but despite his self branding of being the real deal, his positions are like a fart in the breeze- they change direction depending which way the wind blows.
All spin bill has been spinning everything into a negative for democrats for decades. So what do hypocritical republicans do call their shows the opposite of what they do.
Do you believe Oreally? This rag is just his opinion, with which many do not agree. He is not an authority on anything or anyone, not even himself. Who cares if a president was a drinker or was disliked? Look at LBJ, who he ranked third worst, ever heard of the civil rights act? Or his ability to get legislation passed? He was stuck with that damn war. Interesting that the shitty presidents were nearly democrats and top 5 were republicans. The criticisms he lays on Biden were inherited from Trump I. And OMG he says if Andrew Jackson had been president there would have been no civil war. What about the fear among the nascent industrialists in the north seeing a growing disparity in wealth with many of the wealthiest Americans living on the Mississippi River between Jackson Mississippi and New Orleans. Cotton, crops, sugar cane, etc. And the southern economy was fueling the development of manufacturing and railroads, causing the smart people in the north to foresee that the south with their slaves might soon own the north unless reforms were made. These people, north and south, were trying to learn how to have and run a good country. Thank God it all worked out. Sorry for all that history pontificating, got carried away.
Nope. I’m a naysayer on this one. Terrible listing and really bad history. At no point does O’Reilly even ask if something is Constitutional or not. Tyler and Buchanan and Pierce are bad presidents in part because they did nothing about slavery and the looming civil war. At no point did I hear Bill say what they were supposed to do let alone how it would be Constitutional for them to do what he thinks they should have done. The Fugitive Slave Act was in the Constitution and as such Pierce had to enforce it. He did not believe that he could pick and chose what parts of the Constitution he was going to enforce or not. Lincoln himself enforced the Fugitive Slave Act as president up until his dying day. If Pierce gets criticized for that then so should Lincoln.
I really think Ronald Reagan belongs on the top 5 list for his handling and victory over the Cold War. He was also highly successful in developing a strong economy creating 20 million new jobs. These were 2 major challenges that he inherited when first elected.
Reagan was all time great out of his hawkish foreign policy that triggered the demise of the soviet machine gradually while fostering peace with the USSR. He brought unparalleled growth and made America believe in itself. And he was the most charismatic president arguably ever. Dude was one of a kind
It's said modern historians list him as bottom 5 presidents. When I was a kid, i went and saw him at a rally. He was definitely my hero. My wife is annoyed that I still have a Regan T-shirt. It has Regan done up like Rambo attacking Gadhafi with a dog body. It think I got it in 85 or 86. I just rewatched the challenger speech the other day. The man was amazing. All I could think was wow, I can't imagine Biden or Trump doing it so well. Something like this: I know loss my son died also. Look you know the thing... Or: it was a big explosion, a large explosion, not as big as a Rosie O'Donnell on the toilet after taco bell explosion but I have seen larger explosion, some say Trump how is it possible that you have seen larger explosions.. I say fake news!
I was in high school in the mid to late 60’s, the best teacher I had was Mr. Batalia who taught History. He is the reason I am a history buff. Mr. O’Reilly kudos to you. For teaching the little unknow facts of these people.
I agree with you. Also he was a big fan of Stalin which was the reason why the Soviet Union was able to take over Eastern Europe. Plus if you pay attention to the New deal is the parallel equivalent of what Adolf Hitler was doing in Germany. To improve the economy of Germany during the Nazis time. If it wasn't for Congress and how our constitution was set up Roosevelt would have wanted to do the same thing that Hitler was doing all the way down to a t when it came to the economy. Also remember he sent a boatload of Jewish people back to Europe to get killed
@@andrejamison2723 And to say that HE saved the world ignores Winston Churchill who, with Britain, stood alone for almost two years until America was Forced into the war. And then it's geographical position preserved it's industrial capacity to be the "arsenal of democracy".
