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Thornton, CO, Us

That HORNY do-gooder, "A former adviser to Gov. Cuomo accused him of sexually harassing her “for years.”

Lindsey Boylan, who is running for Manhattan borough president, made the bombshell accusation via Twitter on Sunday.

She waited so long, she like most woman liked the sexual harassment. "ON THE POLITICAL COUCH?"

"ROLE ME OVER, GOVERNOR CUOMO, ROLE ME OVER DO IT AGAIN".

tbrmskssVeteran
San Diego, CA, Us

While I am somewhat sympathetic to looking at the totality of Presidential tenure, there are somethings that trump (excuse the pun) overall tenure.

IMHO, the two worst Presidents are Nixon and Trump. I think Nixon did some good things, but what tips the balance for both of these gentlemen is their trashing of our democratic norms. Nixon with Watergate and Trump with his complete trashing of any kind of democratic norms and mores. so, for me, Trump is the worst.

I was a little over a year old when JFK was elected.

My list of things that make a good President are curiousness, the ability to take in information and make good decisions, and the knowledge that if they are the smartest guy in the room, they are in the wrong room.

From that perspective, the best President in my lifetime has been Obama.

Overall, I would have to go with FDR or Jefferson.

Except it was difficult for Jefferson to fin a room in which he was not the smartest guy...

EroticAmazon,

The debate I have with myself is: who is the worst president in my lifetime?

The first president I remember is JFK Jr.

I can make a case for each of the following: Nixon, Reagan, GW Bush, Trump.

Coming of age, I never imagined a worse president than Nixon. The reasons: Not just his Watergate crimes that led to his resignation (before a certain impeachment conviction) but his successful deployment of GOP Southern Strategy politics and tragically extending the Vietnam War (one of my rubrics evaluation is amount of blood on the hands of a president).

I can also make a case for Reagan as the worst. He gave a smiley face to the racist appeal of GOP Southern Strategy politics. He also did such damage through his mantra that government is the problem, not the solution. His economic policy was bamboozlement and his taxation was a spur to unceasing economic inequality.

GW Bush has so much blood on his hands: the unnecessary war against Iraq that he (and Cheney) lied us into fighting. It’s 4000+ American soldiers plus 100,000+ people in Iraq.

Trump has the blood on his hands of all those who have died because of an incompetent and mendacious Covid 19 strategy. He chose the economy over lives of Americans in effort to win 2020 election. He is by far the worst liar and bamboozler I’d of the four (and probably the tops in history). He also turned the GOP Southern Strategy from dog whistles to blatant, repulse barking and added ugly xenophobia to his appeals to racism. He should have been convicted of impeachment. Reagan did happy face demagogy. Trump has done a terribly ugly, authoritarian demagogy, and he has been the most willing to violate the norms of political civility. He is the most shameful, boldfaced liar or con man of the four. He has the least knowledge of and the least respect for American history.

Lincoln and FDR are easily my top 2 presidents in history.

Santa Barbara, CA, Us

Nixon - EPA
Reagan - ended cold war by bankrupting the USSR
Obama - getting A huge change to healthcare.

Sacramento, CA, Us

Biggest WTFs in that ranking:

Nixon's domestic accomplishments --

Obama's ability to compromise and leadership --

Reagan's integrity and foreign policy accomplishments (seriously, wtf)

Thornton, CO, Us

I am waiting to buy this, TEE SHIRT,, "THE SNIFFER SNIFFS CHINESE ASS HOLES".... Better fart smeller than HILLARY.

tbrmskssVeteran
San Diego, CA, Us

Overall, these are opinions.

In 2018 Washington was #1. In 2010, he was #4.

Certainly his accomplishments didn't change.

Thornton, CO, Us

WOW! As one of my TEE SHIRTS says,,,,,, "TRUMP FINALLY SOMEONE WITH BALLS" Do I have to post more?

Santa Barbara, CA, Us

As usual, HFT can't read.

Obama ranked 17th.

But here . . .

Let's have some fun and see the rankings from Nixon on.

Nixon - 29th. I'd argue it should be higher. Other than being a criminal, the guy got some very good things done.

Ford - 27th

Carter - 26th.

Reagan - 13th. I'd argue it should be lower.

Bush, Sr. - 21st.

Clinton - 15th.

Bush, Jr. - 33rd.

Obama - 17th.

Trump - 42nd.

What is interesting is that this is a ranking system and it uses lots of metrics. One is intelligence. Trump ranked 44th out of 44. Obama was 9th and Bill Clinton was 8th.

scri.siena. edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Presidents-2018-Rank-by-Category.pdf

Thornton, CO, Us

Sap, I guess OWEBAMA is ranked at the top, the best President ever. Even better than Jesus Christ. You're an IDIOT. I guess the makers of the list are first class BOLSHEVIKS.

The ghosts of Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan must be smiling.

The Siena College Research Institute has ranked presidents every two years sine the 1980s.

The rankings are done by experts in history and political science.

In 2018, Trump was ranked third from the bottom with only Buchanan and and Johnson ranked lower.

Thanks to the last two years with his impeachment and especially the shame and of his refusal to concede and the disgrace in how he has tried to overturn election he lost by 7 million votes through lies and legal suits that have been condemned with contempt by even Republican appointed judges, he should win last place in the next rankings by Siena or move past Buchanan to be next to the other president—Andrew Johnson—who faced impeachment and who betrayed justice and democracy in the most despicable ways.

Thornton, CO, Us

Hermit the Frog sings, " It's not easy being Green". GREEN, accept it it's called, "EVOLUTION". Billions of years.

