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Title: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Phony Moderate on January 27, 2012, 10:23:44 AM
....when you see each of these words?

Intelligent -
Corrupt -
Charismatic -
Leader -
Honest -
Liar -
Sexy -
Ugly -


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Phony Moderate on January 27, 2012, 10:24:51 AM
Intelligent - Woodrow Wilson
Corrupt - Richard Nixon
Charismatic - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Leader - Abraham Lincoln
Honest - Jimmy Carter
Liar - Richard Nixon
Sexy - Bill Clinton
Ugly - Richard Nixon


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Mr. Taft Republican on January 27, 2012, 11:59:18 AM
Intelligent - Jefferson
Corrupt - Grant
Charismatic - T. Roosevelt
Leader - Washington
Honest - Coolidge
Liar -  Nixon
Sexy - Clinton
Ugly - LBJ


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Reginald on January 27, 2012, 03:18:07 PM
Intelligent - Madison
Corrupt - Nixon
Charismatic - Clinton
Leader - Washington
Honest - Carter
Liar - Bush Sr.
Sexy - Cleveland
Ugly - Lincoln

Most of these aren't the best examples (especially the decidedly unsexy Cleveland. I have no idea where that came from), but I did as I was told.


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: minionofmidas on January 27, 2012, 03:18:28 PM
....when you see each of these words?

Intelligent - none
Corrupt - Andrew Jackson
Charismatic - Andrew Jackson
Leader - Andrew Jackson
Honest - all the rest of the lot
Liar - Andrew Jackson
Sexy - Andrew Jackson
Ugly - Andrew Jackson

but probably that's just because I was thinking of him when I opened the thread and so many of these words fit him to a t.


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Mechaman on January 28, 2012, 10:05:06 PM
Intelligent - Bill Clinton, his IQ is 186 and he is a Rhodes Scholar.  I would've said Woodrow Wilson if Wilson didn't act like a total f***ing idiot in foreign policy and ended up pissing off half of his own party by 1920.
Corrupt - Richard Nixon, for obvious reasons.  I would've said Warren Harding but that guy seemed too much like a dumb son of a bitch to win the award.
Charismatic - Andrew Jackson, why else are history teachers (regardless of grade or college) seem to love the sh*t out of him for some weird reason?
Leader - George Washington, despite a caucus (later a party) formed directly in opposition to his administration's policies he got re-elected.  Unanimously.
Honest - Grover Cleveland, he pissed off Tammany Hall AND the Free Silver crowd for chrissakes!  A man, especially a Democrat, has to be pretty damn honest to pull that off!
Liar - Ronald Reagan, because unlike Nixon he got away with it.
Sexy - John Kennedy, I don't know how it's even close (considering the competition).
Ugly - Lyndon Johnson, that man gives me nightmares.


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on January 28, 2012, 11:36:26 PM
Charismatic - Andrew Jackson, why else are history teachers (regardless of grade or college) seem to love the sh*t out of him for some weird reason?

I completely know what you mean. "Anything. Anything with Andrew Jackson would be a good topic for your paper". I doubt my teacher would like his policies at all if he were there, but for some reason, some strange weird, hormone driven fetish, God-knows-what, he loves the man. I wonder if the likes Thomas Jefferson more, or if ol' Tommy couldn't surpass the sexiness of Andrew Jackson. Hmmm...


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Mechaman on January 29, 2012, 12:10:39 AM
Charismatic - Andrew Jackson, why else are history teachers (regardless of grade or college) seem to love the sh*t out of him for some weird reason?

I completely know what you mean. "Anything. Anything with Andrew Jackson would be a good topic for your paper". I doubt my teacher would like his policies at all if he were there, but for some reason, some strange weird, hormone driven fetish, God-knows-what, he loves the man. I wonder if the likes Thomas Jefferson more, or if ol' Tommy couldn't surpass the sexiness of Andrew Jackson. Hmmm...

