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30. Jimmy Carter. Healed the nation after

Thu May 24, 2012, 09:30 PM

May 2012

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Watergate and restored a sense of fundamental decency to politics. (Gerald Ford deserves a co-credit for this also, I think.)

Were Ford still alive, I have trouble seeing him as successful in today's Repig Party.

Good thread by the way -- allows everyone to (as the song says) "accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative"

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Who's been the best Democratic president in your lifetime? [View all] Bucky May 2012 OP

Truman. virgogal May 2012 #1

A Presidential Sandwich! AnnieBW May 2012 #2

Look again. She left the Big Dog's smooch hangin' in the air Bucky May 2012 #5

FDR (Though his wife would have been even better). Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #3

I'm with you. Bohunk68 May 2012 #58

I would say FDR, too, tho he died before I knew who he was. CTyankee May 2012 #70

Eleanor was great and she was his eyes and ears where he could not go. jwirr May 2012 #89

lbj unblock May 2012 #4

Ballsy choice. Bucky May 2012 #7

not really much of a contest, i think. obviously, he was a mixed bag, but then again unblock May 2012 #19

I have to agree ... markpkessinger May 2012 #29

sure, fdr makes the game really easy. unblock May 2012 #57

I was really critical of LBJ at the time, Blue_In_AK May 2012 #47

I am 33 so I would say Clinton.n/t hrmjustin May 2012 #6

Cleveland... Cooley Hurd May 2012 #8

Jimmy Carter. Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #20

Grover still tries... Cooley Hurd May 2012 #55

how old are you?! Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #77

156 years young. ;-) Cooley Hurd May 2012 #78

Kudos to you, Gramps! Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #83

I get that joke Ohio Progressive May 2012 #39

Yep - the famous The Judge magazine cartoon: Cooley Hurd May 2012 #56

You're over 115 years old? n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #80

Obama only because I was born in the 80's. If I had been alive in the 60's I would've said LBJ. craigmatic May 2012 #9

If you're looking for groupthink on the Obama vs Clinton debate... Bucky May 2012 #10

That is too funny amuse bouche May 2012 #11

I will say JFK Art_from_Ark May 2012 #12

I will also say JFK. RebelOne May 2012 #18

Also JFK here ....nt littlewolf May 2012 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author A HERETIC I AM May 2012 #13

Ha ha, that joke was funny Bucky May 2012 #72

That gif is hilarious Son of Gob May 2012 #14

I found it on the Internets© Bucky May 2012 #23

Domestic policy it's LBJ hands down. hifiguy May 2012 #15

JFK N/T GreenStormCloud May 2012 #16

I was born in the early 80s, so I'm going Obama!! Happydayz May 2012 #17

+1 FarLeftFist May 2012 #33

Can't decide between JFK and Obama goclark May 2012 #43

The jury's still out. scoostraw May 2012 #21

Well, sure, *that* Bucky May 2012 #22

Yes, Elizabeth Warren goclark May 2012 #44

FDR AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #24

JFK.. sendero May 2012 #25

All the way with LBJ! ananda May 2012 #26

yeah--LBJ or JFK jcboon May 2012 #50

Nixon DJ13 May 2012 #27

Kennedy. Vidar May 2012 #28

Jimmy Carter. Healed the nation after coalition_unwilling May 2012 #30

Completely agree with you on both points! Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #35

I agree on Jimmy Carter JitterbugPerfume May 2012 #69

my choice as well. n/t dana_b May 2012 #38

I agree for this and many other reasons Major Nikon May 2012 #53

Obama! FarLeftFist May 2012 #31

LBJ was prez when I was born, but I'm picking Carter. TBF May 2012 #32

Carter Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #34

Bill Clinton Raine May 2012 #36

It's a tie - John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama :) n/t Tx4obama May 2012 #37

President Obama. Swede May 2012 #40

Way too many relics on this site. I only had two. Obama and Clinton...I lean Obama. n/t vaberella May 2012 #41

"Way too many relics?" Bohunk68 May 2012 #59

No need to get offended because there was nothing agist in the comment. vaberella May 2012 #64

Accepted in the spirit offered. Bohunk68 May 2012 #65

Depends on what you mean by "best." CBHagman May 2012 #42

So far, Clinton. MrSlayer May 2012 #45

Obama (It's only been him, Clinton, and Carter in my lifetime). boxman15 May 2012 #46

I have to splitting my vote SteveG May 2012 #48

JFK n/t WiffenPoof May 2012 #49

LOL, gif is hilarious! n/t tammywammy May 2012 #51

lbj..... madrchsod May 2012 #52

LBJ. nm rhett o rick May 2012 #54

on domestic issues - by far Lyndon Baines Johnson, of course Douglas Carpenter May 2012 #60

JFK, without a doubt. H2O Man May 2012 #61

JFK it is... trumad May 2012 #63

JFK. n/t ieoeja May 2012 #66

FDR JitterbugPerfume May 2012 #67

for actual policies achieved; LBJ (loses me on the war, though) bigtree May 2012 #68

Domestic affairs=LBJ foreign policy/peace making=Jimmy Carter WI_DEM May 2012 #71

Agree with all of those! etherealtruth May 2012 #86

One of the sad ironies of this thread is the JFK laments Bucky May 2012 #73

FDR and then Truman. CK_John May 2012 #74

Bill Clinton. I'm 25 though so Obama and him have been the only two so far. N/T BlueStater May 2012 #75

Clinton. nt Romulox May 2012 #76

I remember that graphic treestar May 2012 #79

Tough one...but I'll go with LBJ Wounded Bear May 2012 #81

Woodrow Wilson! deaniac21 May 2012 #82

Wilson was the most prominent racist to occupy the White House. former9thward May 2012 #92

So you concede that he overcame incredible handicaps... Bucky May 2012 #94

League of Nations deaniac21 May 2012 #95

The League of Nations was a utopian effort at best. former9thward May 2012 #96

You really had to have been there... deaniac21 May 2012 #98

The Big Dawg Ishoutandscream2 May 2012 #84

Barack Obama GarroHorus May 2012 #85

LBJ, Carter, and Clinton. I would loved to have seen what Kennedy Autumn May 2012 #87

FDR although I was only 5 years old when he died. jwirr May 2012 #88

Did it occur to anyone on this thread? DFW May 2012 #90

I might slip Ike into a Top Five list. Bucky May 2012 #93

LBJ Go Vols May 2012 #91

If Obama doesn't count yet, since he hasn't finished his first term...... AverageJoe90 May 2012 #97