The Best and Worst of the Presidency

[Ryokan]

Ryokan, YOU get your history right. Start with the correct economics.

I am well within the mainstream economic wise. You are the fringe Austrian schooler.

[Augustine2004]

I am well within the mainstream economic wise. You are the fringe Austrian schooler.

I asked you to explain specifically what is wrong with it.

As for Buchanan being a liar, please, a list of his worst lies.

[Augustine2004]

I am familiar with it. I find Buchanan a liar and a bore, so your right, I won't be reading it soon.

Ryokan, Pat Buchanan is doing surprisingly well for a boring liar. He was on the Colbert Report, discussing his book. It’s coming out at #15 on the NY Times bestseller list for June 15.

[Augustine2004]

I don't understand what happened. I posted a link to a defense by Pat Buchanan of his book, and I don't see it here. Anyway, here's another defense.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan87.html

[Augustine2004]

While this review of a Christopher Hitchens review of Pat Buchanan’s ‘unnecessary war’ is much more about Churchill than about FDR, it is nonetheless relevant here, because surely he knew what kind of person Churchill was and worked with him to achieve common goals.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/gottfried/gottfried109.html

[Augustine2004]

http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...17#post2282117

I asked LPO Terror to come here and make a more detailed case, but she is too busy apparently. I ask you to stop making her so busy that she can't come here . . .

[Kelp]

That probably has more to do with her offline duties. Besides, I doubt she considers your arguments worthy of response by now.

[Augustine2004]

That probably has more to do with her offline duties. Besides, I doubt she considers your arguments worthy of response by now.

Why, please explain?

[Kelp]

Because she thinks you refuse to listen to reason and just ignore the arguments she's already presented. Just a guess

[Augustine2004]

Yet another review of Pat Buchanan's 'unnecessary war'

http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis128.html

[Augustine2004]

'Rethinking Churchill' by Ralph Raico seems similar to Buchanan's book, like a summary for the most part. http://www.lewrockwell.com/raico/raico26.html

[Augustine2004]

Can Lincoln be vindicated? David Gordon disagrees in a book review http://mises.org/story/3224

[Augustine2004]

Fresh evidence that most of our POTUS men are creeps. http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewr...es/024259.html Nixon was not just the only crook, he was one among many.

[FaithThruDoubt]

Greatest? Abraham Lincoln - for awesome leadership in a time of profound national crisis. Plain and simple there. He held the United States together and guided it back to unified strength in spite of heavy odds and stiff opposition from many sides. He was a strong and principled man who stayed the course in the darkest hour.

Poorest? Several fit the bill. I would have to say Jimmy Carter. He basically pulled down the pants of the United States and begged Iran to paddle its (US's) behind. And he inspired no economic/personal confidence by his infamous television address where he told Americans that their expectations were too high.

[FaithThruDoubt]

More accurately, here's a pool:

Greatest (in alph. order): Jefferson, Lincoln, Reagan, FDR, Washington

Poorest (IAO): Buchanan, Carter, Grant, A. Johnson, Pierce

Basically, I believe acters and persisters are generally the best leaders. Appeasers, corruptive people, and do-nothings are the worst.