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« on: March 01, 2015, 10:04:07 PM »

John Adams: 62.5/37.5
Thomas Jefferson: 86.1/13.9
Aaron Burr: 56.4/43.6
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Huge HP for obvious reasons.

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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2015, 10:13:34 PM »

HP (normal).
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2015, 10:13:50 PM »

Skipped Daniel Tompkins for being too insignificant.

You should do them all for consistency.

FF for Tompkins

Obvious HP for Calhoun (who also looked almost comically demonic)
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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2015, 10:17:02 PM »

Massive HP of course.

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Skipped Daniel Tompkins for being too insignificant.

You should do them all for consistency.
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2015, 10:20:01 PM »

The definition of HP
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2015, 10:48:55 PM »

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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2015, 11:12:05 PM »

HP (Hideous Person)
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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2015, 11:40:35 PM »

Worst American ever
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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2015, 12:23:55 AM »

Unfortunate that he didn't live to see the defeat of the Confederacy and Radical Republican rule in South Carolina
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« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2015, 04:23:50 AM »

One of the worst US politicians in history.
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« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2015, 05:11:09 AM »

On balance FF.
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« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2015, 05:51:34 AM »


LOL
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« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2015, 08:19:33 AM »


In all fairness, Calhoun would probably beat Andrew Cuomo handily in the Atlas Forum poll.
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« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2015, 10:28:23 AM »


How so?
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« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2015, 12:19:12 PM »

A terrifyingly politically monstrous HP.
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« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2015, 12:30:01 PM »


I personally have a lot of sympathy for his political stances on such matters as 'majority rule' and 'natural rights'. Also, to be frank, I think it's perfectly understandable as to why he was such an ardent defender of slavery, given that southern society and its economy was underpinned by the institution, and its abolition (if it were carried out in the way that plenty of northern abolitionists wished it to be done) would have had (and did have) severe adverse effects upon the south. I wouldn't argue in any way that slavery was a 'positive good', as he did, but then I can understand his reasons for believing that. In addition, of course, he seems to have been a fairly decent guy in terms of his private life, so that's another tick in my book.
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« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2015, 12:49:05 PM »

Terrible racist traitor.
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« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2015, 01:02:47 PM »

I have to applaud him fro marrying a woman named Floride. That took some guts.
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« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2015, 01:32:22 PM »

Every good story needs a proper villain or three, and Calhoun rose to that part admirably. HP.
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« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2015, 01:46:21 PM »

The main antagonist in the American story.
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« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2015, 01:47:18 PM »

Definite HP on balance.
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« Reply #21 on: March 02, 2015, 02:45:02 PM »


I personally have a lot of sympathy for his political stances on such matters as 'majority rule' and 'natural rights'. Also, to be frank, I think it's perfectly understandable as to why he was such an ardent defender of slavery, given that southern society and its economy was underpinned by the institution, and its abolition (if it were carried out in the way that plenty of northern abolitionists wished it to be done) would have had (and did have) severe adverse effects upon the south. I wouldn't argue in any way that slavery was a 'positive good', as he did, but then I can understand his reasons for believing that. In addition, of course, he seems to have been a fairly decent guy in terms of his private life, so that's another tick in my book.

"Majority rule"!!? Calhoun discarded all pretense of supporting "majority rule" when he forced the North to accept the Fugitive Slave Act, which shamelessly overrode the will of the majority in those states. Yes, slavery was a much trickier issue in the 1850s than it appears today due to the economic issues you mentioned, but that's no excuse for labeling slavery a "positive good". Washington I can forgive for his racist tendencies - at least he acknowledged that slavery was wrong and freed his slaves upon his death - but Calhoun is as underserving of any sympathy as it gets.

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« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2015, 02:47:05 PM »

Arguably the worst major elected figure in American politics.
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