The Verdict is in: Guess Who's The Worst President in US History?

[lakercub]

58. I disagree

While Buchanan was certainly a bad president, America still wasn't able to cause as many problems globally as it is today. France and England were certainly choosing sides and watching the Civil War with great interest, but the worldwide reach of the war was still pretty limited. Also, it's hard to say whether Buchanan could have made things better even if he had been a better president.

Meanwhile, Bush and Reagan screwed up everyone everywhere. Their economic policies led to impoverishment and bank malfeasance all over the globe. Reagan (and Thatcher) combined to bring misery to much of the world (yet they get lauded for their Cold War "victories). They both played huge roles in destabilizing the Middle East (Reagan also made a mess in South America and Central America). They both armed all kinds of disgusting people which would come back to haunt us all (remember...if Reagan gave out guns based on "the enemy of my enemy, etc" then those guns ended up pointed right back at us.

Domestically, both had scandal-ridden administrations and both brought trust in government to incredible lows. Poverty, debt, deficits, and everything bad increased under both of them. And corporatists, here and across the globe, never had it so good at the expense of everyone else.

Buchanan just didn't have the platform to suck globally like Reagan and Bush did.