Best President of our lifetimes:

[applegrove]

Link to tweet

?s=20

[hlthe2b]

1. where's the emoticon for "swelling with pride"

Good on ya, Mr. President

[VOX]

2. Barack, and JFK in my lifetime.

I laughed at this sentence at the link:
“Partisanship also affects people’s choice of a top president, Pew found.”

Ya think?

[rurallib]

4. Yep, Obama and Kennedy for me also

the bottom is filled with Republicans

[pazzyanne]

25. Yep, make Barack and Kennedy mine also!

And, their wives were beautiful, classy First Ladies!

[Different Drummer]

3. A-bloody-men! n/t

[BHDem53]

5. I sense a

tweet storm is coming.

[broiles]

6. Jimmy Carter.

[Blue_true]

11. President Carter does not get credit for the visionary way that he led.

And the big things that he accomplished.

[OMGWTF]

14. So true. He put solar panels on the WH and the first thing Reagan did was take them down.

[Blue_true]

17. Even beyond the panels, he saw the energy problem, at least part of it.

As being vital for the world to solve in the correct way.

The relative peace in the Middleeast (compared to what it was pre President Carter) is largely his doing.

[murielm99]

27. Also, Carter's care for human rights.

And his bringing attention to nuclear proliferation.

Fuck everyone who shunted him aside so casually.

[pazzyanne]

29. I love and admire Jimmy Carter as one of the most humane of all our presidents.

He continued his work right up to the present time. Age was irrelevant for him and for Rosalynn.

[Stuart G]

46. Please see post 32..Jimmy ordered a program that saved countless lives (many thousands)

[pazzyanne]

47. Thanks for pointing those out to me. I didn't remember this actions.

Jimmy Carter was one fine gentleman who continues to do good work. Both he and his wife are to be commended for their lifelong accomplishments.

[Funtatlaguy]

26. Thank you.

[Gore1FL]

40. Yep. He never fired a shot. nt

[LibDemAlways]

44. Yes, decency personified. A wonderful

human being and a President who received a raw deal and was a victim of circumstances despite his best efforts to do right by the American people. He has demonstrated integrity and selflessness in his post-Presidential years with his humanitarian endeavors. I consider him the best and most underrated President of my lifetime. I met him years ago at a book signing. I was holding my then toddler daughter. He looked up at her, touched her arm, and told me she was beautiful. A moment I'll never forget.

[sheshe2]

7. Breaks my heart the abuse that he received here on DU.

POSUCS.

He had my heart and mind from the beginning, the keynote speech.

Guess some just don't know what they got til it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

[SidDithers]

34. Yup...

Catfood commission
Social Security cuts
POSUCS

All the shit that was heaped upon Obama, on this purportedly Democratic messageboard, by Manny, WillyT, Segami and the rest of their ilk.

And so much of it carried over into the 2016 primary.

Made this place toxic for such a long time.



Glad they're fucking gone.

Sid

[sheshe2]

36. I remember it well.

Manny, watermelon and fried chicken posts for MLK day.

Willy, Stockholm Syndrome for black people.

Okay, need to catch my breath here.



Sid

[BBG]

8. An Unfair Advantage...

Methinks having the two worst presidents of most of our lifetimes as contrasting bookends to his administration is an unfair advantage in the polling. But he was pretty good, wasn’t he?

[Gore1FL]

41. The same could be said of Lincoln.

Buchanan and Andrew Johnson will probably be in the bottom 10 with Trump and GWB.

[LakeArenal]

9. He has it all. As well as the best first family ever.

[Princetonian]

10. I have said that since 2008.

Miss his leadership and class everyday. Hope to see his brother Biden in office in 2020.

[warmfeet]

12. Yep.

I must give a big hat tip to Jimmy Carter as well. Jimmy has, hands down, accomplished the most, post POTUS. They are my two favorites, of my lifetime.

