Which Historical US Vice President Would Have Made the WORST President?

[Solomwi]

It's an article of faith. Just let it pass.

[Imran Siddiqui]

He's actually kinda right on that.

[-Jrabbit]

I almost voted Spiro Agnew.

Likewise. It was a tough call. I decided Agnew would be a rough GOP equivalent of LBJ, while Quayle didn't have any discernible intelligence or political savvy. Just nice hair.

If the poll was based on being evil and reprehensible, Cheney in a walk.

[MrFun]

I think a more interesting question for this thread is, "Who is that guy in VJ's avatar?"

[DinoDoc]

How is Cheney evil as opposed to merely being bad ass?

[DaShi]

Evil and badass are not mutually exclusive.

[onodera]

Yes, you are likely right. Henry Wallace as POTUS could easily have led to no Cold War.

Why you think that's a good thing is beyond me. Unless, of course, you are in favor of Stalinism.

The USSR would be a rich and prosperous country.

[OzzyKP]

Again, Al Gore should be on the ballot.

I'd say Biden, but he's going to be president, so.

Umm, is this a veiled threat against the president? Are you plotting an assassination?

Why is Calhoun on there? How is he in the same class as Quayle? He invented the concept of concurrent majority after all.

He is just trolling South Carolina and you took the bait.

[Felch]

Aaron Burr was the man

At the very least if it wasn't for him impeachment of judges would become far more of a commonplace thing to settle political odds (which the Jeffersonians were very interested in doing, by impeaching Federalist judges because they disagreed with them on policy). Burr made it clear that it was far more than just a simple law, but a big deal to impeach a judge. Probably saved the Republic from that menace.

How often are judges impeached these days?

EDIT: After posting I realized this question makes little sense. I'm basically thinking that a little impeachment is a good thing. There was a case I read about recently where a man was convicted to death, and it was later discovered that the judge and prosecutor had been ****ing. If we never impeach anybody, then you end up with abuses like that.

Frankly I have no love for judges. They act high and mighty, and they're just a vestige of medieval despotism. A little humility would improve them.

[SlowwHand]

He was sentenced to death.
Convicted to death makes it sound like he received so many convictions throughout his life that the stress of repeatedly going to court and being found guilty killed him

[Felch]

I'm not going to bother fixing it.

[SlowwHand]

There's no need. I was just trying to help in any small way that I could.

[David Floyd]

The USSR would be a rich and prosperous country.

Ummm, no. How do you figure? The Soviet Union was poor prior to WW2, and wasn't getting much better, or at least not on par with the West. Hell, even though the Ukraine is one of the most arable regions on the planet, the Soviet Union was a net food IMPORTER. Wonder why? Collectivization, perhaps?

And even if no Cold War made the USSR rich and prosperous, so what? It was still one of the most brutal regimes in the history of the planet.

[David Floyd]

Also, for all of you morons voting for Dick Cheney, please explain how he was potentially worse than Henry Wallace.

[Al B. Sure!]

David Floyd:

Nobody knows who Henry Wallace is and no one cares about communism anymore.