Yeah. O’Reilly is a bad historian. Also, his reasons on why Franklin Pierce was a bad president are completely ignorant of who Pierce was and what was going on. He criticizes Pierce for being pro slavery, which he was not, and then cites his enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act and signing of the Kansas Nebraska Act as evidence. First off, Pierce did not believe that he could just ignore whatever laws he didn’t like and that as president he had to enforce them all equally until the law changes. Secondly, Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act when he was president yet he is O’Reilly’s #1 best president. Pierce did sign the Kansas Nebraska Act but it was because he believed that it would settle the slavery issue. Sure we disagree with it today but back then it was sold as being the bill that would bring peace. O’Reilly also accused Pierce of being a drunk and being politically unfeeling. Franklin Pierce and his wife literally watched their son get decapitated in front of them in a train wreck right after Pierce was elected. Pierce’s wife went into very deep depression and Pierce ended up turning to the bottle because of all of the crap that ge had to deal with. Trying to find peace in a country about to break apart, dealing with a suicidally depressed wife, and seeing his son being gruesomely killed in a train accident drive him there. Maybe he should have resigned his office but I don’t blame him for his problems as he was in a very very horrible situation and O’Reilly doesn’t care. Also, his reasoning on Tyler and Buchanan is dumb as well. They did nothing. Buchanan blames Congress. If the Constitution does not grant them authority then they shouldn’t do anything about it. And also, it is not true that Buchanan did not try to reinforce the forts. He did but they were fired on and had to turn around. So O’Reilly is making crap up.
Maybe because I served 20 years in the US Navy, eight of those under Reagan, therefore he should have been in the top five. When Carter was president the morale was at the lowest point. Reagan not only brought down the Soviet Union and created a strong economy, but he helped to raise the spirits of the American people especially those serving in the armed forces!!!
When even your political opponent is cracking up at a joke aimed at him, you know the guy was talented. I was at the debate when he said, “I will not make age an issue during this campaign. I will not exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s [Mondale] youth and inexperience.“ 😂 Contrast that with poor Dan Quayle who showed he was offended by Lloyd Bentsen’s crack about him being “no John Kennedy.” I wish he’d said, “that’s a relief” or something like it. It’s politics. You can’t take it personally.
@theeJordanTaylor well, what about Wilson's record on Civil Rights? On the surface, he comes off as a Progressive, college professor from New Jersey. But, in the area of civil rights, he's a Dixiecrat from Virginia.
Worst Top 5 4:30 - 5. Franklin Pierce 7:00 - 4. John Tyler 9:23 - 3. Lyndon Johnson 13:46 - 2. Joseph Biden 17:33 - 1. James Buchanan Best Top 5 21:51 - 5. Franklin D. Roosevelt 25:55 - 4. Theodore Roosevelt 29:25 - 3. James K. Polk 33:25 - 2. George Washington 37:34 - 1. Abraham Lincoln
Polk was underappreciated probably why O Reilly included him, but how can you keep Jefferson (Louisiana Purchase) and Reagan (Ended Cold War / Longest Economic Expansion) off the list?
I would have preferred Jefferson or Reagan to be in his top 5 instead of Polk, I like both of them. I don’t even think that Polk is under-appreciated, he goaded Mexico into a war so that he could launch an invasion and take territory that would lead to the expansion of slavery and the Civil War. I say this as someone who loves and lives in a state that was Mexican territory prior to the Mexican-American War.
Enjoyed this segment, I differ with Bill on some of his choices. I am reading CONFRONTING THE PRESIDENTS, love the interesting facts and its easy “folksy read “ style!
When we elect lawyers to represent us and run the business of America and those with no military competence we get Woodrow Wilson, FDR, LBJ, Obama, and Biden/
LBJ was in WWII. You also forgot the Wet One, Bill Clinton not only didn't he serve but he was in England protesting. Trump and nope but a great president. On the flip side the ones with military experience lets see if that makes a difference. Truman ok, Ike great, JFK a maybe, Nixon he did end VietNam so ok, Ford WWII a big nope, Carter another big nope, both Bushs, huge nope. Reagan another great one. So military service for me doesn't matter all that much.
worst ever: obama(utter nonsense used car salesmen at best worst ever), biden, pierce, clinton, tyler, kennedy(slimeball perpetuated the veitnam war when he could have stopped it, hes also the most overrated prez ever), lyndon johnson. best ever :Nixon(best speaker, extremely smart, likeable), Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson(the most genius of all prez), Polk. John Quincy Adams. most underrated ever: Nixon and polk. polk is actually what a president should be like, an ordinary guy that works hard and does his job well and creates growth.
JFK withdrew the Vietnam War not at first, but he started to know it was pointless, but guess what he got killed before he could pull out the Vietnam War.
