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He had a temper and a nasty streak, but on the plus side, he was far smarter and had more vision than either Bush or Trump. As for the Bush-Trump comparison - it's hard to think of anything at all that puts Trump above Bush, or pretty much any other president. It's not just that his bad sides are so terrible, it's also simply that there aren't any good sides to compensate - to the extent that Trump does have a brain and competence, it's only ever been focused on his own ego and his own business. The best argument for not ranking Trump as the worst president, would be the argument that he doesn't even qualify to be ranked at all as he never bothered to actually show up for the job.
He had a temper and a nasty streak, but on the plus side, he was far smarter and had more vision than either Bush or Trump. As for the Bush-Trump comparison - it's hard to think of anything at all that puts Trump above Bush, or pretty much any other president. It's not just that his bad sides are so terrible, it's also simply that there aren't any good sides to compensate - to the extent that Trump does have a brain and competence, it's only ever been focused on his own ego and his own business. The best argument for not ranking Trump as the worst president, would be the argument that he doesn't even qualify to be ranked at all as he never bothered to actually show up for the job.
Trump has MANY failings and is probably second worst in my opinion, but his actions did not lead the US into a civil war. Though if it is proved he had a hand in the events leading to the insurrection of Jan 6, then he may indeed be the worst in my eyes.
Does everyone remember when Liz Cheney was a monster who betrayed her lesbian sister?
- 20/08/2022 11:46:38 AM
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Cheney has a career 76% rating from all the major conservative organizations.
- 20/08/2022 04:47:06 PM
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2024
- 22/08/2022 03:07:40 AM
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Are you following the Utah Senate race?
- 22/08/2022 07:25:39 PM
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Re: Are you following the Utah Senate race?
- 22/08/2022 10:00:41 PM
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Yep. The whole political system has to go, really, but no idea how that'd ever happen... *NM*
- 23/08/2022 06:35:26 PM
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It's sort of like ignoring how Hillary Clinton owed everything to her husband's career
- 20/08/2022 07:19:21 PM
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Trump was the best president in my lifetime!
- 22/08/2022 11:23:27 PM
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I was born one month after Ike’s first election.
- 23/08/2022 01:26:19 AM
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Not a fan of Reagan?
- 23/08/2022 01:51:40 PM
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Re: Not a fan of Reagan?
- 23/08/2022 08:38:40 PM
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Largest peacetime tax increase in history? Are you fucking on drugs yourself?
- 26/08/2022 03:49:59 PM
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I’d be hard-pressed to name one since before WWI
- 24/08/2022 04:20:27 AM
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Actually I would put RMN at the bottom of my list of worst Presidents.
- 24/08/2022 01:41:34 PM
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Really? I'm not even sure I'd rank Nixon below Bush.
- 24/08/2022 07:34:18 PM
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I would
- 24/08/2022 08:36:19 PM
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I must say I agree with Legolas on this...
- 24/08/2022 11:45:34 PM
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You read about the Nixon years. I was in high school when he won in ‘68.
- 25/08/2022 02:37:57 AM
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James Buchanan as worst.
- 26/08/2022 01:24:42 PM
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You need to distinguish between "worst person" and "worst President"
- 26/08/2022 03:31:16 PM
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Re: You need to distinguish between "worst person" and "worst President"
- 26/08/2022 05:16:20 PM
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In Weimar part II, loyalty to the Führer is paramount for many Republicans.
- 23/08/2022 01:49:15 PM
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There was no Führer in the Weimar republic
- 23/08/2022 08:07:51 PM
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Given that I have a Masters in German History, that is not the point. But thank you.
- 24/08/2022 01:57:06 PM
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I thought I was replying to someone else, actually
- 25/08/2022 02:31:22 AM
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