Greatest Presidents that never were

[hawkeye59]

Who were the best presidents that never were? I'd say Robert La Follette, Robert F. Kennnedy, Edward M. Kennedy, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Clay, Paul Wellstone, Mario Cuomo, Al Gore, Eugene V. Debs, and Mo Udall. There's more, but that's all I'll say.

[tb78]

John Mccain, and Jerry Brown come to my mind.

[JSojourner]

Paul Wellstone*, Paul Tsongas, Eugene McCarthy, Hubert H. Humphrey, Ed Muskie, Mark Hatfield*, Frank Church, Jacob Javits* and yes...forgive me...John Kerry.

I'm on the fence about what sort of President Bill Bradley would have made. 





(*non-candidates who generated some buzz, but never ran.)

[Bo]

Samuel Tilden, Charles Evans Hughes, Hubert Humphrey, Hugh Carey, and Nelson Rockefeller all come to mind. I think that Gore would have made an OK President, but not a great President.

[Senator Ben]

Hubert Humphrey, Scoop Jackson, Bobby and Teddy Kennedy, and Al Gore come to mind.

[ARescan]

I'll just go with some older candidates.

John C. Fremont(over Buchanan), Henry Clay, William H. Harrison(He did win the election, but...), and Winfield Scott.

[Senator Libertas]

Alton Parker, John Palmer, Alfred E. Smith, Robert A. Taft, Eugene J. McCarthy, R. Sargent Shriver, George S. McGovern, Patrick J. Buchanan, Ronald E. Paul

[Sewer]

Patrick J. Buchanan

yes your not a racist

[Senator Libertas]

Patrick J. Buchanan

yes your not a racist

Yes, I know I'm not a racist. Don't mess up hawkeye's thread now.

[Sewer]

Patrick J. Buchanan

yes your not a racist

Yes, I know I'm not a racist. Don't mess up hawkeye's thread now.

uh huh  http://www.realchange.org/buchanan.htm

[Deldem]

Henry Clay and RFK are the first that come to mind.

[Jbrase]

Robert taft, Bobby Kennedy, Henry Clay, Ross Perot, and Ron Paul.

[ARescan]

I started a Clay trend.

[KuntaKinte]

Eugene Debs

[dialectical fetishist]

Ron Paul

[Grumps]

Jack Kemp, Tom Ridge, RFK, Buchanan, Cheney

[Jensen]

Robert Taft
Charles Hughes
Thomas Dewey
Henry Clay
Nelson Rockefeller

[J. J.]

Stuart Symington

Thomas Dewey

Daniel Webster

Samuel J. Tilden

Richard B. Cheney

Jack Kemp

Tom Ridge

Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott Hancock


Edit:  Gary Hart

[Bo]

Richard B. Cheney
Jack Kemp
Tom Ridge

No. Just no.

[N.i.K.]

Theodore Roosevelt (1912)
Charles Evans Hughes (1916)
Wendell Willkie (1940)
Richard Nixon (1960)
Gary Hart (1988)

[J. J.]

Richard B. Cheney
Jack Kemp
Tom Ridge

No. Just no.

Cheney on domestic policy would have been refreshing.  Kemp was phenomenal.  Ridge was a great governor, much better than Fast Eddie.

[Bo]

Richard B. Cheney
Jack Kemp
Tom Ridge

No. Just no.

Cheney on domestic policy would have been refreshing.  Kemp was phenomenal.  Ridge was a great governor, much better than Fast Eddie.

They were all in favor of the rich at the expense of screwing ordinary Americans. BTW, you never finished responding to my Unusual Deaths thread.

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Bob Taft

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Richard B. Cheney
Jack Kemp
Tom Ridge

No. Just no.

Cheney on domestic policy would have been refreshing.  Kemp was phenomenal.  Ridge was a great governor, much better than Fast Eddie.

They were all in favor of the rich at the expense of screwing ordinary Americans. BTW, you never finished responding to my Unusual Deaths thread.

Ever get tired of serving the same useless, false talking points?

[ARescan]

Forgot one.

John Hancock- Was one of the candidates to command the Army during the Revolution and in victory would have likely gained the same fame as Washington did and would have been elected as the first President of the United States.