My Top 5
- This seems pretty on par with what I had researched. I wrote a Squidoo Lens highlighting the Top 5. What I found most intriguing was the Top 5 were consistent with both liberals and conservatives. Here's my lens: http://www.squidoo.com/top-5-presidents
- —Guest Steve
Where's JFK ? (cont)
- Allright I just wanted my opinion clarified 1.Abe Lincoln- Kept the us together through it's most turbulent moral crisis in American history 2. Ronald Reagan- Helped the dissolution of the soviet union and recovered the us economy for a while 3. John f. Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson - Kennedy avoided nuclear war with the ussr after his assassination Lyndon took Jfks policies and programs and slapped his name on it the only major political difference was that JFK was OPPOSED to the Vietnam war. 4.Thomas Jefferson author of the declaration of independence. 5. Eisenhower Americas golden days came from his leadership. 6.Harry Truman dropping the bomb was a smart move.7 Teddy Roosevelt- kept American capitalism around trust buster! 8. Franklin Roosevelt's leadership in ww2 was excellent his policies he enacted though while he was office were terrible social security is a joke classic " spread the wealth" garbage.9. George Washington10. Bill Clinton lowered unemployment to its lowest point since 50
- —Guest LoganRTrackwell
top ten pres.
- Abe Lincoln,George Washington,John Adams, Franklin Roosevelt,George H.W.Bush, George, W. Bush, Ronald Reagan Ulysses S. Grant.Dwight Eisenhower Theodore Roosevelt. Benjamin Harrison,
- —slash57
Wheres JFK?
- 1. Abe Lincoln 2. Ronald Reagan 3. John f. Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson (Johnson was a piggybacker) 4. Thomas Jefferson 5. Eisenhower 6.Harry Truman (did work in Hiroshima)7.Teddy Roosevelt( he was a damn good president)8.FDR's leadership in ww2 as a president he aloud weak unsuccessful people to sponge off the federal government and aloud congress to have a huge piggy bank in which they could use our hard earned money to fund a dying America 9. George Washington 10. Bill Clinton
- —Guest LoganRTrackwell
real top 10 and the worst 10
- washington,jefferson,lincoln,fdr,wilsontruman,teddy,reagan,jfk,jackson. Worst- andrew johnson,buchanan,nixion,carter,clinton,grant,lbj,pierce,polk,hoover
- —Guest kent
How in the hell is Barack Obama great
- Record deficit. Passed a health care plan that provides crappy healthcare to individuals who can't really afford it at the profit of insurance companies. He is as bad as Bush. He doesn't belong in the top 20. It goes Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, FDR, Polk, Teddy, Truman, Eisenhower, LBJ, Jackson, Wilson. Jefferson and Polk are so high since they account for pretty much all of the land we have. LBJ gave us Affirmative Action and government healthcare (while also authorizing Congress to steal money from Social Security). Jackson brought the common man to Executive Office. Teddy busted fewer trusts than Taft (a fact often overlooked), but is still important because he was a populist and was the first president with a real public image. The others belong for obvious reasons. But seriously...Obama? Just because he's black? No. Not that influential.
- —Guest Nick
yellowdog
- Agree with all, except no. 10. Would put Lyndon Johnson in there, but agree that Ike is a close no.11 or 12. Johnson gets the blame for Viet Nam, which he deserves, mostly; but his civil rights and other domestic accomplishments are significant. Ike could have done the civil rights deal, but didn't. He also contributed to the Viet Nam disaster by calling off elections in Viet Nam because he and Dulles knews the communists would win.
- —Guest tim griffin
Hjackiemac
- 1. George Washington 2. John Adams 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. Abraham Lincoln 5. Theodore Roosevelt 6. Harry Truman 7. Dwight Eisenhower 8. Richard Nixon 9. Ronald Reagon 10. George H. W. Bush
- —Guest Jackie
Top Fiver Prez(:
- I think the top 5 most influential presidents would have to be George Washington, Aberham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, George Bush, and Obama
- —Guest CC big
My Top 10
- In my opinion the most influential presidents often differ from the best presidents, so I have 2 lists. Most Influential 1) Washington 2) Lincoln 3) Reagan 4) JFK 5) FDR 6) Theodore Roosevelt 7) Jefferson 8) Wilson 9) Obama 10) Nixon Best 1) Lincoln 2) FDR 3, 4 and 5) TR, Washington and Jefferson.
- —Guest Sam
easy to answer
- 1.lincoln 2.washington 3.john adams 4.ronald reagan 5.franklin roosevelt 6.andrew jackson 7.eisenhower 8.johnson 9.trueman 10.kenndy. In no way will you see obama on this list as I think he will go down as one of the worst presidents ever
- —Guest tazdawg05
Easy Top 10
- 1. FDR 2. Lincoln 3. Teddy Roosevelt 4. Cleveland 5. Monroe 6. Wilson 7. Grant 8. LBJ 9. Polk 10. JFK
- —Ma4fifT8
The top two USA presidents
- Sorry for reducing the list to two,these two,extraordinary things Washington set precedents that have made America a great and wise nation while J.F.Kennedy demonstrated to the world that Americans can do anything they set their minds to do.
- —Guest Lepakiyo Ljusi
10 BEST PERIOD!!
- 1. G. Washington 2. A. Lincoln 3. F. D. R. 4. T. Roosevelt 5. A. Jackson 6. T. Jefferson 7. W. Wilson 8. H. Truman 9. J. Kennedy 10. B. Obama!!!
- —Guest G.K.
He is better than FDR, Why?
- Well because FDR started all of these Welfare systems that make america lazy. Ronald Reagan stood up to the Soviets and established a strong economy.
- —Guest Ronald reagan.
