Player1x3 said:
mrstickball said:
Player1x3 said:
What about Richard Nixon?
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Nixon is half-and-half to me.
On one end, he got us out of Nam (eventually), and had we not of had the anti-war protestors, would have won the war due to Linebacker and Linebacker II. He also prevented WW3 during the Sino-Soviet Crisis by coming to China's defense by arguing that if the Soviets attacked the Chinese, we would relatiate with nuclear weapons. You also had other mixed bag foreign policy decisions such as supporting Pinochet against Alliende in Chile.
Economically, he did stupid things like institute price controls, the EPA, and also killed NASA. Then of course you have Watergate.
So overall, I'd put him in the lower tier of presidents. Not quite Carter, LBJ or FDR in the overall scheme of things, but not far away from them, either.
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Watergate?
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You know, I kept telling my self 'don't forget to mention watergate', but I went and did that. I apologize for that. Watergate was a disgrace. But in regards to presidential rankings, I try to look at the long-term in terms of what offices they created and sustained in order to rank presidents. Watergate was horrible, but not a long-term issue for every American. Comparatively, you look at other laws issued by other presidents that are far more egregious. But again, his establishment of the EPA is a huge mark on his presidency which makes me rank him in the probably the 5th or 6th worst president of the century.
