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Question: Bush I vs. Reagan
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« on: December 19, 2011, 09:30:33 PM »
I guess Bush, though that doesn't say much.
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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2011, 09:33:44 PM »
In a contest between having one's nose cut off and castration, to use a Byzantine punishment analogy, the former without a doubt.
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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2011, 10:56:38 PM »
Reagan.
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2011, 01:20:13 AM »
I like neither of them.
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« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2011, 01:43:50 AM »
but voted for the one who hasn't been overshadowed by his ineffective son and is at least remembered fondly by his party.
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« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2011, 05:31:43 AM »
Quote from: Remember Jeannette Rankin on December 19, 2011, 09:33:44 PM
In a contest between having one's nose cut off and castration, to use a Byzantine punishment analogy, the former without a doubt.

Hey, wormy ! Interesting how you stopped posting in the Attlee thread after the inanity of your posts has been exposed... Roll Eyes
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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2011, 05:33:17 AM »
Quote from: No Good Napoleon on December 20, 2011, 01:43:50 AM
but voted for the one who hasn't been overshadowed by his ineffective son and is at least remembered fondly by his party.

Being remembered fondly by the GOP almost authomatically makes you a HP.
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2011, 05:51:38 AM »
Reagan. Not because he was good or even mediocre, but because President in my lifetime has somehow managed to be successively more terrible.
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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2011, 07:22:35 AM »
Bush Snr, though both were awful fascists.
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« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2011, 08:16:43 AM »
Bush Sr. because, unlike Reagan, he managed to lose reelection.
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« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2011, 10:14:56 AM »
Quote from: night society on December 20, 2011, 05:51:38 AM
Reagan. Not because he was good or even mediocre, but because President in my lifetime has somehow managed to be successively more terrible.

He's what you would consider "Awesomely Bad". I am ashamed that I have even heard of that phrase....but otherwise, I would probably be a virgin.
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« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2011, 10:55:43 AM »
Quote from: Antonio V on December 20, 2011, 05:33:17 AM
Quote from: No Good Napoleon on December 20, 2011, 01:43:50 AM
but voted for the one who hasn't been overshadowed by his ineffective son and is at least remembered fondly by his party.

Being remembered fondly by the GOP almost authomatically makes you a HP.

Both options are HPs.
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« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2011, 11:17:21 AM »
Quote from: No Good Napoleon on December 20, 2011, 10:55:43 AM
Quote from: Antonio V on December 20, 2011, 05:33:17 AM
Quote from: No Good Napoleon on December 20, 2011, 01:43:50 AM
but voted for the one who hasn't been overshadowed by his ineffective son and is at least remembered fondly by his party.

Being remembered fondly by the GOP almost authomatically makes you a HP.

Both options are HPs.

Still, it should be a negative criterion rather than a positive one.
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« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2011, 12:28:09 PM »
Bush the Elder was a great President, in retrospect. I'd venture to say he was the second best postwar GOP President, with Ford in third, Eisenhower in first, Reagan in fourth, Bush the Younger in fifth, and Nixon dead last.
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« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2011, 02:02:10 PM »
Reagan for sure, though both were good.
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« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2011, 03:09:18 PM »
Quote from: Antonio V on December 20, 2011, 11:17:21 AM
Quote from: No Good Napoleon on December 20, 2011, 10:55:43 AM
Quote from: Antonio V on December 20, 2011, 05:33:17 AM
Quote from: No Good Napoleon on December 20, 2011, 01:43:50 AM
but voted for the one who hasn't been overshadowed by his ineffective son and is at least remembered fondly by his party.

Being remembered fondly by the GOP almost authomatically makes you a HP.

Both options are HPs.

Still, it should be a negative criterion rather than a positive one.

I find it to be an objective one.
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« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2011, 04:55:58 PM »
Bush... At least he lost properly.
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« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2011, 08:41:54 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2011, 12:04:19 AM »
HW Bush.
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« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2011, 12:21:56 AM »
Like most Presidents, neither are as great as their fan boys would like to think, nor as evil as their haters assume.  Faults?  Sure.  Good points? yep.  I'll give the nod to Reagan because he played the role of calm grandfather well when we needed a calm grandpa in charge.
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« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2011, 08:56:48 AM »
From an objective standpoint I would say Reagan.

Don't get me wrong, I hated his policies and thought he was a dickhead.  However, Bush Sr. (no matter how people on here try to slice his supposedly more "moderate" presidency) was pretty much Reagan Derp plus failure.
And before somebody brings up the infamous "OMG BUSH TAX INCREASES!!!" don't get me started on how many taxes Reagan raised during his eight year presidency.  The only REAL difference between the two in regards to tax policy is that Bush was stupid enough to say "NO NEW TAXES!"

So yeah, I guess a very slight Reagan vote.
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