Who do you think was the best President the United States ever had?

by Red Posted 2012/05/23 16:48:32

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STEVE 2012/05/23 19:55:30

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BEST EVER...I GO BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN
THE BEST IN MY LIFE....EASY REAGAN
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blissful 2012/05/23 18:08:15

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This is hard for me. I have 2. I thought Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy were the best Presidents ever!!

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Red to blissful 2012/05/29 15:16:44

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Callaway 2012/05/23 17:54:45

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Too many different criteria to name one better than another different times, different circumstances. Some great ones I suspect might not even have been a decent footnote in history in a different era in reality, this political spin doctoring has been going on for a long time. Obviously the one with the toughest/worst task to perform during his terms would have to been Lincoln. What could possibly be worse than having still a relatively young country trying it's level best to rip itself apart through a massive civil war leaving a large share of it in ruins in the end?

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Dave Sa... to Callaway 2012/05/23 18:43:27

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How about a country that is not divided along state boundaries trying to rip itself apart between ideologies?

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Red to Callaway 2012/05/29 15:16:53

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Diana 2012/05/23 17:51:10

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Ronald Regan.

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Red to Diana 2012/05/29 15:17:12

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Dweezle 2012/05/23 17:40:06

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Red to Dweezle 2012/05/29 15:17:31

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ConLibFraud 2012/05/23 17:35:42

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Both Lincoln and JFK for going against the borrowing of money that holds tax payers accountable for the payback plus interest!!! This is why they were killed!!!

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Red to ConLibF... 2012/05/29 15:17:42

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RogerCoppock 2012/05/23 17:32:12

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Theodore Roosevelt

Here's what groups of historians and journalists think:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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Mungu to RogerCo... 2012/05/23 19:01:17

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Yes Teddy is great in that the US began its transition from being a continental empire to a global one, under his watch.

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Red to RogerCo... 2012/05/29 15:17:53

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Superman 2012/05/23 17:26:51

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Red to Superman 2012/05/29 15:18:12

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sammanilla 2012/05/23 17:23:45

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Red to sammanilla 2012/05/29 15:18:31

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MidnightCowboy 2012/05/23 17:21:03

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FDR

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Red to Midnigh... 2012/05/29 15:18:40

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Glfer65 2012/05/23 17:19:23

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John F Kennedy.

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Red to Glfer65 2012/05/29 15:18:48

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3003573 2012/05/23 16:58:48
Red to 3003573 2012/05/29 15:18:55

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obi_have 2012/05/23 16:56:53

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The Ronald.

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Red to obi_have 2012/05/29 15:19:05

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Cuppajo 2012/05/23 16:56:38

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Washington, for REFUSING to be called a King. Curious the way Obama doesn't want to compare himself to Washington, isn't it?

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Red to Cuppajo 2012/05/29 15:19:16

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D.C.Verdone 2012/05/23 16:55:51

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Roosevelt. Big stick soft voice XD XD

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RogerCo... to D.C.Ver... 2012/05/23 17:34:09

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Yes. Bust up those big banks and trusts!

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Red to D.C.Ver... 2012/05/29 15:19:25

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ordman 2012/05/23 16:54:57

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Because he said NO to being King. George Washington!

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Red to ordman 2012/05/29 15:19:43

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Pat 2012/05/23 16:54:47

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Abe Lincoln for standing by his convictions and saving the union.
Teddy Roosevelt for his love of nature and creation of the National Park System.
FDR for his leadership out of the depression and to victory in WWII.
Dwight Eisenhower for his leadership during the turbulent 50's and the Communist "threat".
Most loveable President was Bill Clinton. I just loved that guy! Still do!

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Red to Pat 2012/05/29 15:19:52

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ProudProgressive 2012/05/23 16:54:40

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Excluding President Obama, who cannot be judged since his time in office has not ended, I would say the "best" President we ever had was probably Abraham Lincoln. He kept this nation together when some wanted to tear it apart. Others I would put high on the list include Washington, Jackson, T.Roosevelt and F.D.Roosevelt.

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Superman to ProudPr... 2012/05/23 17:25:53

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We always disagree. But I would point out that if I'm listing my top five in order it would be Lincoln, Washington, T Roosevelt, Jefferson, FDR.

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ProudPr... to Superman 2012/05/23 17:31:05

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Sounds llike we actually do agree on this one - four out of five. I didn't list Jefferson (even though he's my current avatar) because I think many of his most significant accomplishments came before he was President. Sometimes it's hard to separate the person from the Presidency. For instance I consider John Adams one of the preeminent champions of the American Revolution (along with Washington, Jefferson and Franklin) but I also know that his presidency was pretty much a failure.

I still ponder how much James Garfield might have accomplished had he lived.

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Superman to ProudPr... 2012/05/23 17:33:45

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I agree with you on Jefferesons actual term which is why I'd list him fourth. But I thought there was too much he had done not to reward him.

I have a feeling though that we started getting into it when we got to 6+ thought ;-)

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ProudPr... to Superman 2012/05/23 19:05:00

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LOL I would not want to attempt to assemble my own thorough ranking of all of our Presidents without having a stack of books handy to verify a lot of the details that I sometimes lose track of. Jefferson would certainly make my "second tier", and I'd probably include Madison, Polk, Cleveland and maybe Truman, but don't quote me on that. And you'd probably be surprised that I would rank Nixon a lot higher than "the average liberal" might. Watergate was a criminal enterprise and he deserved to leave office over it, but he also had an impressive foreign policy record and much of his difficulty in Viet Nam was inherited from LBJ.

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