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From greatest to worst, how would rate these presidents?

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt

2. Harry S. Truman

3. Dwight D. Eisenhower

4. John F. Kennedy

5. Lyndon B. Johnson

6. Richard Nixon

7. Gerald Ford

8. Jimmy Carter

9. Ronald Reagan

10. George H.W. Bush

11. Bill Clinton

12. George W. Bush

13. Barack Obama

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  • 8 years ago
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    1. Franklin D. Roosevelt

    2. John F. Kennedy

    3. Bill Clinton

    4. Lyndon B. Johnson

    5. Harry S. Truman

    6.Jimmy Carter & Barack Obama (tie)

    8.Richard Nixon

    9.Dwight D. Eisenhower

    10. Gerald Ford

    11. George H.W. Bush

    12. Ronald Reagan

    13. George W. Bush

    It is too early to tell what Obama's legacy will be, historically everyone used to praise Reagan until we found out his policies were detrimental to the US. People used to hate Carter but now respect him because his polices dramatically helped the US and the world.

    @Ryan how ignorant can you be? "Reagan ended communism" Actually the dissolution of the USSR occurred in 1991 during the Bush administration. Multiple presidents were responsible from Truman-Bush their policies of containment helped prevent it from spreading. The Soviet collapse was mainly due to unstable infrastructure, and economic failure due to the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

    "obama doesnt agree with the american dream and wants change by making government bigger and creating dependency with more spending and redistribution."

    Are you really that ignorant? Reagan's whole economic policy was focused on redistribution. With Reaganomics there was a significant shift in wealth to the rich. This dramatically hurt the middle class. It is evident you do not know basic economics, first is Reagan's policies promoted off-shoring, and his union busting, and deregulation encouraged corporatism. Next Is Obama is the smallest spender since Eisenhower, Reagan has spent the most and unbalanced the budget.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/05/24/w...

  • 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt

    2. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    3. John F. Kennedy

    4. Ronald W. Reagan

    5. Jefferson B. Clinton

    6. Harry S. Truman

    7. George H.W. Bush

    8. Lyndon B. Johnson

    9. Richard M. Nixon

    10. George W. Bush

    11. Gerald R. Ford

    12. Jimmy E. Carter

    I ranked mostly on legacy and impact so…..Barack Obama, too early to tell.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    1 being greatest and 15 being least great, the order is...

    1) Franklin D Roosevelt

    2) Harry S. Truman

    3) Barack Obama

    4) Bill Clinton

    5) John F. Kennedy

    6) Lyndon B. Johnson

    7) Jimmy Carter

    8) Dwight Eisenhower

    9) Richard Nixon

    10) Gerald Ford

    11) George H. W. Bush

    12) George W. Bush

    13) A loaf of bread

    14) (spot reserved for future presidents)

    15) Ronald Reagan

  • 8 years ago

    1. Reagan

    2. Eisenhower

    3. FDR

    4. Truman

    5. JFK

    6. LBJ

    7. George W Bush

    8. Ford

    9. HW Bush

    10. Bill Clinton

    11. Nixon

    12. Carter

    13. Obama

    Source(s): Reagan ended communism and brought conservative values to the table, obama doesnt agree with the american dream and wants change by making government bigger and creating dependency with more spending and redistribution.
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  • 8 years ago

    1. Eisenhower

    2. Truman

    3. Kennedy

    4. Reagan

    5. Roosevelt

    6. Clinton

    7. Bush, sr.

    8. Johnson

    9. Ford

    And then a tie between:

    10. Bush

    10. Obama

    10. Carter

    13. Nixon

  • 8 years ago

    1 - Reagan

    2 - Truman

    3 - Eisenhower

    4 - JFK

    5 - Papa Bush

    6 - Nixon

    7 - Ford

    8 - Dubya Bush

    9 - LBJ

    10 - FDR

    11 - Bill Clinton

    12 - Barack Obama

    13 - Jimmy Carter

  • hy
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    one million. George Washington 2. Thomas Jefferson 3. Dwight Eisenhower 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Harry Truman 6. Abraham Lincoln 7. Theodore Roosevelt 8. William McKinley 9. Andrew Jackson 10. Franklin Roosevelt 11. Lyndon Johnson 12. Woodrow Wilson

  • 8 years ago

    Ronald reagan

    Harry truman

    D eisenhower

    kennedy

    GW bush

    Nixon

    Ford

    Johnson

    Clinton

    bush 1

    obama

    carter

    the last two are interchangeable

  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Obama should be above Truman.

    One of the most important decisions made by Truman or possibly any other president was the use of the atomic bombs in Japan. He ordered two bombs: one against Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and one against Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Truman's goal was to stop the war quickly avoiding further losses of allied troops. Japan sued for peace on August 10th and surrendered on September 2, 1945.

    Truman was president during the Nuremberg Trials which punished 22 Nazi leaders for numerous crimes including crimes against humanity. 19 of them were found guilty. Also, the United Nations was created in order to try and avoid future world wars and to help settle conflicts peacefully.

    Boo Hoo, you made fun of Barry.

    One trick ponies, all of you.

  • 8 years ago

    I like George better than Barack.

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