The "Over" and "Under"

Alex Massie is soliciting opinion on who the most over-rated and under-rated American presidents have been.  My picks:

Over-rated:  (1)  Ronald Reagan:  corrupt administration, record deficits, every policy favored rich white men;  (2)  Woodrow Wilson:  self-righteousness proves to be a poor foreign policy tool;  (3)  Theodore Roosevelt:  never saw a war he didn't get all tingly over.

Under-rated:  (1)  Dwight Eisenhower:  peace and prosperity, got out of Korea;  (2)  Lyndon Johnson:  outside of Vietnam was an excellent president.  Of course, as Molly Ivins pointed out, that's like saying that outside of the 100 Years War, it was a good century;  (3)  Jimmy Carter:  if we'd followed his energy policy, our economy and environment would be better today.   

Comments

[evelyn Victor]

I disagree about Teddy. What he did to preserve wilderness and his busting up of the monopolies makes him unassailable for whatever else you want to pin on him.

[John Petty]

But gee, you agree with the rest of them?

Thanks for the visit, Evelyn.

[Frank Glenn]

I also disagree on Teddy, but you are right on about the others. Now if we could just peer into the future without "misunderestimation" and see what either Obama or Clinton will look like...

[John Petty]

President Hillary, 2009-2017, and President Barack, 2018-2026, will both be stellar!