Current Events > Do you consider Richard Nixon to be a bottom 5 president ever?

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GranTurismo
10/07/23 8:42:16 AM
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You consider him to be worse than W and trump? iirc in most major lists of best presidents by major historians he is usually lower than both. Have you ever seen any of those prez rankings? IIrc obama is usually ranked higher than clinton in most rankings....don't remember that well, it's been a while since i last read the rankings.
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JebronLames
10/07/23 8:52:22 AM
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not sure

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KazGT6
10/07/23 9:05:32 AM
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yeah sure
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Thompson
10/07/23 9:10:13 AM
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He's definitely trash, but he did accomplish *a few* good things, and unlike one certain dumpster dotard, was able to act like a decent human being.

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ANort175
10/07/23 9:13:34 AM
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He sabotaged the peace talks with Vietnam so he could get elected, fuck him.

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GranTurismo
10/07/23 9:14:06 AM
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ANort175 posted...
He sabotaged the peace talks with Vietnam so he could get elected, fuck him.
Oh, did not read much about this. worse than bush jr. and trump?
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UT1999
10/07/23 10:18:08 AM
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yeah

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ThyCorndog
10/07/23 10:18:57 AM
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in the modern era sure. I don't know enough about most of the older presidents to rate him compared to every president overall

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lilORANG
10/07/23 10:20:00 AM
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Nah. He was crooked as shit but he wasn't actually a terrible leader.

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UT1999
10/07/23 10:20:59 AM
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There have been multiple rankings of the best presidents. Put out by many reputable historians. Should check it out

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TroutPaste
10/07/23 10:23:13 AM
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Nah. The 19th century was full of duds, Nixon was probably decent at the job itself (being an Eisenhower VP). He's just a snake and a bad person

https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2021/?page=overall

The bottom 5 are literal Confederate abettors/traitors + Trump (I know the comment here, facts lmao)


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ClayGuida
10/07/23 10:25:00 AM
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I would really need to read what the pros and cons are of every President first.

I know Trump is dead last. All he accomplished was dividing the nation over stupidity and mega tax cuts for the rich. I guess Space Force if you want to include that.

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streamofthesky
10/07/23 10:29:33 AM
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Possibly.
But it's sadly pretty competitive at the bottom of the list for presidents.

Jackson, Nixon, Reagan, GWB, Trump, a bunch of Confederate sympathizers and appeasers throughout the mid-1800's...

It's genuinely a very competitive race for the "worst 5"
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GranTurismo
10/07/23 10:31:15 AM
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streamofthesky posted...
Possibly.
But it's sadly pretty competitive at the bottom of the list for presidents.

Jackson, Nixon, Reagan, GWB, Trump, a bunch of Confederate sympathizers and appeasers throughout the mid-1800's...

It's genuinely a very competitive race for the "worst 5"
yah maybe most presidents have been pretty bad
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Slaya4
10/07/23 10:35:33 AM
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He's definitely not bottom 5 but he is a trash tier President

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asdf8562
10/07/23 10:42:51 AM
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GranTurismo posted...
You consider him to be worse than W and trump?
Nope.
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Justin2Krelian
10/07/23 10:54:24 AM
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Probably just outside of that

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UT1999
10/07/23 11:51:23 PM
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bump

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vycebrand2
10/07/23 11:59:23 PM
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Middle of the road. Somewhere in the 20's

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Questionmarktarius
10/08/23 12:02:47 AM
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Destroying the gold standard ended up being catastrophic.
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DerWillZurMacht
10/08/23 1:16:48 AM
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Nope.

1. Donald Jenius Trump. The DOTARDUS himself.
2. Ronald Reagan. The curse of the 20th Century, destroying the 21st century.
3. George Dumbya Bush. Vice-DOTARDUS and war criminal.
4. George Washington. The very cause of the calamity known as the United States of America. Without him this curse of a country wouldn't even exist.
5. Andrew Jackson. The bane of the rightful people of this country.
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Umbreon
10/08/23 1:19:57 AM
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Nixon has to be rolling in his grave over how easily he could get away with the shit he did with how his party is today.

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invertedlegdrop
10/08/23 1:22:21 AM
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Ignoring the trolls, Nixon did several good things like the EPA, the 26th amendment, ending the Vietnam War, suspending the draft, talking to China,etc

Then you have his mistakes like his paranoia, the bombings of Laos and Cambodia, and of course Watergate...

Heck he passed more progressive measures then most liberal lawmakers...but Nixon was his own worst enemy...

Take out Watergate and you could argue his is an upper-tier president...

At best though now he is a mid-tier president at worst he's in the bottom 3rd...

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bigtiggie23
10/08/23 2:15:55 AM
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My US History teacher in high school actually felt that Nixon was a top 5 President.

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Doe
10/08/23 2:18:39 AM
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Thompson posted...
was able to act like a decent human being.
Lol

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Thompson
10/08/23 4:58:28 AM
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Doe posted...
Lol
I saw a clip some time ago of Nixon expressing condolences to victims of a tragedy. So even if he completely faked it, he at least acted like he cared.

