Most disliked post-WWII Republican president: DU votes

[mix]

[Lifelong Protester]

1. I chose Raygun. He got the whole ball of sh** rolling, IMHO.

[mix]

6. +1

for just those reasons

[mdmc]

52. 1

[Robb]

15. It's a tough matchup.

Reagan probably killed more people with his domestic policies than Shrub did with his foreign ones.

But it's close.

[blondeatlast]

53. Tough call, but I'll go with Raygun too, for the same reason. nt

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. I have to go with St. Ronnie. The fact that so many ignorant ass people think

he's one of the greatest makes me despise his "legacy" even more.

[Blue_Tires]

49. +1

[slackmaster]

3. I had to go with Nixon. I love to hate Nixon.

Nixon's the one.

[Greyskye]

26. I love to hate Nixon too, but...

...Nixon's environmental work kicks him out of the 'worst' category for me. China wasn't half bad either. :shrug:

[liberal N proud]

4. Both fucked us over really bad

We recovered from raygun somewhat thanks to Clinton but raygun fucked me personally and I never have fully recovered from that loss.

But I must say that what bu$h did to this country as a whole is probably much much worse.

Raygun started the decline of America and bu$h just finished it off. Can you really judge the severity of what one did with out the other?

[SocialistLez]

5. Regan. I HATE him.

I wasn't even alive during his presidency but his horrible legacy makes me curse his name.
I wish I could pee on his grave.

[thelordofhell]

23. Don't wish it.......Do it

I went to that fuckin library in the Simi Valley and pissed on his grave and I'll tell you, it felt great!!

Although I think it would be harder for a woman to do this, but it is not impossible. People just don't expect it, and that site doesn't have a lot of people around it.

:patriot:

[SocialistLez]

27. LOL. I can buy one of those things that lets women pee standing up. NT

[thelordofhell]

40. A Dress?

With a wide stance.

[SocialistLez]

47. No. LOL. Good answer though. It didn't even occur to me.

It's called a P-mate.

http://p-standingup.com/index.php

[lpbk2713]

7. Shit-for-Brains.

Worst pResident ever.


Miserable Failure.

[mix]

9. That would be my second choice. nt

[lpbk2713]

10. I didn't think Runny RayGun was technically President.

I thought Nancy's astrologer did the Prezidentin'. :shrug:

[louis-t]

8. Ha! Chevy! I get it.

B-)

[mix]

13. .

[EFerrari]

11. Raygun. Without him, the torture president could not have existed.n/t

[Mojambo]

12. This. n/t

[NRaleighLiberal]

14. Disliked? Dubya. Sowed seeds of our problems? Raygun.

Both indescribably malevolent, destructive, worthless, horrendous human beings.

[hyphenate]

16. If it wasn't for Reagan

Neither Bush would have been elected. I think Reagan has to be one of the worst, but most influential presidents we've ever had, and IMO one of the worst scourges in US history happened with him as prez--the rise of the radical religious right, with no regard for the millions of people who aren't in that segment of the population.

[rug]

17. Sorry, I've had a primordial hatred for Nixon from when he invaded Cambodia.

[Blue_Tires]

50. As far as my dad was concerned,

All of the Reagans and Bushes in the world combined didn't elicit the burning rage out of him that the mere mention of Nixon did...

[Arkana]

18. Too young to remember Saint Ronnie, so I chose Dubya.

e: Who voted for Ike? Seriously, I think a lot of DU might have voted for him.

[rzemanfl]

19. If someone had told me in 1974 that there would be TWO

Republican presidents worse than tricky dick in my lifetime I'd have said they were crazy.

[unblock]

21. if someone told me in 1974 that democrats would get only one term out of watergate,

i'd have said the same thing.

except that no one was crazy enough to even think that back then.

[rzemanfl]

28. Remember the crazy economy at the end of Carter's first term?

Home mortgages in the mid-teens (mine was 16.6%) large CDs paid 12% or more. The Repukes are certainly willing to tank the economy for political gain and the more wealth they control the easier it is for them to do it.

