▲ 205 ▼ Discussing past Presidents? (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 days ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Squirrelknight@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (2 children) From bad to worst: 10th: Nixon 9th: Bush 8th: Wilson 7th: Hoover 6th: Tyler 5th: Harding 4th: Pierce 3rd: Trump 2nd: A. Johnson 1st: Buchanan permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Famko@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (1 child) How is Reagan not on that list? Half of the problems in the United States could be traced back to him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Squirrelknight@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* He'd be in the bottom 15. The problem with ranking Reagan is that most of the big issues with him didn't become fully apparent until long after he was out of office. When you make a list like this it's kinda hard to fit all the awful US presidents in a top 10. All the president's between 1840 and 1860 alone deserve to be somewhere in the bottom 15 for endlessly supporting slavery and setting the stage for the civil war, which makes fitting Reagan in kinda difficult. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bluelabel@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (2 children) As a non-american, I'm surprised you have presidents on-par with Thump. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Squirrelknight@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago Only because we have a firm understanding of their legacies. If I made this list again in 40 years there's a good chance he's in 1st place. permalink fedilink source parent [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago Andrew Johnson's failures persist to this day. He was the 17th president. (Took over after Lincoln was assassinated and refused to seriously punish the confederate leadership) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Famko@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (1 child) How is Reagan not on that list? Half of the problems in the United States could be traced back to him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Squirrelknight@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* He'd be in the bottom 15. The problem with ranking Reagan is that most of the big issues with him didn't become fully apparent until long after he was out of office. When you make a list like this it's kinda hard to fit all the awful US presidents in a top 10. All the president's between 1840 and 1860 alone deserve to be somewhere in the bottom 15 for endlessly supporting slavery and setting the stage for the civil war, which makes fitting Reagan in kinda difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Squirrelknight@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* He'd be in the bottom 15. The problem with ranking Reagan is that most of the big issues with him didn't become fully apparent until long after he was out of office. When you make a list like this it's kinda hard to fit all the awful US presidents in a top 10. All the president's between 1840 and 1860 alone deserve to be somewhere in the bottom 15 for endlessly supporting slavery and setting the stage for the civil war, which makes fitting Reagan in kinda difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bluelabel@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (2 children) As a non-american, I'm surprised you have presidents on-par with Thump. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Squirrelknight@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago Only because we have a firm understanding of their legacies. If I made this list again in 40 years there's a good chance he's in 1st place. permalink fedilink source parent [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago Andrew Johnson's failures persist to this day. He was the 17th president. (Took over after Lincoln was assassinated and refused to seriously punish the confederate leadership) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Squirrelknight@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago Only because we have a firm understanding of their legacies. If I made this list again in 40 years there's a good chance he's in 1st place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago Andrew Johnson's failures persist to this day. He was the 17th president. (Took over after Lincoln was assassinated and refused to seriously punish the confederate leadership) permalink fedilink source parent
