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The good and bad (US) Presidents of the last 70 years
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Originally posted by David Floyd
He could have refused to enforce them."I'm a guy - I take everything seriously except other people's emotions"
"Never play cards with any man named 'Doc'. Never eat at any place called 'Mom's'. And never, ever...sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own." - Nelson Algren
"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin (attr.)
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And those WERE valid provocations for war, by the way. Attacking the submarines of another nation without a declaration of war?? We were total hypocrites for blasting the Japanese over Pearl Harbor.Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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Originally posted by David Floyd
No, I don't make this claim.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio
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Yes, that's true. It was an immoral restriction on free trade.Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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Roosevelt- 4: gets some credit for WWII(though most of it goes to Churchill), however he undermined constitution, set up welfare state, turned down Jews fleeing holocaust, interned the Japanese, refused to support anti-lynch law
Truman-7: Decent president, nuked Japan, Marshall Plan, stood up to North Korea, hard line against communists
Eisenhower- 5: Didn't do much, continued hard line anti-commie policy, sent troops to Little Rock HS to enforce integration.
Kennedy- 7: Tax Cuts, Cold Warrior, handled Cuban missle crisis well.
Johnson-4: Handled Vetnam War badly, War on Poverty, tolerated attack on USS Liberty, but on the plus side was pro-civil rights
Nixon-1: EPA, bad Southeast Asia policy, began policy of detente, increased welfare state, Watergate
Ford-4: Pardoned Nixon
Carter-3: Stagflation, Incompetnent foreign policy
Reagan- 8: Tax Cuts, brilliant foreign policy. Was unable to secure spending cuts however.
Bush I-6: Broke No New Taxes pledge, but he did defeat Hussein
Clinton-2: Tax increases, showed moral cowardice in enforcing terms of peace for Gulf War, failed to respond adequately to bombings of US embassies in Kenya(should have gone to war against Taliban then), bombed an Asprin factory , vetoed Partial Birth Abortion Ban, perjury, failed Israel policy. however he did cut social spending and maintained balanced budget.
Bush II- Defeated Taliban, hawkish stance against Iraq, stood up to Europeans on international treaties such as ICC and Kyoto, has done good work going after terroists; no terrorist attacks since 9/11, Tax Cuts, Gag rule on foreign abortions, however John Ashcroft."I'm moving to the Left" - Lancer
"I imagine the neighbors on your right are estatic." - Slowwhand
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Originally posted by David Floyd
And those WERE valid provocations for war, by the way. Attacking the submarines of another nation without a declaration of war?? We were total hypocrites for blasting the Japanese over Pearl Harbor."I'm a guy - I take everything seriously except other people's emotions"
"Never play cards with any man named 'Doc'. Never eat at any place called 'Mom's'. And never, ever...sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own." - Nelson Algren
"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin (attr.)
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Actually, there were many Americans of German descent who moved back to "The Fatherland" in the 1930s.Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Bush II- Defeated Taliban,
no terrorist attacks since 9/11,
It has only been 18 months, after all."I'm a guy - I take everything seriously except other people's emotions"
"Never play cards with any man named 'Doc'. Never eat at any place called 'Mom's'. And never, ever...sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own." - Nelson Algren
"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin (attr.)
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Roosevelt -- +10 (Unparalled success.)
Truman -- +4 (Marshall Plan +, Korea -)
Eisenhower -- 9 (Fixed Korea, peace and prosperity, Interstate Highways and Civil Rights)
Kennedy -- +3 (Screwed up everywhere in foreign policy and almost got us into nuclear war with the Soviets. He deserves high marks for his tax cuts and for his vision of landing a man on the moon. )
Johnson -- -10 (That's right, -10. Why? Vietnam.)
Nixon -- +6 (Showed a large amount skill in foreign policy, and ended the Vietnam War. But his major failure was imposing wage-price controls.)
Ford -- 0 (A complete idiot! Accomplish nothing.)
Carter -- -5 (A well-meaning idiot. Completely screwed up foreign policy. Inflation went out of control.)
Reagan -- +10 (A tremendous success across the board. Reversed of the decline that began with Kennedy and won the Cold War.)
Bush I -- +3 (A partial success with Kuwait. Tax increases! Read my lips!)
Clinton -- +7 (Success across the board in domestic and foreign policy, marred by his corruption and his impeachment.)
Bush II -- +9 (A mediocre politician that has risen to greatness after 9/11.)http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/JOrbisPlayer.php?path=John+Williams+The+Imperial+M arch+from+The+Empire+Strikes+Back.ogg&wiki=en
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Originally posted by David Floyd
It was an immoral restriction on free trade.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio
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Originally posted by David Floyd
Actually, there were many Americans of German descent who moved back to "The Fatherland" in the 1930s."I'm a guy - I take everything seriously except other people's emotions"
"Never play cards with any man named 'Doc'. Never eat at any place called 'Mom's'. And never, ever...sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own." - Nelson Algren
"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin (attr.)
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And a valid use of Presidential power as laid out in the Constitution.Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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But you see my point, I hope...Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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