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Thread #121108 Message #2642391
Posted By: maple_leaf_boy
27-May-09 - 10:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Rate the Presidents
Subject: RE: BS: Rate the Presidents
I'd rate them all ahead of Clinton and Obama. Nixon being third last. Nixon resigned before a hearing could be heard for impeachment. According to what I've read, Clinton was the only president to ever have an impeachment hearing, and to be impeached. (Three levels of impeachment: warning, weakened powers, removal from office). He went through at least the first level. He also made a pile of promises, and didn't deliver. Obama: the first two bills that he issued put America three times lower than the worst Bush Jr. deficit. He reversed so many campaign promises, and he can't make a decision half of the time and stick with it. The only thing that he is good for (which is what he has in common with Clinton) is that he is a public speaker, and tells the people what they want to hear. He isn't as effective in the offices, just to the public. CNN even made a skeptical comment about the overall grade that Obama received for his first 100 days. Considering that the people thought that the economy was getting better at the time, when it got a lot worse since Obama came into office. All of the banks that folded, all of the homes that were foreclosed. It was on CNN.
One more thing......If Bush Jr. was that bad, he would have been impeached before his first term was even over. Mainstream media has forced anti-Bush material on the public since he decided to send troops to the Middle East, and because he's not a public speaker; rather than discussing the other half of the issues, and rather than reporting the good things he did in office.
Clinton is the only one to have been through the impeachment process in part. Therefore, he is the worst in my mind, tied with Obama. Then Nixon. The rest of my list pretty much looks like the original post.