Who was the best U.S. president.

by llamalife44 Posted 2012/08/12 11:05:14

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wildcat to Waldorf 2012/08/12 15:04:25

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Waldorf to wildcat 2012/08/12 15:08:21

Does this avatar make you feel powerful, like it's somehow up to you to end discussions?

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mrdog 2012/08/12 11:12:22

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Washington or Bill Murray...bark

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CCRNRT 2012/08/12 11:06:31

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Schläue~© to CCRNRT 2012/08/12 11:09:44

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What exactly did he do,.... outside of selling out to Khrushchev, selling out the rebels at Bay of Pigs and sending 15,000 armed troops to Vietnam?

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wildcat to Schläue~© 2012/08/12 11:27:51

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Started the race to the moon, which by the way we won. Began the Peace Corps, which by the way is still going strong and has won more American support world wide. Ever heard of the ship "Hope", JFK's idea. Last on my list but certainly not least, Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Schläue~© to wildcat 2012/08/12 11:47:50

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He gave a speech about going to the moon.
Hubert Humphrey presented Congress with the first Peace Corps bill in 1957 at the urging of Pres. Eisenhower. It didn't gain enough traction.
The USS HOPE launched in 1943, nearly two decades before JFK.
Eisenhower, again, was the first to initiate Civil Rights legislation but LBJ, who was the Senate Majority leader, thwarted most of his efforts in Congress, hoping to grab the brass ring for himself after winning the presidency in 1960.
His party had other ideas and Papa Joe purchased the election for JFK.

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wildcat to CCRNRT 2012/08/12 11:28:19

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He was great, too bad his tenure was cut short.

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Waldorf to CCRNRT 2012/08/12 14:18:16

Sorry but he only served two years and started this civil rights debacle, from which we will not likely recover.

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