Who is the worst U.S. President ever?

[Tex]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Tex, this comment is as unimaginitive as santos saying everyone's a racist. I'd expect more from you. However, I can understand why you would say that about yourself, which is why some find you so offensive. Some people work hard to overcome that natural handicap we're all dealt. Personally, I think U.S. history needs to be viewed from a 3,000 year perspective or it loses most of its meaning. FWIW, the Mormon Church's hostility to historical perspective is the thing that disturbs me most about it.

Anyone who says that Bush is the worst president in history before his presidency has even finished has historical myopia. They have a name for it ("Bush Derangement Syndrome") and they have treatment for it too, SU.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by BYU71

Does anyone know. Has any President had positive approval ratings in the 3rd year of his second term.

what do you mean postive? You mean over 50%? or you mean an upward trend?

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Buchanan didn't cause the civil war. Get real. Nobody tried harder to stop it than Lincoln. He even wanted the federal government to buy the slaves from the landowners over time. The civil war was foreordained and bound to happen. Our civil rights baptism of blood. Our great spiritual crucible. You demean it when you say Buchanan caused it.

Buchanan refused to stand up to the Southern states. This created a climate where they were free to secede without consequence. By the time Lincoln was in office, momentum was on the side of the South. He (Buchanan) certainly wasn't the sole cause of the Civil War, but he contributed to the climate. In my estimation, this made him the worst president in American history.

I am surprised at your Calvinist leanings in regards to the Civil War. On that point, I will not rebut.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

what do you mean postive? You mean over 50%? or you mean an upward trend?

Over 50%.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by BYU71

Over 50%.

the graph indicates Clinton, Eisenhower, possibly Reagan.

[All-American]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

FWIW, the Mormon Church's hostility to historical perspective is the thing that disturbs me most about it.

Oh, brother. Let us know when 1980 catches up to you.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

the graph indicates Clinton, Eisenhower, possibly Reagan.

Wow, not many.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by BYU71

Wow, not many.

well, honey, only six of them had two full terms. So three's half.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

well, honey, only six of them had two full terms. So three's half.

I am working alittle in the dark here. Your link didn't come up.

My point. Reagan is not considered a very good President. Even the libs who hated him basically concede he was all right. Even though I can't see the poll, I will bet his approval rating the second half of his 3rd year wasn't much over 50%.

Clinton. If you listent to most of the media he was a good President. Loved by the left and moderate Americans. I will still bet the same thing I did on Reagan. Approval rating not much above 50%.

Eisenhower. If he was so popular, how did Kennedy get elected.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by BYU71

I am working alittle in the dark here. Your link didn't come up.

My point. Reagan is not considered a very good President. Even the libs who hated him basically concede he was all right. Even though I can't see the poll, I will bet his approval rating the second half of his 3rd year wasn't much over 50%.

Clinton. If you listent to most of the media he was a good President. Loved by the left and moderate Americans. I will still bet the same thing I did on Reagan. Approval rating not much above 50%.

I don't know why the graph's not showing up for you.

If you notice in my post, I stated that I don't think it's fair to infer the quality of a presidency from popular approval at the time.