I miss Bill

[Andrew1999]

Since the 22nd Amedment was passed there have really only been four presidents in a position to be harmed by it:

Clinton could have won a third term without much trouble.
Reagan could also have had a third term but I doubt he'd have been able to finish it.
I think Truman probably would have lost.
That leaves Eisenhower, I'm not sure whether he would want to run for a third term or if he would have won over Kennedy.

[DinoDoc]

ROFL

Originally posted by monolith94
But he never would have done it because he believes in democracy too much, and just has too many moral scruples.

hehehe

[Giancarlo]

Eisenhower was still very popular when his second term was over... he could of easily won a third term.

[monolith94]

Dinodoc - the idea of Clinton in power makes me laugh with delight and giggle like a schoolgirl with a harry potter broom as well.

On the other hand, the current Republican government has no such scruples, considering the fact that they're a bunch of money grubbing cnical old bastards, hence, the patriot act and other such legislative garbage which is slowly but surely eating away at our constitutional freedoms.

[Giancarlo]

Monolith:

[Ned]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus
Ned:
Anyways, Clinton talked about way more than Iraq. He also talked about how bad conservatives suck.

Conservatives suck?

In that case, he should love conservatives.

[Ned]

I agree that Ike would easily have won even despite the age difference. He was a very popular leader. Both parties wanted him to be their presidential candidate.

[Andrew1999]

Originally posted by Ned
I agree that Ike would easily have won even despite the age difference. He was a very popular leader. Both parties wanted him to be their presidential candidate.

It's odd...I'm usually pretty good on history but there's this big blank space under Eisenhower. I really don't know much about his presidency except for the end of the Korean War and the establishment of Interstates.

[tinyp3nis]

How can someone not like Clinton? He is the best president ever, not just the best in teh USA. For me he is the only president who was in news for something else than the usual booring stuff. Oh wait George had that fool me once thing....

And whats the whine about lying? Its not wrong to lie is it?

[Giancarlo]

Clinton is a fool.

[Saint Marcus]

wasn't Eisenhower a racist?

a schoolbook I had in junior high hinted towards that

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Fez
Clinton is a fool.

Fool or not , Bill would have wiped the floor with MiniBush, had he been permitted to run again. Just like Bill did with the old Bush!

I can't say whether Bush is a fool, because I don't think he has ever expressed an opinion of his own in public since 1999.

[Ned]

Ike was a golfer, not a racist. He spent a lot of time in the back yard putting.

Eisenhower is the man behind not only the Allied victory in Europe, but also the Marshall plan. He pleaded for money to rebuild Germany after the war.

Later, he ended the Korean war and entered into a "detente" with the USSR. We spent heavily on building up and modernizing our military - even while allowing the Soviets free reign inside their sphere of influence. When the Russians invaded Hungary, Ike did nothing.

Also, he asserted American supremacy over our allies when the British, French and Israeli's invaded the UAR in 1956. He told them in no uncertain terms to withdraw. They did.

He was the person who pulled the plug on McCarthy.

Also during his time in office, the great space race between the Russians and the US began.

While he was in office, the communists in Indochina largely kept the peace. But, Fidel took Cuba. Planning for the Bay of Pigs begain under Ike.

When he left office, the US military was at the height of its power and the world was at peace due to his policy of detente.

Domestically, Ike's biggest achievement was the Interstate Highway System.

His was a record of solid achievement - far surpassing every president since.

[JohnT]

Actually, I found Bill to be an unrepentant whiner... and a bit daft, besides.

Oh, wait: You're not talking about Bill3000, are you? My bad.

[monolith94]

Bill3000 was the first name that came to my head too!