I see a lot of hate for this guy on this board. Why? Scholars tend to rate him highly.
>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.
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
>>1073015
lol which one of those fucks said washington was just "near great"
>>1073015
Real Greats
Polk
Mckinley
Theodore roosevelt
>>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.
>>1073139
Oh yea, he was the one who died from illness
>>1073156
I bet he wished he got a shot
>>1073160
CARLOS
>>1072959
Scholars don't know jack shit.
>>1073160
>>>/reddit/
>>1073176
Appeal to authority.
>>1073288
Fallacy fallacy
>>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)))))))
