How would you order our last 12 presidents, liberal to conservative

[Onlooker]

John Kerry
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman

I would do this:
- Kennedy
- Johnson (Clearly helped make Kennedy's legacy a reality)
- Kerry
- Clinton
- Carter
- Nixon (Hawkish like Johnson on Vietnam, but otherwise not too bad)
- Truman (Let's not forget the nuclear bombs he dropped)
- Ford
- Bush I
- Eisenhower
- Bush II
- Reagan (Reagan gave birth to the freeper movement)

On edit: Added Kerry's name

[Jack_Dawson]

1. I Only See 11

:toast:

[spooky3]

6. he forgot Pres. Gore

[Jack_Dawson]

7. Brilliant minds...

[mark414]

2. hmm

Carter
Kennedy
Johnson
Truman
Clinton
Eisenhower
Ford
Bush I
Nixon
Reagan
Bush II

[skooooo]

11. I think Nixon was much more liberal..

...than Ford, Eisenhower, and even Clinton.

[JohnKleeb]

3. ok

John Kerry
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman

Kerry
Kennedy
Johnson
Truman
Clinton
Carter
Eisenhower
Ford
Nixon
HW Bush
Reagan
W Bush

[Caution]

4. my order

- Kennedy
- Johnson
- Kerry
- Carter
- Truman
- Clinton
- Ford
- Nixon
- Eisenhower
- Bush I
- Reagan
- Bush II

Added Kerry

[adamrsilva]

5. LBJ would be number 1 if not for Vietnam

Kennedy
Truman
Eisenhower
Clinton
Nixon
Carter
Ford
GHW Bush
Reagan
GW Bush

[cheshire]

8. Ok weighing in

Carter
Clinton
Kennedy
Johnson
Kerry
Truman
Ike
Ford
Reagan
Nixon
Bush SR
Bush Jr.
Yeah Yeah added Kerry thought it was important.

[WI_DEM]

9. I'll leave Kerry out of the mix becuz he isn't president yet

LBJ (by far)
Truman
Clinton
Kennedy
Carter
Eisenhower
Nixon
Ford
Bush I
Reagan
Bush II

[alilenas]

13. Leaving out Kerry so as not to jinx

LBJ
Kennedy
Truman
Carter
Ford
Eisenhower
Clinton (I know he looks fab by comparison, but not that liberal in
practice)
Nixon (Many liberal proposals, but finally, a totalitarian crook)
Bush I
Reagan
Bush II (actually implemented the things that Reagan threatened)

[soothsayer]

10. I'd order a Clinton with nothing on it n/t

[bornskeptic]

12. Here's mine

Johnson
Truman
Kerry
Kennedy
Carter
Eisenhower
Clinton
Nixon
Ford
Bush I
Reagan
Bush II

[ieoeja]

14. It would vary by subject.

It's hard to give an overall average. But I'd put it about like this. The sad thing is how close it comes to being chronological.

Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Dwight Eisenhower
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush

[LTR]

15. Conservative is a tough term to generalize

When I think of true conservatism, I think of Goldwater. Bush II is as far removed from Goldwater as Jimmy Carter is. From a classic conservative viewpoint, I'd say Reagan is the most conservative.

Here's how I rank by this criteria, liberal to conservative:

John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter
John Kerry (for comparison's sake)
Harry Truman
Al Gore :evilgrin:
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan