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Americans - Best & Worst Presidents?
Could you tell me which do you consider to be the best two or three and worst two or three US presidents since the beginning of the twentieth century, with brief reasons for your choice?
5 Answers
- 9 years agoFavourite answer
Best:
1. John F. Kennedy (He instrumented the embargo on cuba and prevented a possible third world war.)
2. Bill Clinton (He improved the economy and the education system by putting funds into education.)
3. Franklin Delano Rosevelt (Created the New Deal which reversed the economic depression at the time).
Honorable Mention: Lyndon B. Johnson (implemented the medicare, medicaid and social security programs. I don't like the possiblilty that he may have been involved in the JFK assaination.)
Worst:
1. Ronald Reagan (His terrible economics policy has led americans into a depression. He cut essential programs such as Medicare and Social Security, which is strongly against my belief.)
2. George W. Bush (His desision to go into Iraq war was corrupt to the extreme and resulted in lives on both americans and iraqs lost. The war DID NOT improve the economy, It made it worse.He also drastically decreased funding for special education and NCLB is not even close to being fully funded.)
3. Richard Nixon (He lied to the american people and resigned as a result.He also did nothing to end the Vietnam War)
Honorable Mention: Jimmy Carter (As a post president, he has been good. But, in presidency he did absolutely nothing.)
- Anonymous5 years ago
Teddy Roosevelt was my favorite; Was a war hero Established the National Parks Established the NCAA Fathered the US Navy Pushed through the Pure Food and Meat Inspection laws He overcame enormous obstacles to build the Panama Canal Was a Nobel prizewinner, a physical culturalist, a naval historian, a biographer, an essayist, a paleontologist, a taxidermist, an ornithologist, a field naturalist, a conservationist, a big-game hunter, an editor, a critic, a ranchman, an orator, a country squire, a civil service reformer, a socialite, a patron of the arts, a colonel of the cavalry, a former Governor of New York, the ranking expert on big-game mammals in North America and the President of the U.S. He spoke softly and carried a big stick. Worst, William Henry Harrison. He did absolutely nothing in office
- WinonaGalLv 79 years ago
Best: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Dwight D. Eisenhower
Worst: Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter and I guess I would have to say Richard Nixon due to him getting caught in the Watergate thing...
- Anonymous9 years ago
best- kennedy, lincoln
worst- the rest of them