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To: Snowshoe who wrote (22410)	8/9/2002 2:48:59 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

Agreed in both accounts. Thanks.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (22410)	8/9/2002 4:12:45 AM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi Snowshoe, Actually, I'd say Johnson (Lyndon), Clinton and Kennedy (in that order), at least for somewhat modern day presidents. If you go back a number of years, you could also add Hoover, Johnson (Andrew), and perhaps one or two others to the list. But LBJ clearly stands out as the numero uno worst, followed by Clinton, with Kennedy running a very distant third (all in my opinion, of course). LBJ was very clearly fiscally irresponsible, but back in those days, newspapers and magazines did not criticize the sitting President like they do today. Clinton gets my nod as the second worst, not so much for what he did, but for his incessant penchant to not take action when clearly some event called for some sort of response, such as the embassy bombings or his lack of interest in national defense. Kennedy makes my list (albeit a very distant third) for his efforts in focusing on relatively small events (for example, union corruption) while failing to immediately grasp the overall national security issues, and virtually ignoring or disregarding foreign policy issues. Nixon, while a disgraced scoundrel, at least had very clear foreign and domestic policies, and was well liked in foreign circles. Although his stance with Communism was relatively tough, he was liked by the Soviet leadership because it was clearly articulated to them where the USA stood on any foreign issues. All in my opinion, though... KJC