CNN Poll: Obama is the worst president since WW2.

[longhornfan1234]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...wii/?hpt=hp_t4


Obama 33%, 28 % Bush 2, Nixon 13%, 8% Carter.

[Bush4Ever]

The temporal aspects messes with this type of poll, greatly.

But more generally, Presidents have been getting more and more shitty over time, as the State grows and grows.

2001 onwards has been extra shitty.

[DeuceWallaces]

Poll like that is a massive waste of money.

Presidents aren't getting more shitty, it's just the current climate and gridlock in congress.

[longhornfan1234]

To be fair....no way Carter should be polled higher than Obama.

[DukeDelonte13]

I think George W. has to get that title.

Biggest domestic attack on home soil.

He started two super expensive wars that really accomplished nothing.

He kinda f*cked up the republican party by legitimizing fundamental christianity (repubs now seem to be getting back on a more normal track though). Dude used to have weekly conference calls with that gay meth addicted pastor Ted Haggart or whatever his name is.

He allowed the biggest financial collapse since the great depression take place

He wasted tons of time on stupid defense against marriage BS that did nothing

Oversaw the biggest expanse in government with the Dept. of Homeland Security.


The guy did a lot of damage to his country and party.

[BoutPractice]

How can you possibly do worse than launching a war of aggression that kills over 100 000 people... spending trillions of dollars and giving the state quasi totalitarian powers (powers they haven't renounced to this day) for the sole purpose of fighting extremism, only to end up with a group literally worse than Al-Qaeda invading the very country you invaded and proclaiming a Caliphate in the Middle East... helping cause a worldwide recession in the process?

What would you have to do? Commit genocide? Start a nuclear war? If you gave the US presidency to a cartoon villain bent on destroying everything they would struggle ending up with a worse record.

Criticize Jimmy Carter all you want, but I'd much rather have his nonexistent achievements than Bush's all too real record. The Bush presidency was world changing and era shaping. It is going to have a profound influence on planetary events for at least a quarter century... that influence is going to be at least 90% negative.

The only silver lining: the Bush years proved once more how resilient America is as a country.

[rezznor]

take this poll again in 8 years and you will get different results. time heals and memories fade. even shitty presidents like Bush will be looked upon more kindly.

[Jailblazers7]

Stupid poll is stupid. These polls are all about emotional responses and obviously the current sitting president is going to illicit the strongest response.

Also, Obama came in 4th for best president behind Reagan and Clinton while being tied with JFK.

[Droid101]

LOL

Do they forget the very last president?

Hilarious.

[chosen_one6]

Bush did a helluva lot worse and practically set Obama up for failure. Not to mention Congress is full of Republicans so even if Obama wanted to make a bill that benefited our country it would get voted down out of spite.

[Derka]

Obama worse than Nixon and Bush 2.

[SpecialQue]

Prediction: Whoever becomes the next president will also be voted the worst president since WW2.

[SpecialQue]

Obama worse than Nixon and Bush 2.

I think Bush 2 has a case for the bottom rung of presidents (well, maybe a tier above disasters such as Andrew Johnson and Warren G Harding), but I'll always defend Nixon as just being an arrogant man who actually did some pretty good things as president. He did create the EPA, the Clean Air Act, did a lot for Native Americans, and helped make Affirmative Action an official US policy. He was probably a more "liberal" president than Clinton.

[Akrazotile]

Too much debate over politicians, not enough discussion of policies.

[SpecialQue]

Too much debate over politicians, not enough discussion of policies.

Fine. What's your pick for the worst policy since WW2?