Every US history teacher who actually gave a damn about the subject I've ever had seems to have some kind of affinity for the man.  That includes my crippled black teacher I had my Freshman year in college.
I mean granted Jackson wasn't just some guy who killed Indians like many people seem to think now days, but I don't think he's the presidential equivalent of The Rock like many US History textbooks and teachers preach incessantly about either.


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: minionofmidas on January 29, 2012, 07:14:02 AM
I seem to have hit a nerve. :D


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Dancing with Myself on January 29, 2012, 08:30:46 PM
Intelligent -Thomas Jefferson, Clinton's close to him though
Corrupt -Richard Nixon
Charismatic - Barrack Obama
Leader - George Washington
Honest -Jimmy Carter
Liar -Lyndon Johnson
Sexy -Bill Clinton
Ugly -James Buchanan


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on January 31, 2012, 08:00:24 PM
....when you see each of these words?

Intelligent -Eisenhower
Corrupt -Hoover
Charismatic -Clinton
Leader -Reagan
Honest -Abe
Liar - Nixon
Sexy -JFK
Ugly -Taft



Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Rooney on January 31, 2012, 10:45:37 PM
Honest - Grover Cleveland, he pissed off Tammany Hall AND the Free Silver crowd for chrissakes!  A man, especially a Democrat, has to be pretty damn honest to pull that off!

I am a fan of Grover the Good, but his sinews as an "honest man" are severely tested by his 1893 secret operation on the Onedia. Cleveland did not even tell his own vice-president that he was going to undergo a dangerous surgery to remove cancer from his mouth. Even the famed Dr. W.W. Kean, a celebrated surgeon who was contracted to help with the operation, commented that such an operation could be dangerous and perhaps lead to Cleveland's death. Despite this risk, Cleveland would not even let his mustache be trimmed because he so wanted to cover-up the fact that he had undergone surgery. To make matters worse he allowed his administration to slander the journalist from Philadelphia who dared out the president's secret surgery. Cleveland never corrected the errors and it was not until 1916, eight years after Grover died, that Dr. Kean came clean on the affair and vindicated the brave journalist who dared expose the truth.

"Tell the truth,"- Stephen Grover Cleveland


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: LastMcGovernite on February 01, 2012, 03:36:37 AM


Intelligent - John Quincy Adams
Corrupt - Warren Harding, although he's more complicit in corruption than anything
Charismatic - Martin Van Buren
Leader - Andrew Jackson
Honest - Jimmy Carter
Liar - Richard Nixon
Sexy - Franklin Pierce
Ugly - John Adams



Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: dead0man on February 01, 2012, 03:39:42 AM
Intelligent - most of 'em
Corrupt - most of 'em
Charismatic - all of 'em
Leader - some of 'em
Honest - none of 'em
Liar - all of 'em
Sexy - none of 'em
Ugly - none of 'em


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on February 06, 2012, 09:24:41 PM
Intelligent - Nixon
Corrupt - Harding
Charismatic - FDR
Leader - Washington
Honest - Carter
Liar - Nixon
Sexy - Not attracted to any :P
Ugly - Many

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Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Snowstalker Mk. II on February 07, 2012, 06:24:32 PM
Intelligent - Richard Nixon
Corrupt - Warren Harding
Charismatic - Franklin Roosevelt
Leader - Abraham Lincoln
Honest - Jimmy Carter
Liar - George W. Bush
Sexy - Jack Kennedy
Ugly - Abraham Lincoln


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Cincinnatus on February 07, 2012, 06:53:35 PM

Intelligent - James Madison
Corrupt - Grant
Charismatic - JFK
Leader - TR
Honest - Truman (Though, honesty in politics is generally laughable)
Liar - Nixon



Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: CelticHoosier1993 on February 12, 2012, 07:25:19 PM
Intelligent - Lyndon Johnson
Corrupt - Warren Harding
Charismatic - John F. Kennedy
Leader - Franking Roosevelt
Honest - Jimmy Carter
Liar - George W. Bush
Sexy - Clinton? he had a sex scandal so I'm going with him.
Ugly - Abraham Lincoln


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: CelticHoosier1993 on February 12, 2012, 07:27:55 PM
Intelligent - most of 'em
Corrupt - most of 'em
Charismatic - all of 'em
Leader - some of 'em
Honest - none of 'em
Liar - all of 'em
Sexy - none of 'em
Ugly - none of 'em

hahaha great response!


