without fail and or reservations.
13882
Hard times can make a great President.  Lincoln is considered great because of what he accomplished in a very bad time.  He freed the slaves and brought the country back together.\n\nPolitics can color judgement on this too.  FDR is considered great by Democrats.  He certainly changed the way our nation operates.  And I would concede that he was a great wartime President.\n\nBut, being a conservative, I'm going to have to say that Reagan was the best.  He changed the world by bankrupting European communism.  He had some success in deregulating our country, and his economic policies never get enough credit for pulling our country out of the stagflation trap of the late 70's.
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These are the top ranking three Presidents—in chronological order, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.  Frequently ranking just below those three are Presidents Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. The remaining "top 10" ranks are often filled by Andrew Jackson, Harry S Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.\nIn these polls, the highest ranking president who served only one term is usually James K. Polk or John Adams. The highest ranking president who served less than one full term is usually John F. Kennedy.\nFrequently ranking at the bottom of most polls are Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Warren G. Harding.
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.
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lundstroms2004  answered it BEST!  That is the one 2 above me....\n\nHe is a good president.  What can make him great is HOW he has faced terrorism where NO One ever has, and still the US Economy is rocking.  Is as great if not better then when Clinton left office (Which was an awesome economy then too)\n\nAmazing how a man can WIN 2 Wars during his presidency, still maintain a great economy, and be called the worst president of all time.  Worst at what?
356202
Al Gore was pretty good but the first vice president, John Adams who became the 2nd president of the US was a noble and compassionate man who helped form this country.  so i think he was the best.
46937
I don't like him at all.  His 2000 election results were questionable, he's unqualified, he's not intelligent, he lies to the american people so that a handful of his cronies can get rich, he's gotten us into a war that is not making us any safer OR addressing the tragic events of 9/11 plus he's lousy at domestic affairs.  I believe he's the worst president in modern history.
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Bush, very interesting article here about it.  http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/9961300/the_worst_president_in_history
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Rolling Stone mag just had an article by an historian\nwho considers him the worst president we ever had.\n The only consolation to that is that we've lived thru\nhistoric times.
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I'm guessing either Fox or Harper. President Bush is acutally the healthest President that the United States has seen. (According to historians/phsyicans.) Also Fox was a CEO of Coca-Cola, and we all know soda isn't healthly. As for Harper I haven't heard any information.
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George W. Bush.   He's worse than a roach and Kerry.
967730
Bill cliton, John Quincy Adams, John F. Kennedy, President Garfield, John ADams. o and George Bush RULES!!!!!! he is probably the best president ever
627812
Ever is a big word.  Hayes was known as a bad president.  Garfield, too, I think.  My mother recalls Hoover with venom.  Nixon was tried for impeachment and branded a crook, but he had a few triumphs that washed him in the history books.  I cannot say Bush is the worst president ever, but I will say he is absolutely, the worst to surface in my 42 years of life.