0 Reilly downolays Kennedy he had leadership ability in his impact in the world his charisma was undeniable his poll numbers was at 60 percent when he was assinated tried to end the hot cold war an eloquent witty speaker and his coolness in Cuban missile crisis is undeniable too i put him over Polk
My top 5 best: Teddy Roosevelt Ronald Reagan Dwight Eisenhower Thomas Jefferson George Washington- worst:Joe Biden Barack Obama Jimmy Carter Lyndon Johnson Woodrow Wilson
They are really good books. I have to intentionally pace myself because I don't want to finish them so fast. I almost read The Killers in 1 sitting lol. Keep writing
I do not agree with FDR making the list. The only qualifier I’d give him is that his leadership was goodish during the war, but everything else with him was awful. His dictator ambitions, his inaction causing Pearl Harbor, his introduction of mass government programs/socialist leanings, the federal alphabet, etc. just awful. We still are dealing with his nonsense today, and hell the government couldn’t even manage social security so they’re gonna run that dry. I do not agree with bill on this
I mean John Tyler was married twice so not really. He was an interesting president and I actually like him as president. Many people tend to include a president’s personal views and personal life when ranking them and that is dumb. How many kids Tyler had or if Grover Cleveland had a child out of wedlock or not is irrelevant to if they were a good president or not. Thomas Jefferson once said that the best way to view a politician was how they kept their oath to protect and defend the Constitution and the way that we know how they held to that is to view the Constitution “as understood and interpreted by the conventions in what they were promised that the Constitution meant by the proponents of it at the time.” If you go by that criteria, which I agree with, then Tyler actually fairs much better than FDR or Wilson or Teddy Roosevelt.
As far as sheer great ness it's a toss-up between Washington and Lincoln, in my opinion anyway. And when you come down to it we wouldn't have a country without either man, both men in the right place at the right time in history. Hand of God at work? You be the judge. ut
@@seanohare5488 Good point, but Lincoln couldn't have done either without the war he didn't want to begin with. He had no desire to make war on the Confederacy and neither did the majority of Americans in the North but when the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter it changed everything. Fort Sumter had the same effect on Americans as Pearl Harbor would 80 years later and 9/11 would 60 years after that.
Thank you for this! I read the book but he reviews them in chronological order and I would have loved to see a chart of Mr O’Reilly’s rankings. I plan to read the book again. I loved seeing the worst 5 ranking in this video.
Agree I think 0 Reilly being very coy slick here knowing the election coming soon Trump has been very vilified by the press a close second to Lincoln and vilified a lot longer too also Trump was attempted assination for being par of the clubs so he is standing up for America not destroying it like despicable Democrats and Trump is very tough New York City tough which 0 Reilly as a new Yorker himself should recognized a sense an envy in 0 Reilly about Trump which is the basis for people bs dislike of Trump
True. Aside from Jefferson's personal slaves (who he freed) all the Montecello slaves were part of the plantations assets. Jefferson's creditors let him live on the property until he died out of respect but as soon as he was gone they were taking the whole place, slaves and all. Washington wanted to end his reliance on slaves, he'd been developing moral qualms about the instituion for years and the performance of Black soldiers in the Revolution made those qualms even worse. The only way out of it was to free his slaves on his death when he wouldn't need them anymore. (Obviously.) Not a perfect solution but it was the only one he could come up with. Also as part of his will he broke up the Mount Vernon estate leaving parcels to various relatives so they wouldn't need all those slaves either. I forgot to add earlier Washington stipulated in his will that the slaves were to be educated in the basic "Three R's" ('readin' , 'ritin', 'rithmatic) as well so they could function in the world as free men and women and not be at a disadvantage.
@@detroitblack258 Any auctions at Montecello after Jefferson's death would have been his creditors selling off the siezed assets and that certainly would have included slaves along with household goods, parcels of property and livestock. However as I mentioned earlier Jefferson DID have his personal slaves not part of the Montecello estate (Sally Hemmings and her family, males and females) and they were freed by Jefferson. But that was a far as he could go.
Would like to have heard more on his thoughts on Reagan. I don’t agree completely on the top 5 and think RR was in there. I know Bill has great knowledge but question judgement a touch
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I really enjoy listening to Bill speak, he is probably one of the most straight forward speakers I've ever heard.
So does he!
Especially when he’s on the phone harassing and trying to get you to play with a shower loofa😮😂
but despite his self branding of being the real deal, his positions are like a fart in the breeze- they change direction depending which way the wind blows.
