Who is rated the best U.S. president And Why?

Hate them all.

Except for Theodore Roosevelt.

Abe Lincoln (for the Emancipation Proclamation) , FDR (for coping with the Great Depression and World War II), and George Washington (because he was known for his honesty) are all popular.

Personally, out of the presidents who were around during my lifetime, I like Bill Clinton the most -- not because of his politics (because I don't trust any politician) - but because he was hot.

The one who started the WPA ( Right?), where they just hired people during the Great Depression to make sewers and **** like that.

I think they've all got their good points and their bad points. Often what makes a "good President" means that they could be very bad husbands and very nasty men in person.

But if I had to pick:

FDR - because he was tough enough to make some very hard decisions and yet he had enough social conscience to do the right thing. Right man, right time.

Jefferson - because he was smart as a whip and incredibly curious, and because he was one of the earliest proponents of a limited Federal Government. It's partly thanks to him that the President is (supposedly) kept in check, and can't act as a dictator.

Clinton - because he understood that economics is more about perception than reality, and hence led one of the greatest economic resurgences the world has ever seen.