>>Since we are probably the 2 oldest people on this site I would be interested in how and why you would rate the presidents in your lifetime.
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>Hmmm
>Good question.
>Have to rate FDR, Ike, Truman and Reagan as 1,2,3,4
>FDR needs no explanation.
>Ike because of how he ended the war in Korea and built the interstates,
>Truman because of the Marshall plan and his handling of postwar Japan. (selfishly, I also liked the GI bill he gave us.)
>Reagan because of how he ended the cold war. His domestic policies were awful, but his work with Gorbachev was historic.
>Emotionally, I want to put JFK on the list because of how he inspired my generation, but intellectually, I have to keep him off because he never had a chance to accomplish much,
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>The rest are a mish mash
>The worst - that's easy.
>GW Bush and Clinton.

Bottom for me are GW Bush and Carter. Clinton above Obama at least, probably above Ford and Nixon. Bush sen somewhere there as well for me.