Prior to Bush, who was our dumbest president?

[elperromagico]

[Burma Jones]

1. Harding, I believe.................n/t

[StopTheMorans]

2. Reagan

[TexasSissy]

5. Ditto.

[Left Is Write]

15. Double ditto.

[Bjornsdotter]

3. In my life time......Ford n/t

[mr_hat]

4. Gotta be Gerald Ford, the accidental president.

[Richardo]

8. Perception, not reality

Ford surrounded himself with REAL advisors and insisted on hearing EVERY side of an issue before he made a decision. (Yes, I know Cheney and Rumsfeld were among them.)

Unlike Chimpy and his Greek chorus echo chamber of yes-men.

[plcdude]

12. I have had conversations with Ford

and actually he has a pretty sharp political mind. Reagan, on the other hand, could only do what he was directed to do with some rehearsal.

[Zuni]

6. In recent times, Gerald Ford

Especially when he seemed to have no doubts when he declared Poland free of Soviet influence

[Aristus]

13. I can't really bring myself to bash Ford. Whatever he lacked in

gray matter, he made up for in simple decency. Nixon pardon aside, he was an all-around good guy. He'd never make it in today's Repuke Party.

[truebrit71]

7. Reagun, and before him Ford.

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[jeff30997]

9. Raygun.

[RUDUing2]

10. Franklin Pierce:

this critique sums it up: Franklin Pierce
A man whose principles were dictated by the last person to talk to him, evidently. He never understood that slavery was wrong if the US Declaration of Independence was right. He deserves as much credit as his predecessor and successor for bringing on the Civil War.

http://www.cdstrand.com/areas/essays/presranks.htm

[MajorFlaw]

18. Well, shrub is a descendant of Franklin Pierce. (Barbara Pierce Bush)

n/t

[RUDUing2]

19. that explains it then...lol...

[AlinPA]

11. Reagan. Only morons think he was a good president. He was a jerk.

[Beware the Beast Man]

14. Toss-up between Reagan, Hoover, and Buchanan.

Honorable mention to William Henry Harrison for not wearing a jacket to his inaugural. Died a month later.

[trof]

16. In my lifetime, back to FDR, nobody even approaches.

[Zuni]

17. nope. No one does come close to George W.

this asshat is in a league of his own.