The Worst Presidents in American History

[mystery-ak]

December 12, 2024
The Worst Presidents in American History
By Steve McCann

There have been 45 men who have been president of the United States. Over the decades there has been voluminous speculation over who were the worst. That distinction now belongs to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Obama was the most anti-American and radical president in American history and Joe Biden was the most venal and corrupt president in American history.

This attached-at-the-hip duo has done more damage to the United States and its founding principles than any presidents in American history.

Obama, a stealth but avowed Marxist, governed as a president unabashedly determined to shred the Constitution and transform the nation and its institutions. After the shock of Trump winning in 2016, Obama and his fellow-travelers, utilizing massive voting fraud and manipulation, made certain that Joe Biden was “elected” in 2020 to further their agenda. Biden was chosen because he could be easily manipulated or essentially blackmailed by the Obama-led cabal due to his well-known and long history of corruption and venality.

On October 30, 2008, Obama openly stated that he would “fundamentally transform the United States” while his wife, Michelle, boasted “we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to move in a different place as a nation.” Following the installation of the most radical administration in the history of the country, the final stages of the grand strategy to fundamentally transform the nation into a permanent one-party socialist oligarchy began.

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[The_Reader_David]

Lack of historical perspective:  Woodrow Wilson imported Jim Crow into the Federal government, which had been integrated since reconstruction, championed the income tax, imprisoned people for their political views (in particular for opposing American entry into a war he promised to keep us out of), created a propaganda agency that Goebbels said was his model (to gin up support for entering the war), was eugenicist, admired the KKK, and started the growth of the Federal bureacracy that plagues us today in imitation of (I kid you not) the central government of the Confederacy.

[catfish1957]

Not a BOR fan, but I did see one pod cast where he covered the worst.  In his opinion No. 45 Buchanan. 44. Biden.

Only thought I had is how could have Buchanan been that bad.

[Timber Rattler]

Only thought I had is how could have Buchanan been that bad.

He wasn't.  The presidents of the 1840s through the 1850s (Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Filmore, Pierce, and Buchanan) get a bad rap because they were overshadowed by Lincoln and judged against him and his administration.  They (minus Harrison and Taylor, who died early in office) governed according to the Founders' original principle of a very hands-off Executive Branch and limited federal government, whereas Lincoln effectively became a military dictator and set some bad precedents for the future (albeit probably necessary to win the Civil War).  Harding was beloved during his time in office, and was only shamed after his death when his scandals came to light. 

In my opinion though, Andrew Johnson was probably the worst president since he dropped the ball during Reconstruction and was completely steamrolled by the Radicals in Congress during his term.  Lincoln really screwed up in choosing him as his VP running mate in 1864.  Wilson is also next onmy list for the reason previously stated, and of course Biden and Obama.

[catfish1957]

He wasn't.  The presidents of the 1840s through the 1850s (Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Filmore, Pierce, and Buchanan) get a bad rap because they were overshadowed by Lincoln and judged against him and his administration.  They (minus Harrison and Taylor, who died early in office) governed according to the Founders' original principle of a very hands-off Executive Branch and limited federal government, whereas Lincoln effectively became a military dictator and set some bad precedents for the future (albeit probably necessary to win the Civil War).  Harding was beloved during his time in office, and was only shamed after his death when his scandals came to light. 

In my opinion though, Andrew Johnson was probably the worst president since he dropped the ball during Reconstruction and was completely steamrolled by the Radicals in Congress during his term.  Lincoln really screwed up in choosing him as his VP running mate in 1864.  Wilson is also next onmy list for the reason previously stated, and of course Biden and Obama.

Good analysis.  My reference is mostly post 1960, and of course have become knowledgeable of our greatest POTUS, Coolidge.  And actually I have Nixon minus a few gaffes, up there too.

We often forget that history is written by the winners.

[massadvj]

Just based on the presidents in my lifetime, beginning with Eisenhower, I would say George W. Bush was a worst, followed by Obama, then Johnson, Carter and Biden. To me, what makes a president really bad is when he enacts new policies that have lasting negative consequences. GWB was the architect of The Patriot Act and the Iraq War (two horrific decisions that continue to haunt us today). Carter and Biden were merely inept. That can more easily be undone.

[Bigun]

In my lifetime LBJ wins hands down. Jimmuh Caaata is second, and Bill Clinton in third place.

Throughout history, I have Abe Lincoln by a mile then Woodrow Wilson and LBJ.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Bush '43 the the President that has done the greatest long-term systemic, structural damage in my lifetime.

As terrible as Biden is, most of his damage is done via Executive Orders, regulations, rules, and policies that can easily be reversed/undone by the next President.