The Ultimate Presidential Election

[JayJagFan]

Gotta go with FDR. Despite the borderline-socialist New Deal, his decisive foreign policy tactics make him an easy choice for me.

[daniel3417]

you put Clinton in with that group of guys?? lol

I'm not a fan of his, but he's one of the most popular presidents of all-time.

[daniel3417]

Any but Reagan he wouldn't even win a primary today lol..

Huh? Why would a strong-willed Republican not win his party's nomination?

[lukehoyt19]

you put Clinton in with that group of guys?? lol

hey he is winning this poll. But those who support America voted for him. You probably went Regan.

[RenegadeLonghorn]

Clinton died and came back? lol

[haybierman]

Teddy for sure... any guy who gets shot just minutes before he is about to deliver a speech and still gives the speech is alright in my book!

excerpt: Roosevelt, as an experienced hunter and anatomist, correctly concluded that since he wasn't coughing blood the bullet had not completely penetrated the chest wall to his lung, and so declined suggestions he go to the hospital immediately. Instead, he delivered his scheduled speech with blood seeping into his shirt. He spoke for ninety minutes. His opening comments to the gathered crowd were, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose."

Awesome.

[ensbergcollector]

i might get a backlash, but seriously, bill clinton??? I know that America was uptopia during the 90's but really?

[daniel3417]

i might get a backlash, but seriously, bill clinton??? I know that America was uptopia during the 90's but really?

Well I think you answered your own question: America was utopia during his presidency. How much was due to him, we don't know, but the history books will write that under him we experienced growth and prosperity.

To those who don't think Clinton belongs on the list, recruit people to vote for someone else because Clinton is currently winning. He has more than 4x times as many votes as Washington...weird...

[WilyWestbrook0]

1990s nostalgia. I must admit, it was a fairly prosperous time, the national debt went down, etc. I think Clinton was a good president in all but foreign policy (both he and our current Bush should have gone after Osama more vigilantly) and his ties to Fannie Mae. Of course, there was the Monica mess with the lie-under-oath - but those things don't have lasting effects on nations, as policies do.

[daniel3417]

1990s nostalgia. I must admit, it was a fairly prosperous time, the national debt went down, etc. I think Clinton was a good president in all but foreign policy (both he and our current Bush should have gone after Osama more vigilantly) and his ties to Fannie Mae. Of course, there was the Monica mess with the lie-under-oath - but those things don't have lasting effects on nations, as policies do.

I agree.

But when historians, economists, and foreign policy "experts" confer, Bill Clinton is always a top 10 president.