Favorite US President EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PanzerJaeger]

Ronald Reagan.

[Samurai Waki]

ummm.... Carter.




























nah. Good Ol' Abe, and then the darkhorse Nixon.

[Pindar]

Lincoln

[conon394]

LBJ

Sure Vietnam was all f’d-up but he LBJ gets too much blame (while JFK and Ike get off much too lightly); but had the guts too really attack poverty and discrimination something JFK failed to do and unlike some presidents also paid for his war with a tax surcharge.

[rotorgun]

You should know your American history

Even if your not American

I beg your pardon? If you recon that a Tennessean is not an American (at least a North American), than you might want to check your geography.
Could you please explain where in your cotton pickin' mind you think I came from?

[Reverend Joe]

It's funny how all the rightwingers who like Teddy "take issue" with my calling him a socialist.

Well, maybe it isn't the best term, but he did move a lot further left than his fellow Republicans. And notice I never said "trust-buster"- I know he never tried to break up trusts, he just restrained them in the name of a more fair economy.

...All right, I guess he is more of a populist.

ummm.... Carter.




























nah. Good Ol' Abe, and then the darkhorse Nixon.

Damn... I was going to congratulate you on your bravery.

[Strike For The South]

I beg your pardon? If you recon that a Tennessean is not an American (at least a North American), than you might want to check your geography.
Could you please explain where in your cotton pickin' mind you think I came from?

Hes from Texas. The best state ever.

[Aenlic]

Just more fuel for the debate:

Found these quotes by George Washington and thought it was amusing:

"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality."

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!"

"I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center."

"Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty."

"The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine." (I just threw that one in there, and can add Jefferson and Madison quotes as needed, for those who still claim that the Founding Fathers created a Christian nation)

"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it."

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."

An uncommonly moral man who derived his morality from the Enlightenment of reason. A man who exercised power while recognizing and fearing its tendencies to abuse. While everyone has faults, and Washington as much as the rest of us, he was more free of them by virtue of his desire to recognize them than most of us.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Just more fuel for the debate:

Found these quotes by George Washington and thought it was amusing:

"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality."

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!"

"I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center."

"Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty."

"The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine." (I just threw that one in there, and can add Jefferson and Madison quotes as needed, for those who still claim that the Founding Fathers created a Christian nation)

"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it."

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."

An uncommonly moral man who derived his morality from the Enlightenment of reason. A man who exercised power while recognizing and fearing its tendencies to abuse. While everyone has faults, and Washington as much as the rest of us, he was more free of them by virtue of his desire to recognize them than most of us.

The first one sounds like George -- it has his very deliberate tone.

The second one is a famous gibe by H.L. Mencken, whose ascerbic assessments of US politics are still valid in most instances, but it is NOT by Washington.

The last one is, obviously, about and not by Washington.

Did you mis-label your intent? Were these really quotes relating to Washington's anti-party, personal responsibility attitude?

Mencken is a blast.

[Aenlic]

The first one sounds like George -- it has his very deliberate tone.

The second one is a famous gibe by H.L. Mencken, whose ascerbic assessments of US politics are still valid in most instances, but it is NOT by Washington.

The last one is, obviously, about and not by Washington.

Did you mis-label your intent? Were these really quotes relating to Washington's anti-party, personal responsibility attitude?

Mencken is a blast.

Oops, nice catch. I should proof my posts; but rarely bother. Actually, the second one is Will Rogers, not H. L. Mencken. It slipped itself in there while I was cutting and pasting the Washington quotes into a list I keep of favorite quotes. I agree about Mencken, though. And Will Rogers too, for that matter. Men of rare and seemingly boundless wit.

The last quote is indeed Washington. Or are you mistaking my comment at the end, the one not in quotes, as a quote?

[yesdachi]

Just more fuel for the debate:

Found these quotes by George Washington and thought it was amusing:

"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality."

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!"

There was a time when being liberal or even a democrat wasn’t a bad thing.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Oops, nice catch. I should proof my posts; but rarely bother. Actually, the second one is Will Rogers, not H. L. Mencken. It slipped itself in there while I was cutting and pasting the Washington quotes into a list I keep of favorite quotes. I agree about Mencken, though. And Will Rogers too, for that matter. Men of rare and seemingly boundless wit.

The last quote is indeed Washington. Or are you mistaking my comment at the end, the one not in quotes, as a quote?

Probably.

I've always loved Rogers and Mencken (and enjoy Mark Russell as well). If you can't have a good laugh at the expense of your politicians, you really are desperately in need of a life.

[Russiantsar]

I beg your pardon? If you recon that a Tennessean is not an American (at least a North American), than you might want to check your geography.
Could you please explain where in your cotton pickin' mind you think I came from?

Sorry bout that I misread your first post

[Aenlic]

Probably.

I've always loved Rogers and Mencken (and enjoy Mark Russell as well). If you can't have a good laugh at the expense of your politicians, you really are desperately in need of a life.

I keep missing Mark Russell when he does his TV show, although the songs sometimes get a little old.

Politicians should be laughed at much more often. I love it when John McCain goes on The Daily Show. I'm not much of a McCain fan; but you have to respect a guy who doesn't take himself too seriously. It's nice to see someone who can go on that show and laugh with others at himself. Even if there might be a hint of the self-serving, let's play sax for the young crowd Clintonism in it.

There's a great quote by Lincoln about this very subject; but I'm having trouble finding it. Maybe it wasn't Lincoln. Was close. Maybe it was Grant or perhaps Jackson.

[rotorgun]

Sorry bout that I misread your first post

That's cool Russianstar. I call those pre-senior citizen moments myself. I have several of those per diem.

To Strike For the South, good try! Even though a few Tennesseans helped Ya'll out at the Alamo, it doesn't quite qualify us for Texas citizenship. I do agree with you that Texas is a great State though. I sure would like to ride a good quarter horse on the Texas plains someday with the cowhands. I can sing a "purty" decent ballad and strum my "gee-tar" at the campfire to earn my keep.
While I ain't much of a George "W" fan, I did vote for his Daddy a few times. Now...he weren't too awful bad a President. If only he had never said "Read my lips...no new taxes!" I think he would have made a second term.

[yesdachi]

If only he had never said "Read my lips...no new taxes!" I think he would have made a second term.

Read my lips, you’re probably right, that was the worst thing he could have said.