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In your opinion, which US President has been the best, overall, and why?
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My preference would probably be Calvin Coolidge, simply because he didn't do much - and I love is quote: "The business of America is business."
However, from the list above, I would probably have to go with Thomas Jefferson. A good Southerner
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FDR. Seems decent.Comment
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Ah, FDR, the man credited with ending the Depression and beating the Nazis and Japanese.
I'm not a big fan, personally - considering he violated the Constitution at every turn, abused his power, and got us into a war where 430,000 Americans died.Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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Harrison.
The only good President is a dead President.
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Sp you'd rather save 430000 Americans than have a free, nonNazi Europe and thus saving at least another 12 million innocent civilians?Originally posted by David Floyd
Ah, FDR, the man credited with ending the Depression and beating the Nazis and Japanese.
I'm not a big fan, personally - considering he violated the Constitution at every turn, abused his power, and got us into a war where 430,000 Americans died."Remember, there's good stuff in American culture, too. It's just that by "good stuff" we mean "attacking the French," and Germany's been doing that for ages now, so, well, where does that leave us?" - ElokComment
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That S.O.B.. How dare he defend our country.Originally posted by David Floyd
I'm not a big fan, personally - considering he violated the Constitution at every turn, abused his power, and got us into a war where 430,000 Americans died.Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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Floyd: AHAHAHAHAH!
FDR got us into a war? Read your history books. The Japanese got us into a war. If FDR hadn't proposed to Congress, the American citizens would've had his head. 430,000 Americans is, I think, a fair price to pay, considering everything else. And yes, I would volunteer to be one of those 430,000 if it meant freedom.
BTW, my pick was Bill Clinton."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the MooniniteComment
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Yes, I'd be willing to save 430,000 innocent Americans over 12 million foreign civilians.Sp you'd rather save 430000 Americans than have a free, nonNazi Europe and thus saving at least another 12 million innocent civilians?
As to the FDR thing, there's already a lot of discussion going on over who got us into what, WW2-wise, in a couple other threads on here...suffice it to say he greatly provoked both Germany and Japan.
I'd agree, MBloom, that Jimmy Carter was a decent one in that he was honest - disagree with everything he did, pretty much, but he's a good, moral, and honest man, so he gets points in my book. Definitely NOT a sleazeball politician
And Ramo,
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I might've too...unfortunately, many of those 430,000 were NOT volunteersAnd yes, I would volunteer to be one of those 430,000 if it meant freedom.
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Reagan! In my lifetime at least. Great statesman.Comment
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Indeed. Reagan WAS a great statesman. Used to be my favorite to before I became Libertarian.
Too bad he didn't like Congress very much
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Washington, I guess, because he turned down the chance to be king. (By contrast, several recent ones have acted as if they were kings.) Coolidge would be my choice for best of the 20th century, for the reasons David gave."THE" plus "IRS" makes "THEIRS". Coincidence? I think not.Comment
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Reagan. FDR was okay, very liberal but won the war and increased our military hugely
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