Santa Barbara, CA, Us

I am not a registered Democrat. I am registered Green. My voting history has me voting D in 84, 88, 20. 92 I voted for Perot. The rest have been green.

I align with their platform more than anything else.

Santa Barbara, CA, Us

@YOUR

That is an old urban myth perpetuated by people who have a motive to suppress a group of people.

Who have been the bullies in the Rs? How far back do you want to go? Last twenty years?

Cheney. Mitch. Bannon. Miller. Trump. Who else? Issa? Gowdy? Jordan?

The rest have been lemmings and followed the line. I would call them, at best, 101 keyboard warriors.

Who has been the bullies on the Ds in the last twenty years?

Grayson. Clinton when she was in the senate? Pelosi? Ted Kennedy? Reid?

Grayson was like Issa and Jordan, just smarter. He was VERY VERY VERY vocal and called shit out.

We have had four years of a bully in chief. The bully in chief treated everyone who disagreed with them as if they were the enemy. If you didn't give him what he wanted, he treated them like the cancel culture he loves to berate, he canceled the person. Instead of just the Democrats fighting against his antics, the Republicans could have as well. They chose to ride the wave and to fuel the flames. Sure, our country has had differing opinions since its inception. Sure we have had people killed over differing opinions before. We have not had anyone outright just lie. The sky is up, the sun is the sun. That person in charge looted MY taxpayer money for his own gain. He didn't loot it and just give it to his friends knowing he would break the bank when he left on merch, he did it while in office. He voted for HIS best interest over the countries.

So if I sound harsh . . . yeah, call it patriotism. The people that tried to undo the will of the American citizens? That is not treason in your eyes? To me that is. IF there was ONE IOTA of evidence that there was this purported widespread fraud, fine, take it to the courts and let the courts do their job. However, fishing 50 times with more and more bullshit just to soothe your ego while harming 330mm citizens, is wrong in my belief system. So those that abided his wishes . . . FUCK THEM. They had a choice. NOTHING compelled them to join on. They voluntarily chose to do this. So as you 2a guys scream, make a stupid choice . . .

Emeryville, CA, Us

"If they want to blow norms, the D's can do the same. If the R's can be bullies, well, it's time to get bullied back."

D's can't do what the R's can. It's not in their nature. You can't make a poodle a pitbull. It does not work that way.

Irondequoit, NY, Us

@EA, “I'm generally a live and let live kinda guy, but I tend to be more towards EA's opinion than Onehells.”

Are you a registered Democrat?

Trump has been fighting the lost cause of the Confederacy.

Tear down the Confederate monuments and rename the military bases named for those who were treasonous or rebellious traitors to the Union.

I loved it that one court decision called Trump’s legal effort “seditious” to democracy.

I love it that I feel there’s a new reckoning with historical injustice.

I’m a fan of country music, and I highly recommend listening to this new great country song, “Uncivil War,” by Shemekia Copeland.

tbrmskssVeteran
San Diego, CA, Us

I'm generally a live and let live kinda guy, but I tend to be more towards EA's opinion than Onehells.

Republicans only understand power.

They don't play well with others.

I'm not sure they should not be seated, but a bit of hardball never hurt anyone...

Summerville, SC, Us

@Ea, you got too much hate in you. Get yourself some help. You gonna blow a gasket. Lately you have been pretty salty and hateful. Seriously, be careful.

Thornton, CO, Us

Erotica, your grand and great grand children will hate you and piss on your graves. If you get Bolshevik government.

Santa Barbara, CA, Us

I had this conversation with my wife last night. During my lifetime I have seen the following:

Carter try and work with congress. He had problems with the democrats and republicans because he was more of a progressive instead of a new deal guy. He was more republican, ala Teddy Roosevelt, than he was democrat, ala Ted Kennedy.

Clinton try and work with the Republicans. Yeah, an impeachment trial over a blowjob on an investigation that was given FREE rein to go down ANY path. Newt was not having any of this shit. Clinton was more republican than democrat.

Obama try and work with Republicans. Yeah, remember that beer summit? Mitch was not having any of that shit at all.

So every time the R's have lost, they have NOT attempted to work at all, but to litigate, to try a bunch of useless shit to impede. Every time the D has won they have tried to work with the other side. The R's then clamor that they need to be treated well as the minority party.

Here is my take . . .

FUCK them.

Seriously . . .

FUCK them.

If they want to blow norms, the D's can do the same. If the R's can be bullies, well, it's time to get bullied back.

Don't seat them.

Make PR a state.

Make DC a state.

Make USVI a state.

Make Guam a state.

Put in term limits on the Supreme's. I'd love for them to take the case on whether their job is a guaranteed job for life. That would be irony.

For the next four years, let the balls drop, the voice drop and stop being boys and be men. Payback is hell mother fuckers.

Look at every state that joined in that suit and fuck them over. Goodbye coal WV, looks like AOC's new deal is awesome. Goodbye FEMA for when the hurricane's hit FL, LA, AL, SC, TX, MS. No more oil subsidies TX.

Irondequoit, NY, Us

Jesus Christ Clyde. You ask a question. No one is responding that they’ve seen it. You obviously want to talk about it. Stop playing your cat and mouse game.

Do you want to bring the subject up? Or do you just want to count who has been reading it?

Danbury, CT, Us

“What had he said?“

Well if you watched real news you would know.

San Luis Obispo, CA, Us

Seems like a position of weakness but that's probably what will happen. The Democrats wouldn't want to offend anyone.