All spin bill has been spinning everything into a negative for democrats for decades. So what do hypocritical republicans do call their shows the opposite of what they do.
Thank for release this on to TH-cam
"The most common failure was that they didn't look out for the folks, and they didn't do the right thing when the right thing was fairly apparent."
444 Well stated !
And still true today! Presidents today look at the office as their own personal kingdom, and the taxpayers are the peasants.
36:28 My guess is number one is Andrew Jackson.
How did Warren G. Harding escape the 'worst-list'?
Excellent interview!
Enjoyed it thanks O'Reilly & News Nation!
Waiting for this book from my library. Great show. I love history and this show with Bill was very interesting.
Thank you.
Glad he wrote the book and had this interview !
THANK YOU. One of the very best presentations on the subject I have ever seen. Love history and will cherish the experience.
Do you believe Oreally? This rag is just his opinion, with which many do not agree. He is not an authority on anything or anyone, not even himself. Who cares if a president was a drinker or was disliked? Look at LBJ, who he ranked third worst, ever heard of the civil rights act? Or his ability to get legislation passed? He was stuck with that damn war. Interesting that the shitty presidents were nearly democrats and top 5 were republicans. The criticisms he lays on Biden were inherited from Trump I. And OMG he says if Andrew Jackson had been president there would have been no civil war. What about the fear among the nascent industrialists in the north seeing a growing disparity in wealth with many of the wealthiest Americans living on the Mississippi River between Jackson Mississippi and New Orleans. Cotton, crops, sugar cane, etc. And the southern economy was fueling the development of manufacturing and railroads, causing the smart people in the north to foresee that the south with their slaves might soon own the north unless reforms were made. These people, north and south, were trying to learn how to have and run a good country. Thank God it all worked out. Sorry for all that history pontificating, got carried away.
Nope. I’m a naysayer on this one. Terrible listing and really bad history. At no point does O’Reilly even ask if something is Constitutional or not. Tyler and Buchanan and Pierce are bad presidents in part because they did nothing about slavery and the looming civil war. At no point did I hear Bill say what they were supposed to do let alone how it would be Constitutional for them to do what he thinks they should have done. The Fugitive Slave Act was in the Constitution and as such Pierce had to enforce it. He did not believe that he could pick and chose what parts of the Constitution he was going to enforce or not. Lincoln himself enforced the Fugitive Slave Act as president up until his dying day. If Pierce gets criticized for that then so should Lincoln.
I really think Ronald Reagan belongs on the top 5 list for his handling and victory over the Cold War. He was also highly successful in developing a strong economy creating 20 million new jobs. These were 2 major challenges that he inherited when first elected.
Reagan was all time great out of his hawkish foreign policy that triggered the demise of the soviet machine gradually while fostering peace with the USSR. He brought unparalleled growth and made America believe in itself. And he was the most charismatic president arguably ever. Dude was one of a kind
@@thomashowe1509 Glad you agree. Great minds think alike.
I'm torn between Truman, Eisenhower and Reagan.
The Soviet Union destroyed itself. Doesn’t matter about “tear down this wall.” Reagan did nothing more than that
It's said modern historians list him as bottom 5 presidents. When I was a kid, i went and saw him at a rally. He was definitely my hero. My wife is annoyed that I still have a Regan T-shirt. It has Regan done up like Rambo attacking Gadhafi with a dog body. It think I got it in 85 or 86. I just rewatched the challenger speech the other day. The man was amazing. All I could think was wow, I can't imagine Biden or Trump doing it so well. Something like this: I know loss my son died also. Look you know the thing... Or: it was a big explosion, a large explosion, not as big as a Rosie O'Donnell on the toilet after taco bell explosion but I have seen larger explosion, some say Trump how is it possible that you have seen larger explosions.. I say fake news!
Thank you, Bill-I’m buying the book!
Great conversation, thanks for sharing
Love Bill!
Enjoyed this so much. Thank you.
Outstanding NewsNation - this was terrific
Leland did well. Ive watched him since his launch. He did well on OReilly who is prickly at best.
Thank you for a great show.
Excellent program. Thank you
Thanks Leland and News Nation…and Bill O’Reilly. I loved this.
LOVED this interview ❤❤❤
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Totally agree with Bill about LBJ.
Gonna purchase and read em Bill! One by one, til I've read them all. 🇺🇲🦅
Consider the audio book versions as well.
