Republican Presidents Core Legacies

Or they were horrible candidates.

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have no idea how either Hillary or Kamala lost, other than an unspoken gender bias

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You have no idea huh. Jesus.

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Nixon (1969–74) — Stretched the Vietnam War out for years while secretly bombing Cambodia, all in pursuit of "peace with honor" that arrived with neither. Then gave us Watergate, proved the cover-up beats the crime, resigned before impeachment could do the honors, and unhooked the dollar from gold on the way out. Foundational work

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A five minute search will show you that watergate was complete bullshite and a setup by the IC. It was run by cia operatives and the now famous news person who reported on it had just become a so called journalist the month it happened after spending a decade as naval intelligence.

Nixon would’ve gone down as one of the greatest presidents which is why they had to get rid of him. Similar to them shooting Reagan and Trump. Reagan did great things and no one is perfect ie amnesty was bullshite.
Trump is the best president hands down in my lifetime.
Take away all the sabotage of Covid and fake hoaxes our country would be skyrocketing and that should ouss of everyone including you Marxist Democrats

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summarized as "have you tried bleach," and

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Just shows your ignorance of what he was referring to.
Also he spoke of blood irradiation (he said uv) which kills covid and bacteria quickly and is extremely successful against sepsis in the hospital.
But it’s a very cheap medical option so we don’t use it in the states.

No need to insult hacks like that.

They weren’t perfect, but they weren’t communist,

like you.

1. Carter (1977-1981) - Generally ranks near the bottom of modern presidencies on the economy, and deservedly: stagflation, gas lines, inflation near 13 percent, rising rates, and a national mood of drift, capped by the 444-day Iran hostage crisis and the failed Eagle Claw rescue that killed eight servicemen. The redeeming legacy was long-range: the Camp David Accords produced a lasting Egypt-Israel peace, his deregulation of airlines, trucking, and rail lowered prices for decades, he created the Department of Energy, normalized relations with China, and appointed Paul Volcker, who later broke inflation. The S&P 500 rose about 28 percent, the weakest of the group. A consequential foreign-policy president and a poor economic manager in the same term.

2. Clinton (1993-2001) - A boom presidency with real discipline and real baggage. The economy produced the longest peacetime expansion to that point, roughly 23 million jobs, four straight budget surpluses, and falling crime, while the Dayton Accords ended the war in Bosnia. Against that: impeachment for perjury and obstruction, the 1994 crime bill’s role in mass incarceration, financial deregulation later tied to 2008, and a damaging failure to act in Rwanda. The S&P 500 gained about 81 percent then 71 percent, the strongest run of any administration here.

3. Obama (2009-2017) - A crisis manager and reformer whose execution often trailed his ambition. He helped end the Great Recession, rescued the auto industry, extended coverage to roughly 20 million people, passed Dodd-Frank, ordered the bin Laden raid, and joined the Paris accord. The other side: the ACA oversell and botched rollout, an uneven Middle East from Libya to Syria to the rise of ISIS, an expanded drone war with civilian casualties, record deportations, a Guantanamo that never closed, and no prosecutions for 2008. The S&P 500 rose about 85 percent then 51 percent.

4. Biden (2021-2025) - A heavy legislative output largely drowned out by inflation and perception. The post-COVID jobs recovery was fast, unemployment fell near historic lows, and he signed major infrastructure, semiconductor, and climate-and-health bills, with markets and GDP growing and wages eventually outpacing inflation. But prices hit a 40-year high first dismissed as transitory, the Afghanistan withdrawal was chaotic and cost 13 servicemembers at Abbey Gate, the border saw record crossings, deficits ran large, and age and acuity questions ended his 2024 candidacy. The S&P 500 gained about 56 percent.

5. The market record - Equities were generally strong under these four, Carter excepted, but entry point did a lot of the work. Obama started near a 2009 bottom, which flatters the percentage, while a term beginning at peak valuations faces a steeper climb. Strong market returns are not the same thing as sound policy, in either party’s case.

6. The throughline - Mixed ledgers all around: genuine achievements sitting next to genuine failures, and a fiscal record that cuts against the tax-and-spend stereotype in places (Clinton’s surpluses, Obama’s shrinking post-crisis deficit) with Biden’s large deficits as the clear exception. As with the Republican list, credit and blame are shared with Congress, the Fed, and the business cycle, not owned outright by the Oval Office

you've changed a lot of hearts minds and viewpoints here with your OP.

you should keep up the good work.

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OP basically Google searched “what were the bad parts of these presidencies” and passed them off as core legacies. Absolute hack.

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