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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Verdict is in: Guess Who's The Worst President in US History? -- Guess who? [View all]
Americans of all stripes love to debate which president was best or worst. This is a subject that is too important to rely on opinion polls, which are skewed by individual bias and political views. While It's difficult to rate how good or bad any president may have been in comparison to another, a careful look at the facts shows one president failed in virtually every aspect of the job to a degree unrivaled by any other.
When you review the facts below and consider his impact on our economy, foreign policy, and domestic policy, by almost any standard, its difficult to find any president who did more harm and left the country in worse shape than George W. Bush.
At the same time that Bush was leaving office with a 28% job approval rating, 61% of historians rated George W. Bush's presidency as the worst in history. In another, informal survey of 109 professional historians, 98.2% judged the Bush presidency as a failure while a mere 1.8% classified it as a success.
Read more on the biggest waste of space to occupy 1600 Pennsylvania.
When you review the facts below and consider his impact on our economy, foreign policy, and domestic policy, by almost any standard, its difficult to find any president who did more harm and left the country in worse shape than George W. Bush.
At the same time that Bush was leaving office with a 28% job approval rating, 61% of historians rated George W. Bush's presidency as the worst in history. In another, informal survey of 109 professional historians, 98.2% judged the Bush presidency as a failure while a mere 1.8% classified it as a success.
Read more on the biggest waste of space to occupy 1600 Pennsylvania.
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The Verdict is in: Guess Who's The Worst President in US History? -- Guess who? [View all]
Feeling the Bern
Aug 2015
OP
I refer you to my OP and the hyperlink for my answer to your question.
Feeling the Bern
Aug 2015
#111
I liked the article I just don't believe the other ones listed above in the thread compare,
Uncle Joe
Aug 2015
#112
Harding raised tariffs, restricted immigration and cut taxes on the rich. A modern-day Donald Trump.
pampango
Aug 2015
#143
Thanks. I hope to listen to that tomorrow when my buzz doesn't include music.
Enthusiast
Aug 2015
#107
Did you make an errant left turn and wind up in DU instead of...............?
George II
Aug 2015
#22
Dubya lost Ohio in 2004. That is clear from exit polls. Bush lost, both times.
Enthusiast
Aug 2015
#37
Iran-Contra can't hold a candle to the debacle and its after-effects of the Illegal Iraq Invasion.
WinkyDink
Aug 2015
#53
Um, no. In one case (the former), it's plain lies. In the latter, it's plain fact. SEE?
WinkyDink
Aug 2015
#54
98.2% to 1.8% would be described by Republicans as "there's some disagreement"....
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2015
#6
The @#$% Yeah Our Children is Learning Historians of the Home Schools of God Bless America.
Scurrilous
Aug 2015
#45
Nixon may have gone down in history as one of the greatest if he wasn't such an egomaniac.
George II
Aug 2015
#25
Yup. If there is such a thing as karma, it should be sitting all over Jebbie.
SunSeeker
Aug 2015
#21
I think Dubya's dad was the most likely candidate for architect of Iran-Contra.
Enthusiast
Aug 2015
#35
What this really speaks volumes to is that there are a lot of stupid idiots voting in this fucked up
L0oniX
Aug 2015
#41
That poll doesn't deal with truth or facts. Its nothing but a questionable opinion poll.
Elwood P Dowd
Aug 2015
#65
I've been saying that Bush/Cheney are among the biggest war criminals of the past century.
bulloney
Aug 2015
#117
Hard to imagine it could be seen any other way. He failed at everything there is possible to fail at
stevenleser
Aug 2015
#79
Saying that the illegitimate George W. Bush was the worst President is overrating him,
Uncle Joe
Aug 2015
#80
I am seriously disappointed that this thread doesn't have hundreds of recommendations!
Enthusiast
Aug 2015
#103
Well DUHHH!! We knew that 6 months into his pResidency. *SOME* of us knew he was going to be
Ghost in the Machine
Aug 2015
#113
Sorry folks. I despite Bush as much as many here two presidents should have gotten that spot
PFunk1
Aug 2015
#120
FWIW, the most recent survey of scholars (yours is from 2008) in 2015 is GWB 35th, Buchanan last
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2015
#124