[Stuart G]

32. Yep, Jimmy Carter may have saved your life too.Here's How, please read entire post, thank you

Brock Adams (with Carter's approval and support) ordered by 1984 all cars will be equiped with seatbelts. ( I think Carter had checked with the auto manufacturers to see what the earliest this could be done...but I do not know for sure) Also other safety devices on cars were mandated.. Crumple zones, back lite in the rear window, (it was proven that that light in the rear window is seen more quickly ) safer roads, etc. Furtheremore, there is proof positive that these safety belts (and harnesses eventually) saved thousands of lives. Google the link below, (you must put it in the search engine at the top of your screen. When you get to the site, look at the decrease of deaths on the highways due to safty devices added to cars from 1980 on. You will see an incredible 40 percent drop in deaths on the highways, and at the same time, 100,000,000 million more people in the United States....55,000 deaths down to 37,133 in 2017. Hit the link below..
...It is Carter's safety devices on cars that have done this. Oh, two more ideas: A. Carter does not brag about this, ever. He is not that kind of person..B. Do you know anyone who had their lives saved by the seat belts and air bags and other safety devices that were ordered..Carter started this, and he is the one to thank....Hit this link below, and check it out..........(put the following words. in your search engine, and it will take you to the numbers..look for the incredible decline after 1984) thanks again for reading this ...........link below:

Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year - Wikipedia

[BlancheSplanchnik]

13. Yes indeed!

We miss you, Mr. President!

[Politicub]

15. We always knew it was true!

Still, it's great to see this poll.

[colsohlibgal]

16. Tough Call

Jimmy Carter was the best person among the Presidents I’ve known but not the best President.

I was quite young but Eisenhower was unlike any subsequent Republican President after...he taxed the Hell out of the Richie Riches. JFK might have been had he not been killed.

Easier to pick the worst we’re suffering through that now with that Orange Creep.

[prudence54]

18. This is newly going around.. but

isn't new. It's from July 2018 if you look at the date of the ABC article.. So I wouldn't expect a tweetstorm.

[applegrove]

19. Did not see that. Still Obama is the best.

[procon]

20. That will prompt Trump to double his efforts

to trash Obama. What might he do next!


Draw mustaches on the pictures of Obama.

Put a new sign on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office that reads: "Not Obama".

Spray paint over all the street signs that bear Obama's name.

Call Obama repeatedly and hangup when he answers.

Teach his chorus of terrified sychophants to chant: "We loves the Precious! We hates the nasty Obama!"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. I agree

And Trump's beat out G DUHbya for the worst.

[world wide wally]

22. I feel special!

I was rec # 44

[The King of Prussia]

23. For me

As the years go by I become more appreciative of the goodness and greatness of President Carter.

[doc03]

24. I will go with Obama. Why do we go to extremes? We had Nixon, a liar and a crook

and follow him up with Jimmy Carter the most decent honest president ever. We had "W" a fucking moron that
got us in the longest war in history on a lie. Then we follow up with Obama one of the most honest, intelligent and moral
presidents in history. Now we elect the stupidest most immoral piece of human debris in history. Lets hope we follow him up with the opposite this time.

[Turin_C3PO]

28. Barack and Clinton in my lifetime.

Worst: Trump obviously followed by GW Bush then Reagan.

[Chin music]

