Who is the worst President ever?

[mikeylikesit]

Doc wrote:
Warren Harding doesn't make it to the short-list? Does the Teapot Dome scandal mean nothing to today's youth?

Nepotism, cronyism, partisan appointments, bribes, broken election promises ... if not for a fortuitous "suicide" half his cabinet would have ended up in prison.

Surely he makes the top 5?!

And what about Calvin Coolidge? Laissez-faire government, the breaking of the League of Nations, deregulation of banks and the subsequent destabilization of the dollar... Doesn't Coolidge deserve some recognition?

There's only room for three in the top three. Actually if you wanted a progression, you could nominate most Republicans following Lincoln and preceding Teddy and throw old Franklin in just for balance.