| kvh22000 said: I read this article the other day. Good article. Also, some people here need a history lesson. G.W. is probably not even in the top 5 or should i say bottom 5 as far as worst presidents go. Do not forget a president can only do what the house and senate allow him to do. |
Nah he's not. Bottom ten though.
Andrew Pierce, James Buchanan, Warren G Harding, Franklyn Pierce, Millar Fillmore.
All worse. He'll likely be seen ahead of John Tyler too... who was a mediocre president. Not one of the worst ever, but is seen that way because after he was done being president he joined the confederate congress.
The same with Andrew Johnson, his presidency sucked and hurt the country, but he was in a no win situation. They had a reasonable plan in place, but after Abe's assassanation the north wanted blood. The previous solution wouldn't work anymore. If they switched places, Andrew Johnson would of handled this current presidency much better then Bush would of handled reconstruction.
So. He'll likely be seen as the 8th worst president of all time. So he'll be around 34. Though initially I bet he will be lower then that and really close to the worst president of all time. It'll take some time away from his screw ups before it's decided he was just a negative to the country and not a major negative like the very worst presidents.
Personally i think he should be 36 or so. The next president probably will end up pretty low on the list as well since Bush has left a lot of "no-win" decisions for the next guy, and a recession that will probably last a while.
For some precedent for this. George Bush Senior was seen as the 31st greatest president(in other words below william henry in the bad for the country pile) in 1994 before setling somewhere in the 20's.
Either way he's still going to clock in below William Henry Harrison who's most noticeable act was dieing before he could do anything.