@@RickW-HGWT, will do. Thank you, Sir🇺🇲🦅
Absolutely Awesome! 🇺🇸
Great interview! I give Leland Vitter and News Nation a lot of credit for doing this presentation. I can't wait to read the book...
I have so much respect for Mr. O
What ended the Great Depression? WW2. Come on Bill. He's the start of this bloated inept Federal Government.
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Thought the same thing!
Just how effective Roosevelt's New Deal was has been argued by historians for decades so we're sure not gonna resolve it here.
He’s not the start but I agree with your comment. FDR is bottom 5.
What a well spoken incredibly smart and educated man . always a real pleasure listening to big O
Thank you for the precious history lesson. Appreciated. ❤👍
I was in high school in the mid to late 60’s, the best teacher I had was Mr. Batalia who taught History. He is the reason I am a history buff. Mr. O’Reilly kudos to you. For teaching the little unknow facts of these people.
The New Deal did not end the depression;WW2 & a return to free market principles did.
I agree with you. Also he was a big fan of Stalin which was the reason why the Soviet Union was able to take over Eastern Europe. Plus if you pay attention to the New deal is the parallel equivalent of what Adolf Hitler was doing in Germany. To improve the economy of Germany during the Nazis time. If it wasn't for Congress and how our constitution was set up Roosevelt would have wanted to do the same thing that Hitler was doing all the way down to a t when it came to the economy. Also remember he sent a boatload of Jewish people back to Europe to get killed
@@andrejamison2723 And to say that HE saved the world ignores Winston Churchill who, with Britain, stood alone for almost two years until America was Forced into the war. And then it's geographical position preserved it's industrial capacity to be the "arsenal of democracy".
The New Deal prolonged the Great Depression and created the notion of “Papa Bear [big government] will bail you out.”
Yeah. O’Reilly is a bad historian. Also, his reasons on why Franklin Pierce was a bad president are completely ignorant of who Pierce was and what was going on. He criticizes Pierce for being pro slavery, which he was not, and then cites his enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act and signing of the Kansas Nebraska Act as evidence. First off, Pierce did not believe that he could just ignore whatever laws he didn’t like and that as president he had to enforce them all equally until the law changes. Secondly, Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act when he was president yet he is O’Reilly’s #1 best president. Pierce did sign the Kansas Nebraska Act but it was because he believed that it would settle the slavery issue. Sure we disagree with it today but back then it was sold as being the bill that would bring peace. O’Reilly also accused Pierce of being a drunk and being politically unfeeling. Franklin Pierce and his wife literally watched their son get decapitated in front of them in a train wreck right after Pierce was elected. Pierce’s wife went into very deep depression and Pierce ended up turning to the bottle because of all of the crap that ge had to deal with. Trying to find peace in a country about to break apart, dealing with a suicidally depressed wife, and seeing his son being gruesomely killed in a train accident drive him there. Maybe he should have resigned his office but I don’t blame him for his problems as he was in a very very horrible situation and O’Reilly doesn’t care. Also, his reasoning on Tyler and Buchanan is dumb as well. They did nothing. Buchanan blames Congress. If the Constitution does not grant them authority then they shouldn’t do anything about it. And also, it is not true that Buchanan did not try to reinforce the forts. He did but they were fired on and had to turn around. So O’Reilly is making crap up.
Loved this.
I enjoyed every minute of this interview. Bill is a brilliant man that had done his homework, and it shows in this interview.
Maybe because I served 20 years in the US Navy, eight of those under Reagan, therefore he should have been in the top five. When Carter was president the morale was at the lowest point. Reagan not only brought down the Soviet Union and created a strong economy, but he helped to raise the spirits of the American people especially those serving in the armed forces!!!
When even your political opponent is cracking up at a joke aimed at him, you know the guy was talented. I was at the debate when he said, “I will not make age an issue during this campaign. I will not exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s [Mondale] youth and inexperience.“ 😂
Contrast that with poor Dan Quayle who showed he was offended by Lloyd Bentsen’s crack about him being “no John Kennedy.” I wish he’d said, “that’s a relief” or something like it. It’s politics. You can’t take it personally.
How does Wilson not make the list of the worst Presidents?
Bill is clueless about Wilson!
Because he wasn't that bad. His leadership during WWI keeps him out of the worst president conversation imo.
