Who is the most underappreciated US president and why is it Nixon?

Obama, Clinton, LBJ, Truman, Eisenhower

Carter and Nixon are both severely underrated and demonized.

>>2328879

I'm going to have to agree with both of those.

>>2328857

William McKinley for getting himself killed and giving us TR.

>>2328892
Fuck Carter

Monroe, Polk, Arthur, or McKinley

>>2328857
He created the EPA, was pretty based tbqh.

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You rang?

>>2328857
>Nixon goes down in history as the worst president because he had the balls to resign
what a shame. All he did was ignite a proxy war and tap a few phones.

>>2328879
>Carter
can someone explain this literal meme to me?

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>>2328990
>Nixon goes down in history as the worst president because he had the balls to resign

ya cuz resigning in disgrace when your about to be enpeached is such a brave move lol

>>2329008
He was a newclear physicist. He's brother farmed peanuts and brew beers. That's all you need to know.

Nixon could pass as an Arab.

>>2329018

What the fuck? He wasn't a physicist, he served on a nuclear submarine. What the fuck?

>>2329013
He knew what he did and decided not to wastes the people's time. It's not perfect, but it sounds good to me.

>>2329041
>He knew what he did and bailed before he could be incarcerated for it

FTFY

Silent Cal

>>2328857
It's Woodrow Wilson. Gets shit talked by apologists and ignored by uberpatriots but he made the US' transition for stable state to world power incredibly smooth and with unprecedented non-reaction from the rest of the world. Fucking genius calculated intervention in foreign nations without over stepping himself and stable domestic policy that allowed economic growth (shifting from tariffs to income tax) and significantly reduced corruption (literally pretended to side with NJ mob and then threw them under the bus lel). Shame congress was so spiteful and wary of his authority, also shame about the stroke.

>>2329062
I don't know much about Woody Wilson.

can you recommend any reading?

>>2329008
Carter foresaw the energy crisis and issues coming in the future that we need to learn ti live modestly basiclly. Carter was a man who was just to nice for the white house but he was what we needed at the time.

>>2329008
He laid the foundation for a lot of the success attributed to Reagan and ultimately he made the mistake of telling the American people the truth.

>>2329041
>he knew he would be pardoned by his successor so he bailed
Ford was a faggot for that, Nixon should have rotted in jail just like any other criminal.

>>2329341
Dragging a case on like that would've just made everyone more depressed and cynical than they already were

>>2329351
Or maybe showing even a president isn't above the law might restore some faith in the system?

>>2329008
He upset the political balance of the time with his early actions, later tried to pivot to the middle (alienating his core supporters), and made a few foreign policy blunders that the Republicans and Reagan exploited mercilessly to ensure he was defeated. He did foresee a lot of problems that we're currently dealing with, though that didn't help him at the time.

He gets memed because the Republicans painted him to be a buffoon, and it stuck, but he's also the only president in recent history who managed to decentralize power back towards the state level in any appreciable manner. Honestly though, he's been a great advocate for peace around the world, and genuinely seems like a decent human being. As a politician though, he was middling, both by several of his own choices and those of his opponents.

>>2329051
>>2329341
What would a jailed President even look like?

>>2329434
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Katsav
probably something like this, apparently he's in the nicest part of the prison but its still a prison and he's not exempt from any of the rules or daily chores.

>>2329434
Justice

>>2328868
>LBJ

>>2328857

>Nixon

He is one of them. His immoral actions tainted his legacy forever though.

>Carter

Eh. He was a good guy but ruined green energy, modesty and a more realistic approach regarding a sustainable US role in the world. Also he helped the foundation of the reagan myth.

>Eisenhower

He isn't exactly underrated but no one recognizes how important he was in solidifying the US in their role as a world power.

Franklin Pierce
he's from my home state, cut him some slack wouldya?

>>2329629
Didn't he cause that pseudo-civil war?

>>2328868
>Clinton
people love him though, and he was hands down worse than nixon

>>2329691
>people love him
why?

Sex scandals aside, why?