Star-Spangled Men

America's Ten Worst Presidents

By: Nathan Miller

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Paperback | 25 February 1999 | Edition Number 3

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Picking America's best presidents is easy. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt usually lead the list, But choosing the nation's worst presidents requires more thought. In Star-Spangled Men, respected presidential biographer Nathan Miller puts on display those leaders who were abject failures as chief executive. With pointed humor and a deft hand, he presents a rogues' gallery of the men who dropped the presidential ball, and sometimes their pants as well.
Miller includes Richard M. Nixon, who was forced to resign to escape impeachment; Jimmy Carter, who proved that the White House is not the place for on-the-job training; and Warren G. Harding, who gave "being in the closet" new meaning as he carried on extramarital interludes in one near the Oval Office. This current edition also includes a new assessment of Bill Clinton -- who has admitted lying to his family, his aides, his cabinet, and the American people.

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The Tampa Tribune A disturbing view of a system where presidential candidates are often chosen on the basis of their inability to upset anyone, thus making mediocrity one of the aspects of job description. Lowell Branham The Knoxville News-Sentinel Anyone who's studied history might wonder how Miller was able to boil his list down to only ten. Anne Stephenson The Arizona Republic The interesting, often funny stories [Miller] tells are comforting proof that we've had bad presidents before, and survived them all. John Dorfman The Washington Post Book World An amusing and instructive book...what stands out are his anecdotes, most of them humorous or just plain bizarre.

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who showed that the White House is not the place for on-the-job training
who was so fat he got stuck in a White House bathtub
who looked like a medieval gnome and had a handshake like "a wilted petunia"
who was a living embodiment of Woody Allen's observation that "eighty percent of success is showing up"
who proves that old soldiers should fade away rather than go to the White House
who declared, "I am right" about Reconstruction -- but was wrong
who said, "There's nothing left...but to get drunk," after being denied renomination -- and promptly did so
who was on the government payroll for forty years and never had an original idea
who gave being "in the closet" a new meaning
who maintained, "I am not a crook!" -- but was
Epilogue(In which we consider the two most overrated presidents)
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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America's Ten Worst Presidents

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