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retired Norm wrote on Feb 18, 2009 10:45 AM:
When I taught high school American Government 20 years ago, our textbook
listed Ulysses S.Grant as one of the two worst presidents. Warren Harding was
the other one. How Grant jumped from
33rd to 23rd on the list is amazing.
The historians then rated Washington,
Jefferson, Lincoln, Wilson and FDR as
the five best. How times have changed!
listed Ulysses S.Grant as one of the two worst presidents. Warren Harding was
the other one. How Grant jumped from
33rd to 23rd on the list is amazing.
The historians then rated Washington,
Jefferson, Lincoln, Wilson and FDR as
the five best. How times have changed!
Local Yokal wrote on Feb 16, 2009 9:42 PM:
To Mr E: Only time will tell that you didn't do your home work!!! Revenge is always best served cold........now where have you heard that before?
local yocal wrote on Feb 16, 2009 9:38 PM:
I'd say, why don't you get a life or in other words, Walk a Mile in Mile shoes, don't you have something better to do?
ZZMike wrote on Feb 16, 2009 6:12 PM:
"... and the idea of asking your children to pay for your wasteful spending) ..."
As opposed to Obama, who's asking your children, and their children, and their children's children, to pay for wasteful spending - which goes on unabated by the carefree Democrats.
As opposed to Obama, who's asking your children, and their children, and their children's children, to pay for wasteful spending - which goes on unabated by the carefree Democrats.
Mr E wrote on Feb 16, 2009 12:20 PM:
Equal justice for all? George W Bush?Wow, I knew historians were rather daft... but that's shocking.
Well, unless you think scaling back Cnstitutional laws for everyone is "equal justice"... even then, I'd say more "enemy combatants" are illegally held than American citizens.
As it is, William Henry Harrison should always get a bit of an asterisk in polls like this. That, or the formula should change... 0 should be "horribly effective," instead of "not effective." Throw a "N/A" in there for Harrison... that, or make it a -10 to 10 scale. Other Presidents have died in office, but all others had an opportunity to create a legacy... WHH's was that he became sick immediately after his inauguration, and died a few weeks later.
I'm sorry, but "nothing done" is sure as heck not WORSE than what Dubya did to this nation for eight years. It's not worse than the steps Clinton (housing and corporate salaries) and Ronald (everything economic, and the idea of asking your children to pay for your wasteful spending) took that helped create the current economic crisis.
Well, unless you think scaling back Cnstitutional laws for everyone is "equal justice"... even then, I'd say more "enemy combatants" are illegally held than American citizens.
As it is, William Henry Harrison should always get a bit of an asterisk in polls like this. That, or the formula should change... 0 should be "horribly effective," instead of "not effective." Throw a "N/A" in there for Harrison... that, or make it a -10 to 10 scale. Other Presidents have died in office, but all others had an opportunity to create a legacy... WHH's was that he became sick immediately after his inauguration, and died a few weeks later.
I'm sorry, but "nothing done" is sure as heck not WORSE than what Dubya did to this nation for eight years. It's not worse than the steps Clinton (housing and corporate salaries) and Ronald (everything economic, and the idea of asking your children to pay for your wasteful spending) took that helped create the current economic crisis.
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