
I'm going to include a rule to exclude all presidents after Ronald Reagan to keep things in less inflammable waters.
So who's your favorite president and why. You can either list your number one or a top three or however you want to go about it.
Reidy wrote:I'm torn between David Palmer and Jed Bartlett.
Chris12 wrote:With two presidential topics already and more sure to come I can safely say Jump in the fire is in a president mood. Things can get a bit heated(Drawscore vs Jason!)
Jason Toddman wrote:Reidy wrote:I'm torn between David Palmer and Jed Bartlett.
???? And who do you think they were presidents of? Not of the United States, surely.
Kyle wrote:Jason Toddman wrote:Reidy wrote:I'm torn between David Palmer and Jed Bartlett.
???? And who do you think they were presidents of? Not of the United States, surely.
Palmer was president on the second and third seasons of 24. Bartlett I think was another TV show president but I can't quite place the show.
Reidy wrote:Kyle wrote:Jason Toddman wrote:Reidy wrote:I'm torn between David Palmer and Jed Bartlett.
???? And who do you think they were presidents of? Not of the United States, surely.
Palmer was president on the second and third seasons of 24. Bartlett I think was another TV show president but I can't quite place the show.
The West Wing. So idealistic every other politician in life seems to pale in comparison.
Chris12 wrote:My favorite president would be the other Rooseveld who's probably the father of America as a world power.
truly_trussed wrote:Jase, three of your favorites (Washington, Lincoln and T. Roosevelt) are on Mt. Rushmore.
Also, I think Chris12 is generously over-estimating the intelligence of average Americans
if he thinks most of us can even remember any before Reagan except for FDR, those who came since him, and the quartet immortalized for easy reference on Mount Rushmore; likely the only presidents most of us even remember or know anything about at all.
Chris12 wrote:Also, I think Chris12 is generously over-estimating the intelligence of average Americans
Someone in this world has to
if he thinks most of us can even remember any before Reagan except for FDR, those who came since him, and the quartet immortalized for easy reference on Mount Rushmore; likely the only presidents most of us even remember or know anything about at all.
From what I've heard American schools skip all history of greeks and Romans all the way up to Napoleon so if you're only getting American history some presidents should probably stick.
I'l be honest and admit that neither David Palmer nor Jed Bartlett sounded like fictional characters to me
drawscore wrote:The best president has to be William Henry Harrison (1841). The reason he's the best, is because he died a month after taking office, and wasn't around long enough to screw anything up.
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iiBernie wrote:Probably Andrew Jackson just because i've never had so much fun reading about all the crazy stuff a president has done
Chris12 wrote:Beating an assassin to near death with his cane was pretty cool. Trail of tears a bit less so.
drawscore wrote:>>>You really have an intense aversion for the federal government, don't you?<<<
Actually, no. I just want it to stay the hell out of my life. Leave me the hell alone. Don't bitch at me because I drive an SUV. Don't tell me I must do or buy something I want no part of.
drawscore wrote: Certainly. If someone wants to be a dumb ass, and make dumb life choices, why should the government act as "the one great nanny of us all?" You make a dumb decision, that's your problem, not the government's. If I call a full house with a pair of deuces, why should I expect the government to cover my loss? Drawscore
drawscore wrote:"The government" is a generic term. "Fearing agencies of the government," might be more accurate. You can't tell me that illegal aliens don't fear INS and ICE, and all of us are afraid of - or at least leary of - the IRS. If you got a notice to appear at their offices for a random audit, wouldn't you feel just a slight twinge of fear? Or even panic?
Mark Twain had it right: "No one's person or property is safe whenever congress is in session," and that quote is more than 100 years old.
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Chris12 wrote:Uh wasn't Grant one of the few presidents that seemed to care about non whites?