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10 Worst Presidential Mistakes (in random order)  
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Tags: presidential mistakes, presidential flubs, bad politics

Being the president is a tough job, I'm sure we would all agree, but some of these mistakes are just...stupid.

1.	Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky
2.	Ronald Reagan's Iran Contra scandal
3.	Richard Nixon's Watergate coverup
4.	Lyndon Johnson's escalation of the Vietnam War
5.	George W. Bush's declaration of "mission accomplished"...or maybe just the whole War on "Terrorism"
6.	John Kennedy's Bay of Pigs decision
7.	James Buchanan failing to avert the Civil War
8.	Andrew Johnson siding with southern whites after the Civil War
9.	Woodrow Wilson refusing to compromise on the Treaty of Versailles
10.	James Madison's failure to keep the U.S. out of the War of 1812

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Comments: I actually agree with the order they are in Comment by: Anonymous