Who was the most personally kind, sweet, gentle President?
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« Reply #25 on: May 27, 2016, 10:11:15 PM »

Wasn't Carter an absolute dick? His conduct in 1976 was awful from some accounts
He did pull some pretty low tricks to be going against Gerald Ford, but even McGovern would have been pretty tempted to.
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« Reply #26 on: June 02, 2016, 07:37:08 PM »

Carter was much less "kind", "sweet" or "gentle" than his public image suggested.

Carter flat out admitted in his interview with Playboy he has thought of women other than his his wife in lust and he hoped he could be forgiven for that. That's as a candidate in 1976.

He has more integrity than any family values Republican could even dream of.
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« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2016, 03:09:36 AM »

Carter was very effective at creating a public image, but that's very different from being personally kind.

That 'lusted in his heart' line was gold with evangelicals who voted Dem due to the taint of Watergate on the GOP, for example.

I'd probably go with McKinley, Taft, of course TR if you were on his good side and could stand the full bore of his kindness to you.

Too early for history, but an acquaintance was roommates with the current President while he was in Chicago (before he met/moved in with the First Lady, obvi) and seems to think he was a decent person. Which given how most pols are practically qualifies him for a medal. 
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« Reply #28 on: June 03, 2016, 12:39:32 PM »

Carter was very effective at creating a public image, but that's very different from being personally kind.

That 'lusted in his heart' line was gold with evangelicals who voted Dem due to the taint of Watergate on the GOP, for example.

I'd probably go with McKinley, Taft, of course TR if you were on his good side and could stand the full bore of his kindness to you.

Too early for history, but an acquaintance was roommates with the current President while he was in Chicago (before he met/moved in with the First Lady, obvi) and seems to think he was a decent person. Which given how most pols are practically qualifies him for a medal. 

At least Carter had the bravado to admit such a thing. How many politicians today, especially aspiring presidents, would do the same?
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« Reply #29 on: June 06, 2016, 01:06:05 AM »

Carter was very effective at creating a public image, but that's very different from being personally kind.

That 'lusted in his heart' line was gold with evangelicals who voted Dem due to the taint of Watergate on the GOP, for example.

I'd probably go with McKinley, Taft, of course TR if you were on his good side and could stand the full bore of his kindness to you.

Too early for history, but an acquaintance was roommates with the current President while he was in Chicago (before he met/moved in with the First Lady, obvi) and seems to think he was a decent person. Which given how most pols are practically qualifies him for a medal. 

At least Carter had the bravado to admit such a thing. How many politicians today, especially aspiring presidents, would do the same?

Sure, absolutely!

But nevertheless not a nice man.
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« Reply #30 on: June 07, 2016, 05:40:06 PM »

Nixon obviously.
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« Reply #31 on: June 09, 2016, 11:13:35 AM »


Now who could possibly disagree with that?  Smiley
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« Reply #32 on: June 09, 2016, 02:30:32 PM »

Reagan is a good guess.
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« Reply #33 on: June 11, 2016, 01:40:13 AM »


Maybe... but he was an AWFUL father.

Appeared to deliver commencement at his son's graduation, and absentmindedly shook his hand without recognizing him, for an example.

Gosh, I realized that I'd completely neglected to mention Lincoln. He's a strong candidate for kindest.
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« Reply #34 on: June 14, 2016, 12:59:43 AM »

McKinley by far.
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