Today is President's Day. A day to celebrate our presidents, and not just the good ones. We should include all of them, the good and the bad, because we're honoring all of them, otherwise it would be called Good President's Day.Arguably, the five worst presidents in U.S. History are Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, Ulysses Grant, Herbert Hoover and 
Richard Nixon. I had to throw out a lot of bad ones to get to that list, but I feel as though I may be making a grave error. I think that perhaps I should be adding one, but which one to add?
Richard Nixon. I had to throw out a lot of bad ones to get to that list, but I feel as though I may be making a grave error. I think that perhaps I should be adding one, but which one to add?I don't like all the fuss over "Top 10" or "Top 5". What makes them such special numbers? If you have a worthy candidate, there is no problem with expanding the list. So, let's do the Top 6 Worst Presidents in History, because I think we might have number one sitting right here in front of us, and I'd hate to have to remove one of those names to fit. The number six is significant in the history of this particular clown.
Six years ago, the worst president in the history of the United States was inaugurated, and we have been paying for it ever since. Geez, we even had another chance to keep him out of our lives, and we screwed the pooch. As you will no doubt remember, it started out with a bang on Inauguration Day:
Chief of Staff Andrew Card issued a sixty-day moratorium halting all new health, safety, and environmental regulations issued in the final days of the Clinton administration. We should have known, it would be all downhill from there...
Later that year, Senate Republicans introduced a bill to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration.
In April, he got his little pal involved. Vice President Dick Cheney’s task force released its “National Energy Policy” report, calling for weaker environmental regulations and massive subsidies for the oil and gas, coal, and nuclear power industries. That's great teamwork. The kind of thing that will get you boys on the list. But, don't stop trying!
It was six years ago when Bush abandoned his campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and later, he backed out of Kyoto treaty on global warming.
In 2001, the Bush administration abandoned an international effort to crack down on offshore tax havens.
In December of that year, a White House commission recommended privatizing Social Security. Do you remember all the screaming we had to do over that? I'm still hoarse.
2001 got off to a rollicking start with the Bush Administration, and the year wasn't over yet.
Six years ago, the worst president in the history of the United States was inaugurated, and we have been paying for it ever since. Geez, we even had another chance to keep him out of our lives, and we screwed the pooch. As you will no doubt remember, it started out with a bang on Inauguration Day:
Chief of Staff Andrew Card issued a sixty-day moratorium halting all new health, safety, and environmental regulations issued in the final days of the Clinton administration. We should have known, it would be all downhill from there...
Later that year, Senate Republicans introduced a bill to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration.
In April, he got his little pal involved. Vice President Dick Cheney’s task force released its “National Energy Policy” report, calling for weaker environmental regulations and massive subsidies for the oil and gas, coal, and nuclear power industries. That's great teamwork. The kind of thing that will get you boys on the list. But, don't stop trying!
It was six years ago when Bush abandoned his campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and later, he backed out of Kyoto treaty on global warming.
In 2001, the Bush administration abandoned an international effort to crack down on offshore tax havens.
In December of that year, a White House commission recommended privatizing Social Security. Do you remember all the screaming we had to do over that? I'm still hoarse.
2001 got off to a rollicking start with the Bush Administration, and the year wasn't over yet.
The biggest 6 of all happened on August 6, 2001 when the Presidential Daily Briefing warned the White House that "Bin Ladin [sic] Determined to Strike in U.S."
Six it is.
Six it is.
Happy President's Day.
Thanks to IN THESE TIMES, A Timeline of Failure, by Craig Aaron for the list. There's more here.
5 comments:
I count several number 6 in this.
666 is appropriate, no?
GREAT list.
The 666 is very appropriate OB.
I would put him at the top of the list. Absolute.Worst.President.Ever. Makes Nixon look like a choir boy.
It will take decades to undo the damage he has done. If it's even possible.
I can't believe that you think he's the worst. I mean, come on, he thumbs his nose at the people, went to war on false pretenses, creates an "if you're not with us you're against us" mentality. He's awesome! (facetiousness, there)
The Worst Ever!!!
Hate him.
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