@theeJordanTaylor well, what about Wilson's record on Civil Rights? On the surface, he comes off as a Progressive, college professor from New Jersey. But, in the area of civil rights, he's a Dixiecrat from Virginia.
@@theeJordanTaylor He was that bad, the man was huge racist.
@@robertpolityka8464 Yep, total bigot.
Such a great video Leland, Can't wait to read "Confronting the Presidents". All of Mr. O'Reilly's killing books are spellbinders.
AWESOME!!!
Excellent!
Worst Top 5
4:30 - 5. Franklin Pierce
7:00 - 4. John Tyler
9:23 - 3. Lyndon Johnson
13:46 - 2. Joseph Biden
17:33 - 1. James Buchanan
Best Top 5
21:51 - 5. Franklin D. Roosevelt
25:55 - 4. Theodore Roosevelt
29:25 - 3. James K. Polk
33:25 - 2. George Washington
37:34 - 1. Abraham Lincoln
Gee no Jefferson, or Madison.
Yeah. His bad presidents has three good presidents on it and only one of his greatest presidents is one that actually was good. 😂
No Donald J Trump??.. this guy..smh smh 🤦🏻♂️
@@arj_813 Trump is not top 5 best presidents by a wide margin. He’s an FDR era Democrat which is conservative today but 100 years ago he’s a big lib.
@@arj_813 Yea once the second rap is in the books, he moves to number 3 all time best, he is the strong white man we have been waiting for.
I just listened to "Confronting the Presidents" on audio book while driving truck from Salt Lake to Las Vegas and back. Outstanding!
He gives no summary on who is best and who is worse
Leeland - outstanding job! As always kudos to Bill O’Reilly for this incredible book!
Mr. Bill intelligence, insights & no nonsense way telling the truth. Thank you.
Fascinating Programming. Thanks.
Polk was underappreciated probably why O Reilly included him, but how can you keep Jefferson (Louisiana Purchase) and Reagan (Ended Cold War / Longest Economic Expansion) off the list?
Friendly reminder Cold War ended with Bush Sr. Not Reagan.
I would have preferred Jefferson or Reagan to be in his top 5 instead of Polk, I like both of them. I don’t even think that Polk is under-appreciated, he goaded Mexico into a war so that he could launch an invasion and take territory that would lead to the expansion of slavery and the Civil War. I say this as someone who loves and lives in a state that was Mexican territory prior to the Mexican-American War.
Jefferson generally is regarded as a horrible president.
@ not true. Not too, but average/above average
Enjoyed this segment, I differ with Bill on some of his choices. I am reading CONFRONTING THE PRESIDENTS, love the interesting facts and its easy “folksy read “ style!
Fascinating! And I had never heard that about Georgia-! Thanks for this-excellent.
When we elect lawyers to represent us and run the business of America and those with no military competence we get Woodrow Wilson, FDR, LBJ, Obama, and Biden/
And don't forget bone spurs Donnie. Totally incompetent
Yea and when elect ones with military experience we get Truman, JFK,LBJ,Nixon, Carter, and both Bushes. So that bunch not making any top 10 list.
And Donald Trump with his bone spurs.
LBJ was in WWII. You also forgot the Wet One, Bill Clinton not only didn't he serve but he was in England protesting. Trump and nope but a great president. On the flip side the ones with military experience lets see if that makes a difference. Truman ok, Ike great, JFK a maybe, Nixon he did end VietNam so ok, Ford WWII a big nope, Carter another big nope, both Bushs, huge nope. Reagan another great one. So military service for me doesn't matter all that much.
@@douglasbrown8064 Yea big deal, he was great round one, and the second round the hammer comes down!
Really great. Thanks.
worst ever: obama(utter nonsense used car salesmen at best worst ever), biden, pierce, clinton, tyler, kennedy(slimeball perpetuated the veitnam war when he could have stopped it, hes also the most overrated prez ever), lyndon johnson.
best ever :Nixon(best speaker, extremely smart, likeable), Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson(the most genius of all prez), Polk. John Quincy Adams.
most underrated ever: Nixon and polk. polk is actually what a president should be like, an ordinary guy that works hard and does his job well and creates growth.
Kennedy did try to stop, but guess what? He got killed. What more do you guys want from Kennedy? It wasn't his fault the dems wanted him out.
JFK withdrew the Vietnam War not at first, but he started to know it was pointless, but guess what he got killed before he could pull out the Vietnam War.
