tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316486182743991911.post3603790790012713543..comments2023-09-21T09:05:02.605-04:00Comments on Viral History: C-SPAN's Presidential PollKen Ackermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348967274722508119noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316486182743991911.post-11420713161936836042009-02-19T20:52:00.000-05:002009-02-19T20:52:00.000-05:00Doesn't make up, not "don't make up."Grammar boo ...Doesn't make up, not "don't make up."<BR/><BR/>Grammar boo boo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316486182743991911.post-74017819500668346662009-02-19T20:49:00.000-05:002009-02-19T20:49:00.000-05:00Got it. If a president puts his entire administra...Got it. If a president puts his entire administration at risk by committing an impeachable offense like Iran-Contra, it can be ignored compared to something like the Lewinsky scandal since there was no witch-hunt prosecution associated with it. <BR/><BR/>Clinton's hugely, yes hugely, successful economic record compared to the mountains upon mountains of red ink foisted upon the United States by Reagan and Bush don't make up for Clinton’s fellatio cover-up. Yup, got it. Thanks for clearing that up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316486182743991911.post-19647084926403244332009-02-17T06:40:00.000-05:002009-02-17T06:40:00.000-05:00I'd put FDR at 1 and Bichana last as well. I'd say...I'd put FDR at 1 and Bichana last as well. I'd say you folks got it about right. <BR/><BR/>The whole thing is subjective any way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316486182743991911.post-17931087373700982032009-02-16T22:30:00.000-05:002009-02-16T22:30:00.000-05:00I've been finding these conversations on president...I've been finding these conversations on presidential rankings very interesting! I posted an entry on this at my blog. I also added you to my blogroll. <BR/><BR/>-MirandaMiranda H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04390619547570610539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316486182743991911.post-82261058677703632012009-02-16T13:37:00.000-05:002009-02-16T13:37:00.000-05:00Thanks for the note. Ronald Reagan was important...Thanks for the note.<BR/> Ronald Reagan was important and hugely effective, but Bill Clinton easily would have out ranked him on my list for several reasons -- good economy, strong foreign policy, so on. But unfortunately there was that one thing. <BR/> The Monica Lewinsky affair might seem trivial, but it was a remarkable act of irresponsibility for a President inside the White House. It put his entire Administration at risk for no good reason. I wish I could ignore it, but I couldn't. <BR/> Hope that answers the question. --KenAKen Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348967274722508119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316486182743991911.post-74336438658079575912009-02-16T13:23:00.000-05:002009-02-16T13:23:00.000-05:00I love to see people get worked-up over presidenti...I love to see people get worked-up over presidential history like this!<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, Clinton ended up #22 on my list. And, the big surprise was Coolidge ended up #3 . . .wsmvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130099479982562932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316486182743991911.post-11044455099964286822009-02-16T12:50:00.000-05:002009-02-16T12:50:00.000-05:00Please explain how Clinton, a president who, to th...Please explain how Clinton, a president who, to the best of my knowledge, did not create any notable economic or military failures, was ruled to be an inferior president than both Reagan and G.H.W. Bush. Reagan left this country saddled with an economic deficit that is dragging this country down to this very day and his administration was deeply complicit in the Iran-Contra affair, a veritable impeachable abuse of executive power. And G.HW. Bush? Even more economic ruin and a failure to remove Saddam, which arguably led to the quagmire we are in today. How do the records of these two men stand above Clinton's? Clinton's impeachment (and acquittal) for the cover-up of his marital infidelity seems trivial compared to the abject deceit behind Reagan/Bush's Iran-Contra debacle.<BR/><BR/>I could go on, (incomes for ALL economic strata increased during Clinton, but not Reagan/Bush, the stock market ended with greater returns during Clinton than Reagan/Bush, etc etc).<BR/><BR/>Please explain your ratings rationale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com