"Obama is the best president of my lifetime."

[Motown_Johnny]

20. I'm 48 and I might say the same thing

I could argue for LBJ but Vietnam was such a huge disaster I think I would lose that argument. I could also argue for JFK but that would end very shortly after his civil rights accomplishments which were mostly finished by LBJ. I don't want to diminish the impact of the civil rights act or the changes that these two presidents brought to our nation, but they both seem to hang their hat on just that one peg.



I don't think anyone can argue that Carter or Clinton have the legislative accomplishments that President Obama has, plus he really did stop an economic collapse and turn it into a modest, nearly jobless, recovery.


All the Republican presidents in my lifetime have not only been disasters but have been criminally complicit while in the executive branch to one extent or another. Ford's pardon of Nixon is the least offensive act but still rates as complicity in my eyes.



I think these people are just never happy with anything and need to lash out. There really isn't any reasonable argument that I can think of which doesn't rate Pres. Obama as the best, or one of the best, in 50 years.