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View Poll Results: Who will be remembered as worse?
Obama 23 46.94%
Carter 26 53.06%
Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-22-2010, 10:15 AM
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Default Whom will history remember as a worse president?

Write-in posts will be ignored. There are certainly worse presidents than these two. Just asking you to compare these two presidents.
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Old 01-22-2010, 10:17 AM
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Can't make a judgment until after 2012. He's got 3 years to turn shit around yet.
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Obama is doing a decent job given the pretty big handicaps of Pelosi, Reid, and the crap economy.
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No, he's doing a terrible job. He's focused on the wrong things and has shown horrendous leadership ability. If he had any leadership whatsoever, he would have been able to get whatever he wanted out of congress.
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It's possible Obama will end up worse than Carter, but that is a damn deep hole to dig.
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How many of you actually were alive during Carter admin?
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How many of you actually were alive during Carter admin?
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I think the options of the poll should be changed so we know at least who was cognizant during the Carter admin. Obama has not done very well but the mid 70's were a much worse time (I was very young but still realized ths). This can change.

It is not like Nixon/Ford handed over a rose to Carter and he made it a weed but then again Obama was not handed a rose either.
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It's been a year dude. What has Obama done that's so bad anyway? Stock market is up 70%. Unemployment hasn't improved, but he's got 75% of his first term left.
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