O’Reilly states Obama was the hardest working President. I agree, hardest working president at damaging the USA.
Very interesting! Loved watching this
This was really good! Gonna have to get that book
This is great assessment
This video should have more views. This was an informative video about the presidents.
Great program very informative!
Great stuff! Bill’ books are fantastic.
Really well done.
Very good interview
EXCELLENT video!!! THANKS!!!!
0 Reilly downolays Kennedy he had leadership ability in his impact in the world his charisma was undeniable his poll numbers was at 60 percent when he was assinated tried to end the hot cold war an eloquent witty speaker and his coolness in Cuban missile crisis is undeniable too i put him over Polk
Thoughly enjoyed this! Very interesting.
My top 5 best: Teddy Roosevelt Ronald Reagan Dwight Eisenhower Thomas Jefferson George Washington- worst:Joe Biden Barack Obama Jimmy Carter Lyndon Johnson Woodrow Wilson
I agree 100%
U could put Trump on the list of Worst.. he let 200,000 or more of your people DIE on his watch.. and did not care...
in my opinion, FDR was a total disaster of a president. Not sure exactly where I'd put him, but he was really bad.
I like your list as well.
Tell us how biased you are… the top 3 is Washington, Lincoln and FDR.
I really like this interview. I'm getting his book
Ive bought nearly all of his books and they are great!
They are really good books. I have to intentionally pace myself because I don't want to finish them so fast. I almost read The Killers in 1 sitting lol. Keep writing
Great, thank you
The worse US : Jimmy Carter definitely is top 5 , if he is not No-1 Awful
I don’t like Carter but compared to Wilson, FDR, Truman, or Teddy Roosevelt he’s not too bad.
EXCELLENT!!
Enjoyed this analysis very much. Insightful and knowledgeable. Thx
@VloggingThroughHistory you should totally react to this.
I do not agree with FDR making the list. The only qualifier I’d give him is that his leadership was goodish during the war, but everything else with him was awful. His dictator ambitions, his inaction causing Pearl Harbor, his introduction of mass government programs/socialist leanings, the federal alphabet, etc. just awful. We still are dealing with his nonsense today, and hell the government couldn’t even manage social security so they’re gonna run that dry. I do not agree with bill on this
OK, John Tyler was tired because he had 16 kids. Good grief, Mrs. Tyler must've been utterly exhausted.
Both Mrs. Tylers were exhausted, the 1st wife, Letitia died after a year and a half as first lady.
Tyler has 1 living grandson as of this writing. not a great of any kind...Tyler's son's son
I mean John Tyler was married twice so not really. He was an interesting president and I actually like him as president. Many people tend to include a president’s personal views and personal life when ranking them and that is dumb. How many kids Tyler had or if Grover Cleveland had a child out of wedlock or not is irrelevant to if they were a good president or not. Thomas Jefferson once said that the best way to view a politician was how they kept their oath to protect and defend the Constitution and the way that we know how they held to that is to view the Constitution “as understood and interpreted by the conventions in what they were promised that the Constitution meant by the proponents of it at the time.” If you go by that criteria, which I agree with, then Tyler actually fairs much better than FDR or Wilson or Teddy Roosevelt.
Did you see the video of his Grandson, who I believe is still alive? He had kids in his 70's and so did his son.
I am really impressed with Bill’s speeches. This is an excellent interview. Keep it up!
Great Content i really enjoyed this 🗣️
Reagan should be on the best list. Period.
That was rather interesting... thanks Bill.
No surprise about Lincoln, I personally put Washington at #1.
As far as sheer great ness it's a toss-up between Washington and Lincoln, in my opinion anyway.
And when you come down to it we wouldn't have a country without either man, both men in the right place at the right time in history. Hand of God at work? You be the judge. ut
I put Lincoln number one he preseved the Union and ended slavery two huge feats in just basically in one term
@@seanohare5488 Good point, but Lincoln couldn't have done either without the war he didn't want to begin with. He had no desire to make war on the Confederacy and neither did the majority of Americans in the North but when the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter it changed everything. Fort Sumter had the same effect on Americans as Pearl Harbor would 80 years later and 9/11 would 60 years after that.
@@seanohare5488except there wouldn't be a union to preserve without Washington. Not to mention he personally fought in the war.
LBJ should not be on this list!
Bill is brilliant!
I'd like to thank Bill for his service to our country during the Vietnam War.