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Indy Prez on February 13, 2012, 03:49:28 PM
Intelligent -Thomas Jefferson
Corrupt -Ronald Reagan
Charismatic - Barack Obama
Leader - George Washington
Honest - Gerry Ford
Liar - Richard Nixon
Sexy - Teddy Roosevelt
Ugly - Abe Lincoln

Now,

Dumb -
Witty -
Cautious -
Boring -
Evil -
Warrior -
Renegade -


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: LastVoter on February 13, 2012, 08:31:19 PM
....when you see each of these words?

Intelligent - Clinton
Corrupt - Nixon
Charismatic - Kennedy
Leader - Washington
Honest - Lincoln
Liar - Bush
Sexy - Clinton
Ugly - LBJ



Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Deano1001 on February 19, 2012, 03:40:43 PM
Intelligent - Barrack Obama
Corrupt - Richard Nixon
Charismatic - Barrack Obama
Leader - Ronald Reagan
Honest - FDR
Liar - Bill Clinton
Sexy - JFK
Ugly - Warren G. Harding

Not all the best examples, just the first ones that come to mind.


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Frodo on February 19, 2012, 03:50:12 PM
Intelligent -Barack Obama
Corrupt -Richard Nixon
Charismatic -Andrew Jackson
Leader -Franklin D. Roosevelt
Honest -Abraham Lincoln
Liar -George W. Bush
Sexy -John F. Kennedy
Ugly -William Howard Taft (Yeah, I'm biased against the obese)



Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Snowstalker Mk. II on February 20, 2012, 12:03:14 PM
Dumb - George W. Bush
Witty - Bill Clinton
Cautious - Jimmy Carter
Boring - Gerald Ford
Evil - Richard Nixon (ehh, none are really evil. Cheney was only a VP)
Warrior - Andrew Jackson
Renegade - John Tyler


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook on February 20, 2012, 01:01:26 PM
Dumb-Ford
Witty-Reagan
Cautious- Carter
Boring-Harrison
Evil-Nixon
Warrior-T.R.
Renegade- T.R. again


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Frodo on February 20, 2012, 03:18:10 PM
Dumb -George W. Bush
Witty -Bill Clinton
Cautious -Dwight D. Eisenhower
Boring -Calvin Coolidge
Evil -Andrew Jackson
Warrior -Andrew Jackson
Renegade -Theodore Roosevelt



Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Is Totally Not Feeblepizza. on February 20, 2012, 04:17:57 PM
Intelligent - Woodrow Wilson
Corrupt - Richard Nixon
Charismatic - Theodore Roosevelt
Leader - George W. Bush
Honest - Gerald Ford
Liar - Richard Nixon
Sexy - George W. Bush
Ugly - Either of the Adams (probably more so the first one)
Dumb - None
Witty - Ronald Reagan
Cautious - Calvin Coolidge
Boring - Chester Arthur
Evil - Andrew Jackson
Warrior - George Washington
Renegade - Theodore Roosevelt


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Michaelf7777777 on February 26, 2012, 12:09:40 AM
Intelligent - Nixon
Corrupt - Harding
Charismatic - Kennedy
Leader - F. Roosevelt
Honest - Truman
Liar - Bush Sr
Sexy - Not attracted to any
Ugly - nor do I find any repulsive
Dumb - Bush Jr.
Witty - Reagan (although none compare to Churchill)
Cautious - Hoover
Boring - Ford
Evil - Jackson
Warrior - Eisenhower
Renegade - T. Roosevelt


