America's Worst President?

USA Today founder Al Neuharth once chastised Senator Hillary Clinton for stating that George W. Bush's presidency was one of American history's worst. Neuharth promptly made his own list of worse presidents. Now, he has recanted and offered a mea culpa: I remember every president since Herbert Hoover, when I was a grade school kid. He was one of the worst. I've personally met every president since Dwight Eisenhower. He was one of the best. A year ago I criticized Hillary Clinton for saying "this (Bush) administration will go down in history as one of the worst." "She's wrong," I wrote. Then I rated these five presidents, in this order, as the worst: Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, Ulysses Grant, Hoover and Richard Nixon. "It's very unlikely Bush can crack that list," I added. I was wrong. This is my mea culpa. Not only has Bush cracked that list, but he is planted firmly at the top.

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Sincere Idiot, Persistent Ass, Incompetent President

"Please tell me what one word best describes your impression of George W. Bush. Tell me just the ONE best word that describes him." That question - asked periodically by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press - is always a polling goldmine. The newest results, just out, do not disappoint. Incompetent comes in first, just as it topped the list in March 2006. But a year ago, Good held the number two spot; this time, it's Arrogant.

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