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« on: May 16, 2005, 12:54:47 PM »
In continuing the idea of the 10 best presidents thread, I've created a thread dealing with the ten bes people to be President.  They didn't have to serve the country well, just be a good person.

Here's mine in no particular order:

John Adams
Harry Truman
Jimmy Carter
Herbert Hoover
Eisenhower
John Quincy Adams
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
George H.W. Bush (kind of surprising, I know)
Martin Van Buren
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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2005, 04:34:13 PM »
Why were the Adamses and Buchanan such good people?
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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2005, 05:03:02 PM »
1. Herbert Hoover

2. Jimmy Carter

3. William McKinley

4. William H. Taft

5. James Monroe

6. Martin Van Buren'

7. Ulysses S. grant

8. James Garfeild

9. Warren Harding

10. Dwight Eisenhower
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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2005, 05:09:01 PM »

I wouldn't call grant a good person.  That would be like calling Nixon a good person Shocked
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« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2005, 05:29:23 PM »
Quote from: SoFA True Democrat on May 16, 2005, 05:09:01 PM

I wouldn't call grant a good person.  That would be like calling Nixon a good person Shocked

Why?  Grant was not personally involved in any of the scandles surrounding his administration.  He was just inept.
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« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2005, 05:35:18 PM »
Quote from: SoFA True Democrat on May 16, 2005, 05:09:01 PM

I wouldn't call grant a good person.  That would be like calling Nixon a good person Shocked

He was a very kind person. Never rose his voice, never acted cold to anyone. He was very humble and had great self dicsipline. He was a good person but a terrible President. He should have just been Mayor of Galeena, like he joked about.
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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2005, 10:56:40 AM »
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Teddy Roosevelt
3. Calvin Coolidge
4. Franklin Roosevelt
5. Richard Nixon
6. Bill Clinton
7. Gerald Ford
8. Dwight Eisenhower.
9. John Kennedy
10. LBJ
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« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2005, 11:11:45 AM »
Quote from: Max Power on May 22, 2005, 10:56:40 AM
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Teddy Roosevelt
3. Calvin Coolidge
4. Franklin Roosevelt
5. Richard Nixon
6. Bill Clinton
7. Gerald Ford
8. Dwight Eisenhower.
9. John Kennedy
10. LBJ

Are you kidding me?  I agree FDR, Clinton, Kennedy, and LBJ were good Presidents, but they were not very good people.  FDR had tons of mistresses, as did Kennedy.  I have a book that says Kennedy is once quoted as saying, "I get a migraine if I don't get a foreign piece fo ass every night."  Also, LBJ has allegations against him for cheating in elections.  Clinton's problems are pretty obvious.
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« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2005, 12:51:52 PM »
(not in order)

Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Teddy Roosevelt
Bill Clinton
Dwight Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
James Madison
Martin Van Buren
George Washington
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« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2005, 08:38:10 PM »
Quote from: Max Power on May 22, 2005, 10:56:40 AM
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Teddy Roosevelt
3. Calvin Coolidge
4. Franklin Roosevelt
5. Richard Nixon
6. Bill Clinton
7. Gerald Ford
8. Dwight Eisenhower.
9. John Kennedy
10. LBJ

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LOL

"I've had more women by accident than he's had on purpose."
- LBJ on hearing of JFK's womanizing.
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« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2005, 08:42:25 PM »
Sorry, I thought this meant 10 best presidents. No need to be a jerk about it.
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« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2005, 09:24:35 PM »
Quote from: Max Power on May 22, 2005, 08:42:25 PM
Sorry, I thought this meant 10 best presidents. No need to be a jerk about it.

I'm sorry. I took it too far. I nearly made the same mistake!
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« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2005, 11:40:47 PM »
In alphabetical order:

Bush 43
Eisenhower
Garfield
Hayes
Hoover
Lincoln
McKinley
Monroe
Reagan
Washington
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« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2005, 10:44:48 PM »
I think the best ever was probably John Quincy Adams

Other great men (I can't limit myself to ten, these are in chronological order)

Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Willaim H Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
James Garfield
George Washington
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« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2005, 10:50:46 PM »

Interesting combo.
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« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2005, 01:06:16 AM »
Harry Truman
Andy Johnson
John Q Adams
Abe Lincoln
Martin Van Buren
Rutherford Hayes
Jerry Ford
Jimmy Carter

Er...can't think of anyone else above, on or near the zero mark right now. Politicians tend not to be good people.
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« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2005, 01:17:49 AM »
Adams, Adams, Hoover, H.W. Bush, Carter, Grant, Taft, Van Buren  and both of the Harrsions because I am told I swim in the same gene pool as them.
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« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2005, 01:31:13 AM »
Yeah, sorry. Didn't think of Hoover.
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« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2005, 11:23:01 AM »
Carter
Hoover
Eisenhower
Clinton
Truman
Ford
T. Roosevelt
Grant
Van Buren
Lincoln
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« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2005, 11:50:01 AM »
Washington
Cleveland
McKinley
TR
Coolidge
Reagan
GWB
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« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2005, 12:12:27 PM »
1. Truman
2. T. Roosevelt
3. F. Roosevelt
4. Hoover (out respect for his integrity)
5. Washington
6. L. Johnson
7. Clinton
8. Lincoln
9. Ford
10. Clevlend
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« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2005, 01:46:49 PM »
John Adams
Jefferson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Hoover
Roosevelt
Truman
Ford
Carter
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« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2005, 01:49:32 PM »
You're a Democrat. Change your avatar.
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« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2005, 02:12:41 AM »
Bush 41
Reagan
Carter
Truman
Hoover
Coolidge
Lincoln
Madison
Jefferson
Washington
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