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: MyRescueKittehRocks on February 27, 2012, 12:39:40 PM

Intelligent - Jefferson
Corrupt - Nixon
Charismatic - Kennedy
Leader - Reagan
Honest - Cleveland
Liar - Bush Sr and Jr
Sexy - Irrelevant
Ugly - Irrelevant
Dumb -none
Witty - Reagan (when you declare the USSR illegal as a joke during the Cold War and get away with it)
Cautious - Van Buren
Boring - ?
Evil - Wilson
Warrior - Eisenhower
Renegade - Coolidge (a conservative that promoted civil rights)



Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Jerseyrules on March 08, 2012, 01:00:56 AM
Intelligent - Thomas Jefferson, or Obama (yes, even as a libertarian I consider him a genuine and brilliant man more suited to the Supreme Court than the Presidency; same with Wilson)
Corrupt - Ulysses Grant
Charismatic - Ronald Reagan
Leader - Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Millard Fillmore
Honest - Jimmy Carter, Calvin Coolidge, Grover Cleveland, BOB DOLE! ;)
Liar - George W. Bush
Sexy - John F. Kennedy, FDR, Harding (all had sex scandals much bigger than Lewinsky, who was ugly)
Ugly - Abe Lincoln (great man, but someone had to say it ;))


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Atlas Has Shrugged on March 08, 2012, 06:57:08 PM
Intelligent - Jefferson/Nixon
Corrupt - Kennedy
Charismatic - Reagan
Leader - Coolidge
Honest - Cleveland
Liar - Harding
Sexy - Lincoln (I thought he was a good looking guy, no homo)
Ugly - Taft
Dumb - Bush Jr.
Witty - Reagan
Cautious - Carter
Boring - Bush Sr.
Evil - Wilson
Warrior - Washington
Renegade - Theodore Roosevelt


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: tpfkaw on March 09, 2012, 05:12:23 PM
Intelligent - Hoover
Corrupt - Kennedy
Charismatic - Reagan
Leader - Jackson
Honest - Coolidge
Liar - Clinton
Sexy - Pierce
Ugly - Fillmore


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: morgieb on March 11, 2012, 07:02:47 AM
Intelligent - Clinton
Corrupt - Nixon
Charismatic - Reagan
Leader - FDR
Honest - Carter
Liar - Bush Jr.
Sexy - Kennedy
Ugly - all of them
Dumb - Bush Jr.
Witty - Reagan
Cautious - Carter
Boring - Bush Sr.
Evil - Nixon/Jackson
Warrior - Jackson
Renegade - Teddy Rooseveldt


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: 🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸 on March 11, 2012, 02:51:40 PM
Intelligent - Hoover
Corrupt - Nixon
Charismatic - JFK
Leader - FDR
Honest - Lincoln
Liar - Clinton
Sexy - TR
Ugly - Andrew Johnson


Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: Del Tachi on March 11, 2012, 06:51:53 PM
Intelligent - Jefferson
Corrupt - Nixon
Charismatic - Kennedy
Leader - Eisenhower
Honest - Lincoln
Liar - Clinton
Sexy - Kennedy
Ugly - Carter
Dumb - Ford
Witty - Coolidge
Cautious - Bush Sr.
Boring - Truman
Evil - Jackson
Warrior - T. Roosevelt
Renegade - GWB




Title: Re: Which U.S. President comes to mind first....
Post by: politicus on March 11, 2012, 10:12:45 PM
Intelligent - Obama
Corrupt - Harding
Charismatic - Kennedy
Leader - FDR
Honest - Lincoln
Liar - Nixon
Sexy - Kennedy
Ugly - Taft
Dumb - Reagan
Witty - Coolidge
Cautious - Bush Sr.
Boring - Filmore
Evil - Jackson
Warrior - Teddy
Renegade - Dubya