# Who is your favorite/least favorite President? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853 "2000-03-15T23:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![M2Lepton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@M2Lepton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M2Lepton)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/1 "2000-03-15T23:46:00Z")
Favorite: JFK Least Favorite: Ronald Reagan ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/2 "2000-03-15T23:52:00Z")
Favorite: Ronald Reagan. Biggest Loser: JFK. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/3 "2000-03-16T00:02:00Z")
My vote for SDMB President - UncleBeer. VP - M2Lepton. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/4 "2000-03-16T00:06:00Z")
We talking US Presidents? Fave: Theodore Roosevelt Least Fave: Lyndon Baines Johnson * * * I was born with the Moon in Pisces!! Leave me alone!! _SOB!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/5 "2000-03-16T01:09:00Z")
Fave: James K. Polk Least: Warren G. Harding * * * “Subconsciously there are many people you hate.” “Consciously,sir, consciously.” Yossarian corrected in an effort to help. “I hate them consciously.” ---
**Author:** ![hightechburrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@hightechburrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hightechburrito)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/6 "2000-03-16T01:43:00Z")
Favortie: Truman Least: Buchanan ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/7 "2000-03-16T01:45:00Z")
Favorite: FDR Loser: Nixon * * * You should tell the truth, expose the lies and live in the moment."-Bill Hicks “You should tell the lies, live the truth and expose yourself.” - Bill Clinton ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/8 "2000-03-16T02:25:00Z")
Favorite: FDR, although Lincoln was pretty good, too. Least favorite: Nixon and Reagan; a toss-up. Do I hate the evil smart guy more, or the evil dummy? * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Lawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lawrence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawrence)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/9 "2000-03-16T02:36:00Z")
All-time favorite: Lincoln Favorite during my lifetime: Reagan All-time non-favorite: Buchanan, Pierce, Taylor, Tyler, and all those other post-Polk and pre-Lincoln presidents Non-favorite during my lifetime: Carter (nice guy, lousy Pres) ---
**Author:** ![M2Lepton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@M2Lepton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M2Lepton)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/10 "2000-03-16T05:09:00Z")
Interesting, I thought somebody would mention Clinton, but not yet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/11 "2000-03-16T08:08:00Z")
😃 Who? 😛 * * * “Honestly now, Chaplain, you wouldn’t want your sister to marry an enlisted man, would you?” “My sister IS an enlisted man, sir” the chaplain replied. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/12 "2000-03-16T09:31:00Z")
Favorite: Coolidge (at least partly just to be original here) Least Favorite: LBJ ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/13 "2000-03-16T15:39:00Z")
Favorite - Reagan Least favorite - It would be so easy to pick Clinton, but I think he will be viewed more as a waste of presidential space over time, so I’ll just stick with LBJ. * * * My goal - 1000 posts before March 20th. Help me out by starting topics suited to my abilities. Sports, money, politics, random things that require a funny yet totally pointless post. You can make a difference in my post count. ---
**Author:** ![Lawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lawrence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawrence)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/14 "2000-03-17T02:56:00Z")
Hey, Anti and Water: Check out Paul Johnson’s A History of the American People (written by a conservative British historian/journalist) for a reassessment of Harding and Coolidge. Turns out they weren’t so bad after all. It’s a good book, well worth a read. Johnson is unabashedly conservative and says so straight out–he doesn’t pretend to be a neutral historian, which is part of what makes the book so much fun. I wouldn’t depend on it as my only source on American history, but I advise reading it to get a perspective that isn’t often seen in bland PC high school and college texts. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/15 "2000-03-17T03:03:00Z")
most: Bill Clinton, first term. least: Bill Clinton, second term. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/16 "2000-03-17T15:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Lawrence: > **reassessment of Harding and Coolidge.** A fascinating pair. I believe Harding is first President who’s been documented as humping chorus girls in the White House. And Coolidge never had sex at ALL. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/17 "2000-03-17T15:56:00Z")
Ike, I gotta agree with your choices. But maybe George Washington was the best.I wouldn’t know! ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/18 "2000-03-18T06:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by M2Lepton: > \*\*Favorite: JFK > > Least Favorite: Ronald Reagan\*\* Is this also for research for your upcoming porn movie? Buck Buffman stars as JFK in _PT One Oh **Sixty-Nine** _! The Japs couldn’t kill him with bullets, so they sent a crack squad of seven ninja geishas to _love him to death_! [cue cheezy music] I’ll leave it to others to make the Reagan jokes… * * * …but when you get blue, and you’ve lost all your dreams, there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans! ---
**Author:** ![jwg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@jwg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jwg)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/19 "2000-03-17T20:00:00Z")
Favorite: Eisenhower (most underrated) Least Favorite: Clinton (most rapes) * * * what? ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853/20 "2000-03-17T20:54:00Z")
Favorite of all time: Lincoln. Favorite during my lifetime: Can’t stand any of them. Least favorite of all time: Rutherford B. Hayes (Tilden won, dammit!) Least favorite during my lifetime: Reagan (should have been impeached for Iran-Contra) * * * Heck is where you go when you don’t believe in Gosh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-least-favorite-president/14853.md?page=2)