See, this is EXACTLY it.
FDR, JFK, and lincoln were all horrible presidents. (i can see steve looking for the reply button already!)
let's see how these 'great' presidents fucked up America.
FDR:
took us off the gold standard (so basically it's his fault for national debt in the first place... he printed money with no backing to 'help' the economy, when all that happened was inflation skyrocketed.)
The New Deal has pretty much set up our country up for the pile of shit we're in now with social security, and all the other big government policies that were supposed to be temporary but never removed because they weren't built with removal in mind in the first place
He might have been ok with WWII and all that, but his domestic polices were a pile of shit.
Did I mention he was a cocky bastard too? because he had to stay in office and break tradition, they had to make an amendment to make sure no other ass hat would do that again. You know you f'ed up big time if congress ratifies an amendment after what you did.
JFK:
"fuck" sums him up.
Really, what DID he do besides cheat on his wife and fuck Marlyn Monroe, fuck up relations with Cuba so we can't get a god damn decent cigar, and got shot in the fucking neck? he's popular for no damn good reason other than all the ladies of the era thought he was hot and he got assassinated.
"You're nobody 'till somebody kills you" -- biggie
Space program? hardly "JFK did it". NASA was around before him, and probably would've made it to space anyway with or without jfk doing nothing.
Lincoln:
The south had the right to secede from the union. Hell, in 1789, all 13 states seceded from the articles of confederation and took on the constitution with the same resolve -- that they could leave peacefully if the new document wasn't working.
So, technically, Lincoln violated our constitution for declaring war on a peaceful withdrawal.
Slavery? simply a by-product of the illegal war (sound familiar??) He wanted to hurt the south. by starting a rebellion of slaves, he used it as leverage.