because we haven't had a political thread in like two weeks

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Coolidge is a good choice.

why? i was actually just throwing out names, i just looked coolidge up, he seems like he was pretty decent actually.

From what I have read about him, he was a decent and actually very good person but he never should have been president. His idea of the presidency was basically the idea of this board, do nothing and let things flow. His motto was the activity of inactivity and his poor economic policies helped pave the way for the depression.

But I wouldnt rate him the worst because he couldn't have foreseen that, though he did forsee the eventual economic crash that was to come but at that point it was too late and he did not run for a second term because of the impending collapse, though he said it was for health reasons.

But sleeper brought up a great one that completely slipped my mind, James Buchanan. He presided over the secession of most of the southern states, he has to be the worst ever. Buchanan wanted Kansas admitted as a slave state, despite the fraudulent nature of the “elections” that the repugnant Missourian David Atchison and other thugs had foisted upon that territory. The events in Kansas convinced many Northerners that the Democrats were incapable of settling the slave issue in a way that Northerners could stomach. Later, when states began to secede, Buchanan said he didn’t believe states had that right but that the Federal government was powerless to do anything about it. Therefore, Buchanan’s policies toward Kansas did the most to bring about the Civil War and his inaction when states began to secede, despite his vehement insistence that states could not secede, only solidifies his position as the worst president ever.

Franklin Pierce is also a close 2nd.

My 5 worst list would be:

1. James Buchanan
2. Franklin Pierce
3. Ulysess Grant
4. Warren Harding
5. Ronald Reagan

RONALD REAGAN!!??

my blood is boiling. take it back.

He was fuckin awful, too bad hinkleys bullet didnt kill him in 81.