Happy Presidents Day: Distinctly Catholic: C-SPAN ranked the presidents of the United States from best to worst. It is interesting to see how the numbers have, and have not, changed over the years.
MGB: I see no one but Lincoln surpassing Washington. The Roosevelts are in the right place, but the segregationist Wilson is way too high. He should not be in the top 20. Harding should be higher for cleaning up the mess Wilson made in the free speech area. If you give Ike war credit, he deserves his spot - especially since he built the highway system. Truman began the Cold War, so a declining spot is apt. Obama should be higher. He outmaneuvered the GOP to get his fiscal policies enacted as the ATRA, setting the country on a sound fiscal course and ending the prospect of a debt limit showdown. Reagan and JFK are way overrated. Their fiscal policies, along with Clinton's, allowed Wall Street to run amok. They should be rated with Coolidge and Hoover. Grant can always be moved up, as he brought unity to DC, if not the nation, after the mess Johnson made, and for a while made progress in the south. Finally, the other Johnson, despite Viet Nam, was truly revolutionary - top 10.
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