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Umbreon
10/08/23 5:07:12 AM
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Thompson posted...
I saw a clip some time ago of Nixon expressing condolences to victims of a tragedy. So even if he completely faked it, he at least acted like he cared.

Yeah. Some assholes at least express empathy, even if it's merely for pragmatic purposes.

Could you see Trump doing that? Without making it about himself?

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Ubergeneral3
10/08/23 3:31:40 PM
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TroutPaste posted...
Nah. The 19th century was full of duds, Nixon was probably decent at the job itself (being an Eisenhower VP). He's just a snake and a bad person

https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2021/?page=overall

The bottom 5 are literal Confederate abettors/traitors + Trump (I know the comment here, facts lmao)
trash list

Regan is 9th lol. Did the billionares tell you to say that?

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SayHeyyShohei
10/08/23 3:33:39 PM
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I'd have to think

Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ronald Reagan
Donald Trump

Nah, but give me five more spots and he'd make the cut.

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ScazarMeltex
10/08/23 3:35:23 PM
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GranTurismo posted...
Oh, did not read much about this. worse than bush jr. and trump?
@GranTurismo
Yep. He wanted to be able to run as the peace candidate. He could not do so if Johnson ended the war.
https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/vietnam-treason-u-s-troops-died-candidate-used-war-become-president/

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C-zom
10/08/23 3:35:40 PM
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Nixon himself was close to a firewall'd patsy. Kissinger called most of the shots diplomatically and is imo the most evil, vile, disgusting human beings to walk the earth and is still fucking alive. By proxy that drops Nixon into the bottom 10 for me, at least.

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dameon_reaper
10/08/23 3:45:11 PM
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invertedlegdrop posted...
Ignoring the trolls, Nixon did several good things like the EPA, the 26th amendment, ending the Vietnam War, suspending the draft, talking to China,etc

Then you have his mistakes like his paranoia, the bombings of Laos and Cambodia, and of course Watergate...

Heck he passed more progressive measures then most liberal lawmakers...but Nixon was his own worst enemy...

Take out Watergate and you could argue his is an upper-tier president...

At best though now he is a mid-tier president at worst he's in the bottom 3rd...

what about that college shooting? Wasn't that sorta his fault too? Where they were even trying to cover it up by cutting all communication?
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TheMikh
10/08/23 3:53:48 PM
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richard nixon was a huge ******* who did bad things but a pretty decisive president on a number of matters

my bottom five in no particular order:
  • buchanan
  • wilson
  • taylor (not bad per se, but basically took office and then died)
  • (andrew) johnson
  • idk, gwb maybe

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SayHeyyShohei
10/08/23 3:57:40 PM
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Rutherford B. Hayes doesn't get enough hate for all the damage he's done to this country

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GranTurismo
10/08/23 3:58:11 PM
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SayHeyyShohei posted...
Rutherford B. Hayes doesn't get enough hate for all the damage he's done to this country
What did he do? He isn't a very famous prez iirc
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SayHeyyShohei
10/08/23 3:59:51 PM
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GranTurismo posted...
What did he do? He isn't a very famous prez iirc

Ended reconstruction, funded the police institution, reversed the decision to keep former confederates out of office.

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AbsolutelyNoOne
10/08/23 4:23:06 PM
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immediate thoughts on a bottom 5 is Buchanan / Trump / Andrew Johnson / Hayes / GWB

besides the Republicans after Nixon (except for H.W. Bush, and also Ford who I forget even existed apparently), as mentioned the 1800s is littered with absolute garbage. Nixon probably has a case for bottom 10 but as alluded to he did something that was actually good once in a while.

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Solid_Snake07
10/08/23 4:35:06 PM
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Nixon wasnt that bad. He just severely undermined the office with how he handled watergate. Notice I said with how he handled watergate. Cause that kind of shit happens all the time, before and since Nixon.

i wouldnt put him in worst 5. Off the top of my head Johnson, Wilson, Harding, Buchanan and Trump are all far worse.

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GranTurismo
10/08/23 4:37:06 PM
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AbsolutelyNoOne posted...
immediate thoughts on a bottom 5 is Buchanan / Trump / Andrew Johnson / Hayes / GWB

besides the Republicans after Nixon (except for H.W. Bush, and also Ford who I forget even existed apparently), as mentioned the 1800s is littered with absolute garbage. Nixon probably has a case for bottom 10 but as alluded to he did something that was actually good once in a while.
Can't remember, Buchanan was right before civil war and Johnson right after?
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Justin2Krelian
10/10/23 6:26:25 PM
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invertedlegdrop posted...
Ignoring the trolls, Nixon did several good things like the EPA, the 26th amendment, ending the Vietnam War, suspending the draft, talking to China,etc

Then you have his mistakes like his paranoia, the bombings of Laos and Cambodia, and of course Watergate...

Kind of an odd way to start off your post, but all right...

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