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Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook
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« on: November 10, 2011, 05:17:01 PM »

Does anyone think any of the presidents have a Cult of Personality associated with them?

While not to the extent of Kim Jong-Il, I do think a few of them did. Especially John F. Kenndy and Ronald Reagan.
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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2011, 08:29:51 PM »

How can you ask this question and not bring up FDR?
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« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2011, 10:07:45 PM »

How can you ask this question and not bring up FDR?

Perhaps because today cult is used as pejorative for false religions? Grin
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« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2011, 10:42:55 AM »

I think most of them do.....at least to a minor extent.  But yeah, clearly JFK and Reagan were above the crowd.  My mom has a bust of JFK for cripes sake...and she aint Irish or a Catholic...hell, she isn't even a Democrat anymore, but the bust is still there (though not in a very public place).
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« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2011, 10:53:30 AM »


Yes. My history teacher is practically in love with him. Miller (my teacher) is pretty much a stereotype of an old-time Democrat: Worships Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson, both Roosevelts, and of course Truman who is Miller's namesake. A Presbyterian, it might involve a religious bias "Andrew Jackson, one of our strongest Presidents was Presbyterian."
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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2011, 11:48:07 AM »

Obama had it before he was president, but not anymore.
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« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2011, 11:57:17 AM »

It's still there but it's clearly faded, just like the bumper stickers.
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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2011, 11:38:19 AM »

Every elected president has had, in some way, a cult of personality surrounding them. How in the world does one become president if they do not have a very loyal band of supporters who agree with everything they say?

The president who did the most of cultivate his own cult of personality is, oddly enough, Calvin Coolidge. New York adman Bruce Barton (later a member of the trio "Martin, Barton and Fish"), public relations guru Edward Bernays and his wealthy Northampton supporters went out of their way to craft the image of "Silent Cal." Coolidge loved this image and cultivated it in any way he could. Many of the classic "Silent Cal" and "Pennypincher Cal" stories that are passed around were intentionally made to add to the image of the stoic, sober New England  executive. Their plan worked.  Coolidge is really only known for one thing today: he never spoke. This is not true, but it fits the narrative of his cult of personality.   
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« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2011, 07:03:27 PM »

Jefferson. My history teacher loves him as well. Honestly, he'll talk about Washington, he'll talk about Jefferson. The only time I'll hear him mention my man John Adams is in reference to Jefferson's friendship with him. Get over him already! If any man spent as much time talking about any modern President the amount he'll talk about Jefferson, he'd be seen, and rightfully so, as a complete hack.
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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2011, 06:25:01 PM »


Yes. My history teacher is practically in love with him. Miller (my teacher) is pretty much a stereotype of an old-time Democrat: Worships Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson, both Roosevelts, and of course Truman who is Miller's namesake. A Presbyterian, it might involve a religious bias "Andrew Jackson, one of our strongest Presidents was Presbyterian."

IIRC, Andrew Jackson rarely attended Church, and during his Presidency was reluctant to do so, so that his religion wasn't misconstrued as a political tool.  So if the fact that Jackson was a Presbyterian is your teachers reasoning, it strikes me as rather odd.  FTR, I enjoy learning about all of those President's, except Wilson Tongue
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