emnsk All American 2763 Posts user info edit post |
who are your favorite presidents and which ones do you like the least or comment on some interesting presidents
whatever 9/17/2023 7:25:04 PM |
rjrumfel All American 22996 Posts user info edit post |
Ok so I'm gonna go with a common one here, and say Abraham Lincoln. Not because he freed the slaves, because he didn't. Not really. He allowed slave ownership to continue in states that were not in rebellion (Delaware being one of them).
He had to fight a war, constantly squabbling generals, constantly squabbling cabinet members and senators who hated his guts (sounds like politics though, right?), and still managed to somehow hold this country together.
He had what seemed to be a pretty morose home life, with a son you died very young and a wife who was quite possibly insane. 9/17/2023 9:22:04 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39226 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Not because he freed the slaves, because he didn't. Not really." |
come on, man9/17/2023 9:44:15 PM |
emnsk All American 2763 Posts user info edit post |
^^
Chopped wood as a young lad and worked hard as a travelling lawyer too. Solid choice.
^TGL, who is yours? I'd reckon Clinton.
[Edited on September 17, 2023 at 10:04 PM. Reason : -] 9/17/2023 10:02:32 PM |
HaLo All American 14249 Posts user info edit post |
Best: FDR, the New Deal and won WWII Worst: Raleigh’s own Andrew Johnson, fucked up reconstruction. 9/17/2023 10:06:04 PM |
emnsk All American 2763 Posts user info edit post |
^I'd say the Japanese internment along with his... methods knock him off being #1., even given the monumental stuff you mentioned.
but depending on ones view on government, and his obvious impact in that direction, I could definitely see how that is reasonable.
[Edited on September 17, 2023 at 10:13 PM. Reason : -] 9/17/2023 10:11:06 PM |
FroshKiller All American 51908 Posts user info edit post |
Strictly on moral grounds, I think you have to agree that Truman is the worst since he approved the use of nuclear weapons. 9/18/2023 8:08:54 PM |
emnsk All American 2763 Posts user info edit post |
^The justifications I've seen for using the nuclear weapons have always been so filled with copium 9/18/2023 8:57:29 PM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 6988 Posts user info edit post |
I almost ranked him best because he used nuclear weapons 9/18/2023 9:22:51 PM |
moron All American 34081 Posts user info edit post |
Carpet bombing of Tokyo and fire bombing of Dresden each potentially killed as many or more people than the nuclear bombs
The nukes were horrific but they weren’t even the most horrific atrocities the us government committed in that war. 9/18/2023 9:42:22 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148338 Posts user info edit post |
Worst President: JFK Best President: JFK, QAnon edition 9/18/2023 10:17:06 PM |
rjrumfel All American 22996 Posts user info edit post |
Dude’s gonna argue with me over Abe Lincoln lol
One of my senior classes was a complete study of the man. 9/19/2023 12:56:18 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39226 Posts user info edit post |
who is most responsible for the abolition of slavery? 9/19/2023 1:27:10 PM |
emnsk All American 2763 Posts user info edit post |
^it was andrew jackson, wasn't it? 9/19/2023 1:44:58 PM |