Ten worst Americans (U.S.)

Jean at Catholic Fire linked to a blogosphere challenge at All Things Beautiful. Following up on the story about the Ten Worst Britons, Alexandra asks for a listing of the ten worst Americans. I had actually been considering doing something like that after posting the British story yesterday; but being concerned that I don’t have time to give proper consideration to the matter, I decided not to. Now that I’ve seen “the challenge”, I’m motivated to get something out, even if it fails to meet the sniff test and keeps me from doing what I should be doing.

One thing I will try to avoid is your everyday (or everydecade) common psychopath. I mean folks like Charles Manson are evil, but let’s face it, in the grand scheme of things the reach of their evil only goes so far. I’m more interested in the destructive cultural forces like Margaret Sanger and the nefarious leaders/players, etc.


Margaret Sanger – Evil, evil, evil. Fascist, racist, pro-baby-killing, eugenics pushing evil bitch who started Planned Parenthood and paved the way for the moral destruction of this nation – and quite possibly the rest of the world (due to the U.S. strong influence and economic might).








To her eternity can go Alfred Kinsey whose “work” has had such far-reaching consequences that I doubt that there is one of us who hasn’t been directly negatively tainted because of his influence on modern culture. I know I have felt the effects first hand – I struggle with them to this day.



Alger Hiss, commie traitor bastard who to this day remains the poster child for the commie traitors who are present at every level of our government, then and now.















Speaking of treachery: How about Jane Fonda? Were there worse? Yes…but I’m hard pressed to think of anyone more personally revolting. More current examples of leftist anti-Americans pale in comparison to the demoralizing sight of Hanoi Jane mounting the enemy’s artillery and lending moral support to the enemy (and let’s get this straight – it wasn’t just an enemy, their cause was downright evil!). In comparison to Hanoi Jane, Michael Moore is a lightweight, both in treachery and self-aggrandizing.






As bad as this next entry is, four years ago I wouldn’t have considered nominating him. Since then he has paraded himself in a major way which has essentially demanded that we examine his existence. If for nothing else (dogged support of the murdering of innocent babies, scandal to the Catholic Church, etc), John Kerry is making this list because his actions during the Vietnam War scandalized and brought disgrace to every American who donned a uniform and offered their service to our great nation, and his actions were treacherous. I am not a veteran, but I hold every veteran who served honorably in high esteem, whether it is peace time or war. We would not be a great nation, and not have the potential to be as great as we should be if we not for those who sacrifice(d) for us. John Kerry should have been dragged straight to the firing squad. It’s sad commentary about our nation that few at the time (or now) even considered it.

Here’s a tough one for me and I’m sure there are many who will dispute it. Much can be said about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The man did good - and the man did evil, and everything he did had far-reaching consequences. Since I think that others could have accomplished the same good and not done the evil, I’m going to include him in this list. Even if we avoid the contested subject of the New Deal and his paving the way for a larger and socialist minded government, we have plenty to work with concerning World War II.

I am pleased that he got us into WWII, but disappointed that he didn’t deal with the matter squarely. I sincerely believe that he “allowed” or “provoked” Pearl Harbor in order to rally support for the war. I don’t call that leadership, even though I agree that our entrance into the war was necessary and just.

He did many good things in support of the war effort and was very successful in marshalling the nation into the military machine that it became. Kudos to FDR on that.

Yalta, Yalta, Yalta. Stalin, Stalin, Stalin. The betrayal of Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe was about as evil of an action he could have done with all his accomplishments. It was SO unnecessary, duplicitous, and amounted to more evil being done to a greater number of people than could have ever been done by being an enemy of Joe Stalin rather than his buddy and enabler. If the world has anything to despise the United States’ global policy/actions, that is one. He took a just war – a war whose outcome could have ensured greater peace over a greater period of time and pissed it away. You can blame FDR, and to some extent, Truman for the many lives lost in Eastern Europe, Asia, Central and South America and certainly our boys in Korea and Vietnam who had to stand up to the menace that is Global Communism.

Yes…FDR belongs on this list. I’m sorry, Poland, et al. Please accept my president Reagan’s efforts as atonement.



Jesse Jackson. Need I say more? And don’t anyone dare say, “But he showed up for Terri Schiavo.” No, he showed up for himself – as he ALWAYS does. He has created an industry out the politics of hate. If it weren’t for his example, the Al Sharptons, Bill Clintons and Teddy Kennedys of the nation wouldn’t have half of their divisive power.





Going further back into history, what list would be complete without General William Sherman. If any foreign general had done what he had did, we would still be clamoring over it. That he was one of ours sickens me. It seems that we usually tend to dismiss his actions or neglect to consider them, perhaps because it is so ugly. However, I don’t think we should run from it – we should remember it in order that we don’t become what we despise ever again.



Aaron Burr, the self-serving pseudo-patriot who was the arch-nemesis and killer of Alexander Hamilton. I never was big into Alexander Hamilton, I think there were pros and cons to him like many other of the Founding Fathers, so I don’t name Burr out of spite based on the duel with Hamilton. I name him, because I’m looking for someone from that era and frankly, he was a worse kind of enemy to the budding republic. Benedict Arnold came to mind as well, but he was but a punk in the grand scheme of things. Burr was more of a destructive force than anyone I can think of off-hand.



There’s many more I would like to mention, but I’m going to end on a surprising note: Michael Jackson, the thing from Neverland, if only for how he typifies the excesses American pop culture and all the vices and shallowness of our contemporary society. I mean…just look at the dude, would ya!





Now I can't believe I did this. I had a name written down on my "working" list, and then scooted it back while I collected images, etc. for these other entries. When all was said and done I neglected listing this character, but I don't want to delete anyone else to make room for him. So, let's do this: Whereas Michael Jackson personifies pop culture, William Jefferson Clinton amalgamates all ten of the people on my list. How's that for an example of the worst America has to offer?