Readers may recall that every so often I like to get a sense of how they rate the Presidents of the United States. This go-round, I am doing something a little different; I randomized the list and then cut them into sets of three. Each day I will ask you about two sets, in each set rank the presidents 1-2-3 within that set. Here are today's sets:
Set Seven
Woodrow Wilson
John Kennedy
James Garfield
Set Eight
Millard Fillmore
William Clinton
John Quincy Adams
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As listed. In that order. w... (Below threshold)1. Posted by WildWillie | December 12, 2008 9:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
As listed. In that order. ww
1. Posted by WildWillie | December 12, 2008 9:46 AM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 09:46
2. Posted by Jeff Medcalf | December 12, 2008 9:51 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Set 7
Kennedy (though most of his actual good was rhetorical, and he likely would have ranked lower if he'd served longer)
Wilson
Garfield (not enough time to have done good or harm)
Set 8
Fillmore
Clinton (proof that a bad person can be a reasonably good president)
Adams
2. Posted by Jeff Medcalf | December 12, 2008 9:51 AM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 09:51
3. Posted by Rheinman | December 12, 2008 10:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set Seven
John Kennedy
James Garfield
Woodrow Wilson
Set Eight
William Clinton
John Quincy Adams
Millard Fillmore
3. Posted by Rheinman | December 12, 2008 10:46 AM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 10:46
4. Posted by ASD | December 12, 2008 10:50 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set 7:
1. JFK
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. James Garfield
Set 8:
1. John Quincy Adams
2. William Clinton
3. Millard Fillmore
4. Posted by ASD | December 12, 2008 10:50 AM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 10:50
5. Posted by LoadTheMule | December 12, 2008 11:12 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
1. Wilson
2. Kennedy
3. Garfield
1. Adams
2. Clinton
3. Fillmore
5. Posted by LoadTheMule | December 12, 2008 11:12 AM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 11:12
6. Posted by galoob | December 12, 2008 11:19 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set 7:
1. JFK
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. James Garfield
Set 8:
1. John Quincy Adams
2. William Clinton
3. Millard Fillmore
6. Posted by galoob | December 12, 2008 11:19 AM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 11:19
7. Posted by bryanD | December 12, 2008 11:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
1) Garfield
2) Kennedy
3) Wilson
1) Fillmore
2) Adams
3) Clinton
7. Posted by bryanD | December 12, 2008 11:46 AM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 11:46
8. Posted by kbiel
| December 12, 2008 1:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set Seven
John Kennedy
James Garfield
Woodrow Wilson
Set Eight
William Clinton
John Quincy Adams
Millard Fillmore
8. Posted by kbiel
| December 12, 2008 1:33 PM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 13:33
9. Posted by HughS | December 12, 2008 1:39 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Set Seven
Woodrow Wilson
James Garfield
John Kennedy
Set Eight
John Quincy Adams
Millard Fillmore
William Clinton
9. Posted by HughS | December 12, 2008 1:39 PM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 13:39
10. Posted by Jeff Medcalf | December 12, 2008 2:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I just have to ask why so many people think Fillmore was so terrible. The Compromise of 1850, which Fillmore rescued from its backers' exhaustion, postponed the Civil War by years. Had Buchanan been anything close to Fillmore, we might have avoided the Civil War even longer - perhaps long enough to find a way out that didn't involve the Civil War. (I say "so terrible" because Adams was fundamentally a pretty ineffective president, so for Fillmore to be worse would imply him doing something actively bad for the country.)
10. Posted by Jeff Medcalf | December 12, 2008 2:33 PM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 14:33
11. Posted by hcddbz | December 12, 2008 6:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set Seven
John Kennedy
James Garfield
Woodrow Wilson (The most Racist President in History)
Set Eight
William Clinton
John Quincy Adams
Millard Fillmore
11. Posted by hcddbz | December 12, 2008 6:11 PM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 18:11
12. Posted by nunchick | December 12, 2008 9:13 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
This is so much fun! I'm glad you thought of it.
My responses:
Set Seven
1. Woodrow Wilson
2. James Garfield
3. John Kennedy
Set Eight
1. John Quincy Adams
2. Millard Fillmore
3. William Clinton
12. Posted by nunchick | December 12, 2008 9:13 PM |
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Posted on December 12, 2008 21:13
13. Posted by Arthur | December 13, 2008 4:15 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set Seven
Woodrow Wilson
John Kennedy
James Garfield
JFK
JG
WW - this assclown gets a whole chapter in Goldberg's "Liberal Fascism"! If you haven't read it, it's enough to point out that Mussolini and Hitler thought WW was on the right track.
Set Eight
Millard Fillmore
William Clinton
John Quincy Adams
This is a tough one. I want to put WC 3rd but I don't know much on the other 2. I'll put all 3 in a tie for 2nd place.
13. Posted by Arthur | December 13, 2008 4:15 AM |
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Posted on December 13, 2008 04:15
14. Posted by Pam | December 15, 2008 12:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set Seven:
JFK
WW
JG
Set Eight:
JQA
BC
MF
14. Posted by Pam | December 15, 2008 12:07 PM |
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Posted on December 15, 2008 12:07