Who were our best presidents and who were our worst? You may be surprised with these results.

2015-10-07T17:52:54-04:00

http://legacy.c-span.org/PresidentialSurvey/Overall-Ranking.aspx

C-SPAN Survey of Presidential Leadership - Overall Ranking - C-SPAN

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Oct 7 at 2015 5:54 PM

2015-10-07T17:54:52-04:00

I think having been a fan of C-Span forever this survey may be of some merit...

This was a surprise to me:

http://legacy.c-span.org/PresidentialSurvey/president/Jimmy_Carter.aspx

C-SPAN Survey of Presidential Leadership - Jimmy Carter - C-SPAN

Response by SMSgt Tony Barnes made Oct 8 at 2015 8:19 AM

2015-10-08T08:19:52-04:00

Clearly Obama has been the worst. Leaders build consensus...something he has proven himself incapable of. Huge Reagan fan...but, I do admire FDR...although a liberal...he provided amazing leadership in a horrible era.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 8 at 2015 8:24 AM

2015-10-08T08:24:55-04:00

Sgt Tom Cunnally, I agreed with Lincoln and Washington, but Reagan at 10 and Carter at 25? I would have never thought Carter was in the top 25.

Response by Capt Walter Miller made Oct 8 at 2015 10:32 AM

2015-10-08T10:32:21-04:00

Truman always gets a high score on these things because he is perceived as a tough, no nonsense kind of guy. In fact, he directed US troops to be sent to Korea because of the ‘Red’ scandal in the State Department then ongoing. He didn’t want to look soft on communism. Sending US troops into Korea violated long standing US policy.

From the time of the United States coming on to world stage about 1900, it was the policy of the US government to (not a line from a movie) not get involved in a land war in Asia. And if you notice, no large US force was engaged in Asia prior to 1950.

Bad Truman! Bad!

Walt