Obama Presidential Library

[Paul Kemp]

Honolulu, but I don't think he deserves one.

Presidential libraries are something to be "deserved" by special circumstances now? Not just being president isn't enough?

Chicago is the obvious choice due to the reasons Grumps listed. Anything else would be dumb. George W. Bush's library isn't in Connecticut...

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

Every president gets a library whether you think they deserve it or not.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Every president gets a library whether you think they deserve it or not.

Not every President has one, in fact Hoover started the current string of every President having one.  And the funds to build them are private, mostly, IIRC.

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

Every president gets a library whether you think they deserve it or not.

Not every President has one, in fact Hoover started the current string of every President having one.  And the funds to build them are private, mostly, IIRC.

I know Hoover started it, but I   mean every president should have one.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Every president gets a library whether you think they deserve it or not.

Not every President has one, in fact Hoover started the current string of every President having one.  And the funds to build them are private, mostly, IIRC.

I know Hoover started it, but I   mean every president should have one.

Oh, sure, all future ones will.  You don't get that job without having an ego the size of Russia, so anything to toot their own horn will get built.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

One wonders how long it will be until a 'Presidential Library' is built in the shape of an actual pyramid.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Honolulu, but I don't think he deserves one.

Every president since Hoover has one, it's the law.

(There are a few pre-Hoover presidents with them though.)

[Goldwater]

Honolulu, but I don't think he deserves one.

Why not? What makes him less deserving than Hoover, Nixon, or Carter?

[Flake]

Honolulu.

[ElectionsGuy]

I was expressing my opinion. Of course he will get a presidential library. I was not arguing against him getting a library, all I was saying is I don't think he should get one, nor do I think Nixon or Bush should get one. Can we move on now?

[Oak Hills]

Don't presidential libraries exist more to centers of scholarship and education of the public regarding the administration of the presidents in question than to honor said presidents?

[tmthforu94]

Kansas

If you want it burned down...

Hawaii would probably be the smarter location.

[Paul Kemp]

I was expressing my opinion. Of course he will get a presidential library. I was not arguing against him getting a library, all I was saying is I don't think he should get one, nor do I think Nixon or Bush should get one. Can we move on now?

When you make silly comments people will ask about them.

[Paul Kemp]

Why are people suggesting Hawaii again? Obviously he was born there but as stated before, GWB's library isn't in Connecticut...

[Хahar 🤔]

Honolulu, but I don't think he deserves one.

Presidential libraries are something to be "deserved" by special circumstances now? Not just being president isn't enough?

Chicago is the obvious choice due to the reasons Grumps listed. Anything else would be dumb. George W. Bush's library isn't in Connecticut...

On the other hand, Hoover's is in Iowa and not California.

[Dave from Michigan]

write in: Detroit

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Honolulu, but I don't think he deserves one.

Presidential libraries are something to be "deserved" by special circumstances now? Not just being president isn't enough?

Chicago is the obvious choice due to the reasons Grumps listed. Anything else would be dumb. George W. Bush's library isn't in Connecticut...

On the other hand, Hoover's is in Iowa and not California.

And for that matter, isn't Eisenhower's in Abilene, Kansas?

[Paul Kemp]

Honolulu, but I don't think he deserves one.

Presidential libraries are something to be "deserved" by special circumstances now? Not just being president isn't enough?

Chicago is the obvious choice due to the reasons Grumps listed. Anything else would be dumb. George W. Bush's library isn't in Connecticut...

On the other hand, Hoover's is in Iowa and not California.

And for that matter, isn't Eisenhower's in Abilene, Kansas?

Fair enough, although I do tend to identify those two with those respective states rather than California (actually, admittedly I forgot they ran with CA/NY as their "home states"). Maybe it's just me but I identify Obama more with Chicago than Hawaii.

Besides all that, there are reasons enough that it should be in Chicago rather than HI, especially if they want... you know... people to actually go to it...

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Honolulu, but I don't think he deserves one.

Presidential libraries are something to be "deserved" by special circumstances now? Not just being president isn't enough?

Chicago is the obvious choice due to the reasons Grumps listed. Anything else would be dumb. George W. Bush's library isn't in Connecticut...

On the other hand, Hoover's is in Iowa and not California.

And for that matter, isn't Eisenhower's in Abilene, Kansas?

Fair enough, although I do tend to identify those two with those respective states rather than California (actually, admittedly I forgot they ran with CA/NY as their "home states"). Maybe it's just me but I identify Obama more with Chicago than Hawaii.

Besides all that, there are reasons enough that it should be in Chicago rather than HI, especially if they want... you know... people to actually go to it...

A good question to ask is where would a potential Hillary Clinton library be? Obama has plenty of ties that bind him strongly to Chicago. Hillary has always kind of floated around. Besides her Senate campaign (which was pretty strong carpetbagging), does she really have strong ties to New York state?

[Paul Kemp]

Honolulu, but I don't think he deserves one.

Presidential libraries are something to be "deserved" by special circumstances now? Not just being president isn't enough?

Chicago is the obvious choice due to the reasons Grumps listed. Anything else would be dumb. George W. Bush's library isn't in Connecticut...

On the other hand, Hoover's is in Iowa and not California.

And for that matter, isn't Eisenhower's in Abilene, Kansas?

Fair enough, although I do tend to identify those two with those respective states rather than California (actually, admittedly I forgot they ran with CA/NY as their "home states"). Maybe it's just me but I identify Obama more with Chicago than Hawaii.

Besides all that, there are reasons enough that it should be in Chicago rather than HI, especially if they want... you know... people to actually go to it...

A good question to ask is where would a potential Hillary Clinton library be? Obama has plenty of ties that bind him strongly to Chicago. Hillary has always kind of floated around. Besides her Senate campaign (which was pretty strong carpetbagging), does she really have strong ties to New York state?

Yea, I would expect NY. Even though she's "carpetbagged" there, they've become pretty ingrained in the state - although moreso Bill these days it seems.

[Dave from Michigan]

Gerald Ford's library is in Ann Arbor Michigan and the museum is in Grand Rapids. Ford went to college at the University of Michigan, but his congress district was based around Grand Rapids. Maybe Obama could have a library and museum separate in two different cities.

Also has anyone been to a presidential library? Ann Arbor is only 20 minutes away and it is free to get into the library, maybe I should check it out.

[Zioneer]

Wall Street. It'd be right at home.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Gerald Ford's library is in Ann Arbor Michigan and the museum is in Grand Rapids. Ford went to college at the University of Michigan, but his congress district was based around Grand Rapids. Maybe Obama could have a library and museum separate in two different cities.

Also has anyone been to a presidential library? Ann Arbor is only 20 minutes away and it is free to get into the library, maybe I should check it out.

I thought only the LBJ one was free. (I went there in high school on a field trip.)