Yea where was he stationed in Marist college?
Thank you for this! I read the book but he reviews them in chronological order and I would have loved to see a chart of Mr O’Reilly’s rankings. I plan to read the book again. I loved seeing the worst 5 ranking in this video.
➡️ BEST ⬅️
1. George Washington
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Ronald Reagan
4. Theodore Roosevelt
5. Calvin Coolidge
Love the Coolidge mention.
@@2H2521 He was so good fiscally and morally.
6. Donald Trump
7. Donald Trump
8. Donald Trump
I guess you would have both Calvin and JFK in your top 1O. They have long been among my favorite 3 Presidents.
I think it would be better if they number all the 46 presidents from worst which is number 46th till the number one best.
This was wonderful. I hope to get the book.
Polk's hair 🤣 🤣 🤣
I absolutely love Bill's dry personality. And his humor.
Agree
Bill O’Reilly is the best.
I think Bill was very unfair , to D. Trump !!!!
Agree I think 0 Reilly being very coy slick here knowing the election coming soon Trump has been very vilified by the press a close second to Lincoln and vilified a lot longer too also Trump was attempted assination for being par of the clubs so he is standing up for America not destroying it like despicable Democrats and Trump is very tough New York City tough which 0 Reilly as a new Yorker himself should recognized a sense an envy in 0 Reilly about Trump which is the basis for people bs dislike of Trump
how?
I’ve absolutely loved this book so far.
Jefferson morally was against slavery. But economically he had to keep his slaves because he was broke. Washington freed his slaves on his death bed.
O'Reilly and Dugard might help me decipher the Jefferson enigma.
True. Aside from Jefferson's personal slaves (who he freed) all the Montecello slaves were part of the plantations assets. Jefferson's creditors let him live on the property until he died out of respect but as soon as he was gone they were taking the whole place, slaves and all.
Washington wanted to end his reliance on slaves, he'd been developing moral qualms about the instituion for years and the performance of Black soldiers in the Revolution made those qualms even worse. The only way out of it was to free his slaves on his death when he wouldn't need them anymore. (Obviously.) Not a perfect solution but it was the only one he could come up with. Also as part of his will he broke up the Mount Vernon estate leaving parcels to various relatives so they wouldn't need all those slaves either.
I forgot to add earlier Washington stipulated in his will that the slaves were to be educated in the basic "Three R's" ('readin' , 'ritin', 'rithmatic) as well so they could function in the world as free men and women and not be at a disadvantage.
I heard differently about Jefferson free his slaves on his death.They had a auction on the lawn on his death.
@@detroitblack258 Any auctions at Montecello after Jefferson's death would have been his creditors selling off the siezed assets and that certainly would have included slaves along with household goods, parcels of property and livestock. However as I mentioned earlier Jefferson DID have his personal slaves not part of the Montecello estate (Sally Hemmings and her family, males and females) and they were freed by Jefferson. But that was a far as he could go.
I believe he kept some to help Martha after his death? I could be wrong?
Lincoln wasn’t only the best President but he was also a badass vampire hunter! 😂
Hmm. I have Woodrow Wilson and Andrew Johnson in my bottom 5 but I guess it’s all according to what individuals think are major issues.
Those two would make a lot of bottom 5's and I bet they were close to making Bill's. Biden probably bumped one of them off lol.
I wouldn’t put Johnson in the bottom 5 but I would certainly put Wilson at either worst or second worst of all time.
Very smart man.I love to read his books
Would like to have heard more on his thoughts on Reagan. I don’t agree completely on the top 5 and think RR was in there. I know Bill has great knowledge but question judgement a touch
Bill OReilly does not write these books. His”coauthor”does. He takes the credit.
Bill you are very smart I seen you for years your a good man
More Bill Oreilly please
I Reilly is brilliant
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Amen !.
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I’m conservative but can’t stand ole Bill! He’s right about a lot however!
Looking forward to reading this!!!!!!!!Not gotten my signed copy yet!
Big miss without Wilson not being “bottom 5.” Also, FDR in “best” list? Hahaha. Absolute garbage President
Fascinating stuff.
Lincoln had the equivalent of 2nd grade education he educated himself. He also battled depression. Amazing that he was chosen number one by O' Reilly
How is that amazing? Lincoln by far achieved more than any other president and paid for it with his life.
Excellent job News Nation! Bill is awesome! His books are great to read.
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