[unblock]

33. i was just a kid, i had an ordinary savings account at 5.25%

today my savings earn me 0.05% -- if i keep my minimum balance!

[Wednesdays]

35. And if you overdrew your account, it would cost ya two bucks, max.

It didn't even cost me that much. I had an account that if the checking was overdrawn, it would trigger an automatic loan to cover the difference, no questions asked. That happened to me once, and I had to pay back the interest...the cost: a whopping 5 cents.

[mix]

22. I felt exactly the same about Reagan. I could not imagine the country sinking any lower.

But it did under Dubya.

[rzemanfl]

31. I assume the woman on the far right is John Ellis's wife, the

smuggler. I wonder why boyfriend killer got next to St. Ronnie. Maybe Nancy's astrologer read their horoscopes? Any idea what those brown buttons they are wearing are? Maybe they are Bush family evil empire ids.

[Wednesdays]

34. I think those are flag pins

Y'know, just in case they forgot what country they're from, and all...

[rzemanfl]

51. What country has a brown and yellow flag? n/t

[EFerrari]

43. Me, too!

[SargeUNN]

20. tough choice

Ray gun sucked, Dubya was a horror, but disliked most I have to go Dubya.

[MilesColtrane]

24. Reagan, hands down.

No Reagan, no giggling murderer and his evil uncle.

[onethatcares]

25. ronnie began the beginning of the end.

and the old fart was a bad actor, but an actor he was. he convinced people that he was the president of the united states of america and many took him to heart. Little did they realize the puppetmaster hands moving his mouth.

I blame the decline of America on him and his administration entirely.

[Cal33]

29. The fact that his son has the exact opposite political ideas,

and says it openly on his radio show, does say something, doesn't it?

[onethatcares]

48. yes it does, it shows

evolution is not just a theory. :toast:

[Ikonoklast]

30. No Raygun, no Bush...either one.

I spit on the legacy of St. Ronnie the Amiable Dunce, who made racism and the worship of money mainstream in this country.

[TheKentuckian]

32. Unka Ronnie and he's effectively been President for like eight terms.

I really despise the old zombie fuck and I might have to do a piss and jig trip to that grave one day.

[lostnfound]

36. I assume "Dick" = Nixon, not Cheney? nt

[mix]

37. lol nt

[Scurrilous]

38. "Dick" Nixon. n/t

[ThomWV]

45. Nixon was a Saint compared to Reagan or either Bush

[mix]

39. shocked

that Shrub I, father of dim son and shady CIA character with a long history of crimes and cover-ups, is not more disliked...also, Chevy who pardoned Dick is apparently bien aimé here on DU...And what's up with all the antipathy toward Ike?

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

41. Ronnie, by a mile

I registered to vote in high school just to vote against him. He was the beginning of all of this.

[Angry Dragon]

42. How about "all the above"??

[ThomWV]

44. Reagan - that is the filthy bastard who destroyed America

[livetohike]

54. +1 million

He destroyed Pittsburgh - that's for sure. My Dad was a steelworker with lots of seniority, otherwise, he would have been unemployed forever.

[Uzybone]

46. Reagan made America think that lack of progress was great

that selfishness and greed were virtues.

I also believe he did more long term damage than Bush 2.

[On the Road]

55. I Am Absolutely Shocked

that three people voted for Eisenhower. LOL

I had to vote for Bush II (can't even stand to hear his voice), but the sign that so many people voted for Reagan is a sign to me that people are starting to move on. Two years ago this poll would have been 90% Bush.

And as far as Nixon goes, I would like to remind the community of perhaps the most shocking thing Hunter S Thompson ever wrote IMO, having to do with his feelings for Hubert Humphrey. He said that if Humphrey won the nomination in 1972, he would cast his vote for Richard Nixon.