whose your favorite U.S. president?
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Thread Topic: whose your favorite U.S. president?
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Demonjoe NoviceI'd say my favorite would have to be Ronald Reagan for saving the economy and for the huge role he played in the destruction of the Soviet Union.
For my least favorite I'd have to say Woodrow Wilson for his need to destroy the Constitution and his impedment upon free speech. -
tongue NewbieAh, Joe, you and your delusions.
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tongue NewbieI'll grant you this: Reagan brought down the Soviet Union, and Wilson did impede on free speech. But obviously I don't agree that Reagan saved the economy. The middle class shrank when Reagan when president, and it's been under deress ever since.
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tongue NewbieTo answer the question, FDR is my favorite president. FDR fixed what was a failed system of capitalism without restraint and introduced the first social programs in our nation's history at a time when they were desperately needed.
Least favorite, I could go with alot of the more recent ones: Reagan, George W., even Clinton for his economic policies. I can't not say Bush though- his resume is just too big. Mismanaging two wars, misleading us into Iraq, running up deficits, corporate cronyism, Constitutional violations, environmental apathy, giving taxpayer money to Wall Street with no strings attached, leaving New Orleans to rot, tax cuts to the obscenely rich... the list goes on and on. -
Demonjoe NoviceMaybe Reagan didn't save the economy, but he got unemployment down. Bush was a bad president and did stupid things. I thought Bill Clinton was a decent president actually and I don't like most democratic presidents usually other then Andrew Jackson and John Kennedy.
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tongue NewbieI'm hoping Obama becomes my favorite president, but so far he's been a bit of a dissapointment.
I disappointed in you too, Joe- I thought for sure you would point out that FDR didn't end the Great Depression. I had a counterargument ready to go! -
Demonjoe NoviceI was thinking about talking about the great depression but I am in the middle of reading The Forgotten Man a new history of the Great Depression so I wanted to wait and see what facts I could get out of that book.
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tongue NewbieSmart move. It's always good to read up on a subject. I never heard of that book, though, I may have to look for it.
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hmmmm George Washington..... cuz he had wooden teeth.. lol... and he commanded armies in revolution....
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Demonjoe NoviceHe also turned down power when they wanted him to be king. Now any politician in Washington D.C. would never turn down power.
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tongue NewbieEh... maybe Ron Paul.
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Demonjoe NoviceWell there is him. I wonder if he'll run for president in 2012.
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tongue NewbieHe will, no doubt. There's more than enough backlash for him to ride.
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Demonjoe NoviceHe probably won't win though. Running as a third party candidate never works, and the Republicans won't nominate him because of his isolationist views on foreign policy.
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tongue NewbieYeah, that's true. I'm not really a fan of Ron Paul, but I'd prefer him as president to Palin, Romney or Huckabee.
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