Who is your favorite US President?

[Slushy]

For me, its Theodore Roosevelt. He was a cattle rancher, a deputy sheriff, an explorer, a police commissioner, the assistant Secretary of the Navy, the governor of New York, and a war hero (formed the Rough Riders during The Spanish-American War and lead the historic charge up San Juan Hill on foot!) before becoming the youngest man sworn in to be the leader of the free world.

He created our National Parks and had the teddy bear named after him. He also rode a horse for 100 miles once and had a strict foreign policy. While campaigning for a third term in The White House, Roosevelt was shot by a would-be assassin and instead of treating the wound, delivered his campaign speech with the bullet still in his chest! Ted was a pure badass!

 

[Pink Ranger]

For me, Eisenhower. Not only was he a war hero, but he was an especially strong ally of Canada during the post-war years, helping push the world to recognize Canada as a separate major Western power apart from the British Empire. Admittedly he did so for strategic reasons, but the outcome was in our favour nonetheless.

 

[BatMatt]

Nixon

 

[Thundercrack85]

Teddy is pretty boss. But his fifth cousin wasn't a lightweight either.

Washington, Adams, Jefferson, all fascinating men. And then some like Jackson were just scary.

There were quite a few remarkable presidents. Sort of makes you wonder how our modern presidents became so lame.

Personally I find FDR the most impressive. Though "favorite", I don't know.

 

[Rocketman]

JFK: John Freakin' Kennedy.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Alexander Hamilton, the president who never was


BUUUURRRRR

 

[Thundercrack85]

MacArthur. Man that would have been awesome. Potentially radioactive, but awesome nonetheless.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I don't know if I have a favorite, but someone from Washington, Lincoln, FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, or Clinton.

Teddy was a boss in character, but I don't know enough about his policies while in office.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

My grandmother's favorite President was Truman which I always found interesting. She talked about him the way others might talk about Lincoln: "this never would have happened under Truman", "Truman would know what to do..." etc.

Personally I don't really have a favorite. Rather I pick and choose. For example I like LBJ for his domestic policies and ability to move congress, but think he was terrible for his foreign adventurism. And there's other Presidents like Obama and Bush senior that I've liked for their foreign achievements or policy much more than their domestic ones. And I like the prosperity we had under Clinton and Clinton's general charisma and persona, but when challenged I can't think of any major laws passed under him.

I guess if I had to choose a favorite President it'd be FDR for shepherding the nation through the "great depression" and World War 2, but I think in general it was easier to be President back then when the whole country wanted you to succeed instead of being so polarized as it is today.

 

[Erzengel]

I was about to write something about JFK but this is, your favorite president not necessarily the greatest president or even good one.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Truman is an interesting one.

It would have been interesting to see how FDR would have handled Korea. Unlike Truman, he was actually willing to use atomic weapons for war – though it's debatable if he understood the ramifications of the atomic bombings on Japan. Given his intelligence and foresight, I imagine that he did.

I can't really blame Truman for wanting to avoid atomic war, but in the long run, given what would happen to China with Mao (forty million deaths), and then in Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, etc), perhaps he should have given MacArthur what he wanted.

Oh and not to mention what still goes on in North Korea. To this day.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

JFK was average at best when you look at laws passed. This is a terrible thing to say, but as far as advancing civil rights goes, it was almost a good thing he died and was replaced by LBJ who had the political know how and connections to muscle through all the civil rights bills that finally desegregated the south. It might have happened eventually if JFK had stayed in office, but I think it would have taken a lot longer and the bills passed would have been watered down a lot more. LBJ was a political animal who just knew how to bend congress to his will.

 

[Erzengel]

His death was a tragedy but I think some people romanticized his actual presidential reign.

 

[Rocketman]

JFK is my favorite president AND I think he's the greatest president ever. AND I think he's the last TRUE American president.

 

[Hal_Jordan]

Roosevelt

Lincoln

Bill

Reagan

 

[Thundercrack85]

I see Kennedy a lot like Obama. Lots of charisma, but very little substance.

 

[Thundercrack85]

JFK is my favorite president AND I think he's the greatest president ever. AND I think he's the last TRUE American president.

Satire?

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

His death was a tragedy but I think some people romanticized his actual presidential reign.

JFK is my favorite president AND I think he's the greatest president ever. AND I think he's the last TRUE American president.

Perfect timing.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Roosevelt

Lincoln

Bill

Reagan

Is there a website where I can see more of these?

 

[Hal_Jordan]

Is there a website where I can see more of these?

I found these here...

http://sobadsogood.com/2013/06/25/e...residents-fighting-in-battle-by-jason-heuser/

There are only a few more at that link, but I'm pretty sure I've seen more floating around.

Here are some more..

http://www.redesignrevolution.com/etsy-wednesday-epic-us-presidents-for-presidents-day/

 

[Rocketman]

Satire?

If mentioning the guy who prevented the end of the world is satire, sure.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I think that's rather... overstating his role.

Although this may seem a bit unfair, I think Kennedy's perceived weakness is part of the reason the Soviets felt they could get away with placing nuclear missiles in Cuba to begin with.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

If mentioning the guy who prevented the end of the world is satire, sure.

Wait, what....? Are you referencing the Cuban missile crisis? If so, I believe there were other people involved. And I think FDR, Lincoln and even Truman did more to ensure the safety of the American people.

What laws were passed under JFK, Rocketman?

 

[Erzengel]

I think that's rather... overstating his role.

Although this may seem a bit unfair, I think Kennedy's perceived weakness is part of the reason the Soviets felt they could get away with placing nuclear missiles in Cuba to begin with.

Kennedy did put missiles in Turkey earlier in the term which Russia viewed as a threat and the Bay of Pigs incident had Cuba turn to Russia.

 

[charl_huntress]

33rd - Harry S. Truman
36th - Lyndon B. Johnson