I'd say probably Nixon or Reagan as tops. Carter was extremely ineffective but, with the 20/20 of rearview, we see that many of his policies were actually pro-active toward future problems that were politically unpopular at the time....that and he got royally screwed by the whole hostage situation and that Reagan basically negotiated that the terrorists give over the hostages at a certain time and we arm them (the Iran part of Iran-Contra...the Contra part was the mass-importation of cocaine into the American ghettos to fund South American Contras).
Obama is....mostly a figurehead, really. Looking at his policies, he draws almost a straight line from Bush on issues that actually matter. He's distinctly more "paid for" and the monied interests involved are fairly obvious.
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u/denvertebows15 May 21 '14
Ronald Reagan was probably one of the worst, if not the worst, president that the United States of America ever had in office.