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   Sisyphos said, 2 months ago

   Awww; Broomie, let’s not be hasty about this. He may some day be “rehabilitated” by historians!

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   Margueritem said, 2 months ago

   Don’t be so hasty, Broomie, it’s still a collector’s item.. He was so unpopular that no one actually wanted his autograph.

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   Johanan Rakkav said, 2 months ago

   So you were here in the New World then. I was wondering!

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   ejcapulet said, 2 months ago

   I thought that was Ulysses S. Grant - I guess I learned something new!

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   wndrwrthg said, 2 months ago

   I vote for GWB.

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   Edcole1961 said, 2 months ago

   In the worst President of all time Olympics, I would give Reagan the gold, Warren Harding the silver, and the Bush baby the bronze.

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   Yukoner said, 2 months ago

   Obviously this cartoon predates the administration before Obama.

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   Jayslabs said, 2 months ago

   Heck, Obama has only been in office for only 7 months and he already gets the Gold for being the worst. Carter is a close second………………..

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   Lewreader said, 2 months ago

   Maybe Obama will follow in Jimmy’s footsteps and try to make up for his presidency be becoming a decent diplomat

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    Yukoneric said, 2 months ago

    Careful, who determines whom is the worst???????

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    Stuart Gathman said, 2 months ago

    For me, it’s a tie between Andrew Jackson (Trail of Tears), and Franklin Roosevelt.

    Jackson forcibly removed American citizens (productive, assimilated, and educated ones at that) from their homes and property for no reason other their ancestry, and with no constitutional authority to do so (when confronted by the courts, Jackson said, paraphrased, “You and what army is gonna stop me?”). My stomach churns just talking about the injustice of it.

    Roosevelt in a similar nose thumbing at the Constitution, defied non-stop court orders to create federal programs that feed an “entitlement mentality” to this day. (And no, they didn’t help end the depression.) He created the very monster the Founding Fathers sought to protect us from. (The programs could have been constitutionally implemented by the state governments.) My stomach churns every time I am forced to pay into the Ponzai scheme known as Social “Security”. A private citizen would be jailed for such a scheme.

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    fogey said, 2 months ago

    It’s a shame that yet another comic strip has given our present ‘hating’ generation another outlet for vituperation, along with the “Town Meetings”. Ad hominem attacks are the lowest form of criticism, In 1860, Buchanan was disliked, but Lincoln was hated.

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    Susan001 said, 2 months ago

    Sadly, there are trolls on line who turn ANYTHING into a political argument.
    Just look at AOL message boards and you’ll see what I mean.

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    Doctor Toon said, 2 months ago

    Susan - You just gave me one more reason to add to my list of why I’m glad I don’t have AOL anymore.
    Thanks

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    dzrt said, 2 months ago

    Dont blame me, I dont vote !!!!! Now back to enjoying the cartoons.

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    JanCinVV said, 2 months ago

    dzrt, I’m with you. I do vote, but “now back to enjoying the cartoons”.

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    MisngNOLA said, 2 months ago

    Stuart, you forgot about that little “internment camp” thing that FDR did with American citizens of Asian ancestry as well. Same as Jackson did with Native Americans, only for his victims, there were fences all around their new digs, and guards as well, and they never even got casinos out of the deal.

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    OldHipster said, 2 months ago

    Vote! Vote many times over, but VOTE!!

    (Kind of like the “unofficial” request back in 1960 to “Vote! Vote for the Kennedy of your choice, but VOTE!)

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    SherlockWatson said, 2 months ago

    “If you can’t vote my way, vote anyway! But VOTE!”
    (Pogo Possum)

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    Just plain Steve said, 2 months ago

    “Vote early and vote often!”

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    michaelwme said, 2 months ago

    When I was in school, Buchanan was considered a complete cypher, so among our most mediocre presidents. The ‘Great Presidents’ were Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. The worst were Grant and Harding.

    Now, however, we know Washington was bad since he allowed slavery for 8 years; Adams was worse, since he allowed it for 12 years; Jefferson was even worse, since he allowed it for 20 years. But the worst of all was Buchanan, since he allowed slavery to continue for the longest period.

    Our first semi-decent president was Lincoln, who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, but he was only good, not great.

    Grant and Harding were mediocre to good.

    Now we know our greatest president was Bush, Jr. who single-handedly kept the US safe from Islamic attacks (with only one very minor exception) for almost 7 years. Second was definitely Reagan, who single-handedly saved the defenceless US from invasion and conquest by the ruthless and apparently invincible Grenada, plus creeping socialism. Third was Bush, Sr. who saved the US from certain conquest and subjugation, first by Panamá and then by Iraq.

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    mumbles said, 2 months ago

    Jimmy B is on my family tree broomie, let him rest

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    dkram said, 2 months ago

    Jimmy Carter was the best President I didn’t vote for.
    Obama was looking like he might be second, but not sure now.

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    Jenny8817 said, 2 months ago

    I would put Obama gold, Bush, silver and clinton scandel bronze

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    Tigger said, 2 months ago

    Me thinks Broomie is more than 1500 years old

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    OldHipster said, 2 months ago

    A fact; President Reagan said, “Mr Gorbachov, Tear this wall DOWN!”

    It happened after that.

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    stebon said, 2 months ago

    Broomie, you’ve got the wrong James–should be Carter not Buchanan.
    Either way, Obama will replace both at the bottom.