30. Pres Bill Clinton made the 90's a good time to be alive too imho.

EVERY Dem president helped make Americans lives better. That's why we vastly outnumber them, bc we FELT it. It's only the right wing media and gop spin that tells us differently, and germinates the seeds of hate and division. Bc it's corporate owned, and that's their goal in life. SELF enrichment, not, ALL boats rising together, the PROMISE of America. The promise has been hijacked, re-branded and sold back to us.
The Kennedys were such inspiration. Carter just got steam rolled. The whole reagan making a deal w Iran thing, sure FEELS a lot like Flynn of today,
Bill Clinton pulling off that SURPLUS....literally unheard of in 8 years. And that was paying for a few of Poppy bushes unnecessary wars too. Bill got a raw raw deal. So did Al gore. I'm even more convinced today John Kerry probably won as well. Once you've ripped off the presidency and got away w it backed by the supreme court? Hey, skies the limit.
President Obama was pure redemption, after the stolen 2000 election and two wars OFF THE BOOKS, his steady hand and willingness to compromise just enough, made everyone (INCLUDING THEM) feel safe enough to enjoy the short shift we do in life on this planet.
This has hands down been the longest, ugliest three years of my entire life. Trump has given me physical 'features' I never dreamt I'd have bc of the guy in the WH. He's ILLIGETIMATE. ANy comparison made to him that somehow compares him to duly elected presidents is a farce on the nation. Then there's Hillaries robbery. And we, and she, just has to eat it right? The nation has gone kaboom under this russian imposter. He screams for confirmation everyday too, bc he knows he's a fraud.
See the Queen making her first dinner speech to trump. When she called him Mr President, the look on his face said it all. CONFIRMATION he was being accepted as the president of the United States. Should never have happened. Hope the Royals got whatever they needed from that, other than some guffaws on his stupid tuxedo, it has been another week of trump hell.

[Jarqui]

31. Barack is handily my choice

I still have a very high regard for Jimmy Carter and I was fond of JFK

[Raine]

33. Jimmy Carter

absolutely!

[Stuart G]

35. I agree, with safety devises now on cars, Carter was involved in saving thousands of lives..

Please read all of post 32, and then put this in google search to prove what post 32 says:

Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year - Wikipedia

Oh, and we are not talking about a few lives saved with seat belts and the rest..Tens of thousands over 35 years from 84 until now. Check it out if you do not believe...The numbers tell the story, and again, Carter never brags or mentions this . Does he? Did you know this?

Carter is a true "class act" I forget this: Carter brokered a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt..Has there been a war between the two since then? Yes, incidents on the border..ok. (we have incidents with Mexico, don't we?)
.but war? No

[Raine]

37. actually I didn't know that but

I can certainly believe it of Carter, he's such a good decent man all around! I wish he'd gotten a second term.

[FakeNoose]

38. I have an emotional attachment to PBO like no other

However I have trouble with saying he's the "best President" of my lifetime due to the fact that most of his efforts were thwarted by the asshole Repukes. I'd rather say he COULD HAVE BEEN the best President of my lifetime, if he'd been allowed to do the stuff he set out to do. All it took was the tiniest amount of cooperation from McConnell and the Repukes. But noooooo! (angry John Belushi image inserted here.) In spite of all that, PBO did accomplish a lot in his 8 years and I wish we could give him more.

For that matter, Hillary Clinton could have been the best President of my lifetime ... but ... you know.

[applegrove]

39. Well he saved the financial system. And he gave us the ACA which

has changed many a heart in regards to what a government's role is. People expect more and better programs. Look at the percentages. That tanked the GOP in 2018. And he has funded research into mental health issues to the tune of at least a billioin and there is currently a renaissance in that field. I think Obama was transformational. Sure Trump won but that was a con that he would help people. Obama taught people to expect a government to help people. To see ahead. And people are wiser to Trump's con now.

[Honeycombe8]

42. He is the best one in MY adulthood.

I can't say I was very aware of the Presidents' performances when I was a child. But definitely Obama in my adulthood. There won't be another one like him. I am so awed that I was around when he was President...and proud to say that I voted for him! Twice.

[Dirty Socialist]

43. I liked Bill Clinton better

Sure he had his flaws, but the economy and budget were doing so well, the press had to invent a phrase "irrational exuberance" to try to diminish his successes in the economic realm. Obama did well to get us out of a recession, but Clinton did better, IMO.

[aka-chmeee]

45. Same here..

Best eight of my seventy. A feeling refreshed every time I hear "Don't Stop" on the radio.