Quote:I'm not rationalizing anything, the point I was addressing was ranking presidents. Of course, mass internment of law abiding citizens is wrong, and one of the darkest periods of our history. But does it make FDR one of the top 5 worst presidents in the history of our country? Do you not take any other factors into consideration when making that list?

 

Worst 5:

 

1. James Buchanan, his "leadership" inflamed the country to the point of armed conflict

2. Woodrow Wilson, the first Socialist president resulting in the income tax on a national level and the rise of Progressivism in US politics.

3. FDR. the New Deal expanded the government to monstrous size, the internment camps, his diplomatic failures at Yalta cost Eastern Europe 50 years of Communism and caused the entire Cold War

4. Obama, his failures in domestic and foreign policy will haunt us for a generation or more

5 .Carter, Two words, "Misery Index"

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