Best presidents ever - poll

[DerwenArtos12]

who voted for dubya? what exactly has he done so far?

 

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: Feldenak
None of the above.

Agreed. Lincoln did plenty of good, but he also led the country into a civil war. Could he have handled things differently and not spent so many lives? Perhaps.

JFK is in the Kennedy reality bubble where people just ignore what total scumbags almost every member of that family really are. He was a useless, ineffective president who got a free pass because of being a Kennedy (back then maybe it meant something) and because of one confrontation with the Russkies. But the reality of the situation back then was that we were the true nuclear power and Russia was still a nuke power wannabe. That was the real reason they wanted missles in Cuba, they were lightyears behind us in intercontinental delivery. Of course Kennedy stared them down, but the Russkies knew damn well they couldn't fight us at that technological level. It's like holding a gun and getting a guy with a knife to back down, the guy with the lesser weapons won't fight, he'll look for a better time and place. Kennedy didn't beat back the Russians, Reagan did.

The Ruskies, as you say had the capability to destroy just about every major city in the US at the time. You analogy is incomplete. You are holding the gun, and the man with the knife has you from behind with it drawn across your throat. Quick, try to shoot him. You are technology superior after all.

It was also a power play by the russians. They wanted to be equal to us because we had missiles in turkey, right near their boarder. They didnt get their missiles into cuba, but they got ours out of turkey. This for that.

 

[UglyCasanova]

I vote George Washington.

 

[Xede]

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Coolidge, Eisenhower, Reagan.

JFK is considered a great president by the same kind of people that took it personally when Princess Diana died.

 

Originally posted by: dparker
I vote George Washington.

I agree.

He set the precedent for the country. Bloodless changes of power, and up until 1945, stay the fvck outta Europe.

 

[TheNinja]

I don't see how JFK or Dubbya and espeically Clinton can even compare to guys like Washington, Lincoln, and even FDR.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: dparker
I vote George Washington.

I agree.

He set the precedent for the country. Bloodless changes of power, and up until 1945, stay the fvck outta Europe.

Psst...there was a little skirmish in Europe we got involved around 1917 or so.

 

[Yax]

Originally posted by: Graphicd00d
I can't believe you didn't put up the best we had. The one that fought for our rights.

George Washington

Unfortunately, he was not make the list. Hmmm, maybe those people thought George W. Bush was George Washington. Ahhh, yes, that's the only other explanation thats feasible for the results, besides the one I'm presenting.