I see a lot of hate for this guy on this board. Why? Scholars

>he's a Democrat
>better rationalize reason why he was shit

The Alien and Sedition Acts were pretty dumb though.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

>>1072975
Henry Cabot Lodge was the worst thing to ever happen to America.

>>1072972
The funny thing is, the sides are completely backwards. You'd think /pol/ would love the guy who segregated the army, and modern democrats would want to put some distance between them, but no.

>>1072995
This is the kind of magic thing that happens when nobody is that educated.

>mfw a huge amount of the work of the second progressive movement in the 60s and 70s was undoing the policies enacted by the first progressive movement

>destroyed Austria-Hungary

There's a special place in hell for him

>>1072995
> You'd think /pol/ would love the guy

This is /his/ you fucking idiot.

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And if anyone doesn't believe me about scholars rating him highly, here's a Schlesinger 1996 poll for example

>>1072959
Scholars are overwhelmingly progressive, so they tend to over look his obvious shortcomings

>>1073015
>Nixon that low

"Scholars"

>>1072959

>scholars

>>1073015
>Kennedy
>Lyndon johnson
>High average
>Nixon
>Failure

What total bullshit the guy who pulls out of vietnam has to take the shit over the people who started it

>>1073075
>>1073080
Thank you based random strangers on a Cambodian Painting Sweatshop for your educated opinions

>>1073015
lol which one of those fucks said washington was just "near great"

>>1073015
Real Greats
Polk
Mckinley
Theodore roosevelt

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>>1073015
>harrison
>that high
>even put on the ballot at all

>>1073102
He can't really be a failure if he was shot before he had the chance

>>1073096
ahem what was the whiskey rebellion? Not to mention he was a closet federalist

France would have their Rhein border and Germany gets fucked forever, and there will be no WW 2. But no, thnks to Mr. Willson and the Brit.

>>1073102
It's Benjamin not William

>>1073111
>shot

>>1073139
Oh yea, he was the one who died from illness

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>>1073156
I bet he wished he got a shot

>>1073160
CARLOS

>>1072959
Scholars don't know jack shit.

>>1073175
see
>>1073092

>>1073160

>>>/reddit/

>>1073176
Appeal to authority.

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>>1073288
Fallacy fallacy

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>>1073309
Your mum is a fallacy lmao

>>1073015
>Kennedy
>Reagan
The meme duo of overrated presidents

>>1073015
>Clinton 4 years into presidency
>2 votes for Failure
some savage scholars

Two worlds:

Welfare state

>>1072959
>expanded the US government beyond the constitutional scope and was only put into check when he tried to put a government monopoly on steel
>drove America into a war needlessly and caught serious flak over it after the war had finished
>was the laughingstock of Versailles
I honestly can't think of anything positive that Wilson did outside of make sure Mexico didn't fall for the commie bait.

>>1072959
>scholars
>those willing or blind enough to tolerate obviously biased public schooling

>>1072959
Cunt liberal scholars rate cunt liberal presidents highly?

B-but I thought they were all perfectly objective!

>>1073051
What obvious shortcomings?

>>1079234
SUCK MY DICK

>>1072959
>((((((Scholars)))))))