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CommonSenseDemocrat

(377 posts) Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:44 PM Feb 2016

Who was the best President? [View all]

39 votes, 5 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Barack Obama
	15 (38%)
	Bill Clinton
	0 (0%)
	Jimmy Carter
	5 (13%)
	Lyndon Johnson
	3 (8%)
	John Kennedy
	16 (41%)
	George W Bush
	0 (0%)
	George H W Bush
	0 (0%)
	Ronald Reagan
	0 (0%)
	Gerald Ford
	0 (0%)
	Richard Nixon
	0 (0%)
	5 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Who was the best President? [View all] CommonSenseDemocrat Feb 2016 OP

obama, carter..... mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #1

ps I was not alive during kennedy mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #2

I have to go with Obama. He brought us the ACA and ended the Iraq war for us. CTyankee Feb 2016 #3

And made peace with Cuba and Iran. Rex Feb 2016 #4

I remember the JFK funeral, GGJohn Feb 2016 #16

My parents told me at the time of the shooting, everyone was hysterical and crying. Rex Feb 2016 #17

LBJ brought Medicare & Medicaid and a ton of other other things Jim Beard Feb 2016 #49

Well, there was that whole Vietnam thing but since FDR was not included, I have to go with LBJ tularetom Feb 2016 #5

It is tough to say "except for Vietnam" but I agree. Civil Rights, Medicare/Medicaid, pampango Feb 2016 #13

Hey Hey LBJ how many kids did you kill today? oberliner Feb 2016 #25

about the same number as those obstructing healthcare reform Bucky Feb 2016 #39

While I was alive, Obama sakabatou Feb 2016 #6

Same here craigmatic Feb 2016 #20

Of the people on the list I would say Obama. Vinca Feb 2016 #7

Jack Kennedy. hifiguy Feb 2016 #8

JFK almost caused WWIII. Bay of Pigs, missiles in Italy and Turkey CBGLuthier Feb 2016 #42

Kennedy walked in on a military industrial complex that even subverted Ike's attempts at peace yurbud Feb 2016 #52

Not sure JFK can take the blame for ordering the Bay of Pigs CdnExtraNational Feb 2016 #53

No FDR? hlthe2b Feb 2016 #9

This was my first thought as well. n/t inanna Feb 2016 #10

Sorry, I went chronologically to be fair and balanced CommonSenseDemocrat Feb 2016 #14

FDR. Best of all. earthside Feb 2016 #28

FDR Matrosov Feb 2016 #11

Agree n/t BuelahWitch Feb 2016 #24

hands down rurallib Feb 2016 #26

Always and Forever charlyvi Feb 2016 #41

of all time, yes. yurbud Feb 2016 #50

Of the ones you listed... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #12

Well, Washington, Lincoln and FDR suggest themselves... First Speaker Feb 2016 #15

No. lpbk2713 Feb 2016 #18

Lincoln. Not even close. kairos12 Feb 2016 #19

Why? earthside Feb 2016 #27

Despite the practically insurmountable challenges kairos12 Feb 2016 #32

Thanks of your input. earthside Feb 2016 #38

that's a pretty good record even without freeing slaves yurbud Feb 2016 #51

There is no way that I could support Lincoln. Meldread Feb 2016 #40

FDR in the 20th century PADemD Feb 2016 #21

Toss up between LBJ, Clinton and Obama. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2016 #22

Write-in vote for FDR. nt earthshine Feb 2016 #23

FDR then LBJ. since then? meh? JanMichael Feb 2016 #29

In my lifetime, Obama but I history will tell gwheezie Feb 2016 #30

"Historically" no FDR? Herman4747 Feb 2016 #33

Eleanor would have been great for many reasons. gwheezie Feb 2016 #36

FDR, who is not one if your choices. n/t ms liberty Feb 2016 #31

Bad poll without FDR. Kingofalldems Feb 2016 #34

Most DUers weren't around for FDR or Truman Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2016 #44

John F. Kennedy. The last President to speak the truth to the American people. Shandris Feb 2016 #35

there's a lot sheer delusion going on now, seeing these results Skittles Feb 2016 #43

Out of these? Obama definitely robhalf4369 Feb 2016 #37

In my lifetime - Bill Clinton Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2016 #45

I say a tie between Lincoln and FDR HughBeaumont Feb 2016 #46

Either Lincoln or FDR. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #47

if not for Vietnam, it would have been LBJ. Although if Kennedy had lived, he might have done much yurbud Feb 2016 #48

FDR IllinoisBrenel Feb 2016 #54

FDR. No president in the last century and a half can touch what he achieved. It is not even close. BillZBubb Feb 2016 #55

Last I checked there were 44 to choose from. Glassunion Feb 2016 #56

James K Polk, obviously Orrex Feb 2016 #57

Carter because he was the least political and most decent. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #58

Of those listed, I rank BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #59