President You'd Most Like to Interview

[progressive85]

If you had your own talk show on a channel like PBS or C-SPAN and could sit down with any former President for an hour long discussion of any topics at all, who would you choose to sit down with?  It could be a President who you thought was terrible even but who you find to be the most interesting interview-wise...

Also please tell us what is the one question you'd most want to ask that President

[Mr. Smith]

Truman by far.

The question I'd ask would probably relate to the last election. The circumstances actually. Given his distaste for how Ike got in and Nixon overall, the answer would have to be nothing short of colorful.

Reagan and Obama I begrudgingly concede have the voices that'd be the easiest to take in, JFK and FDR would probably be the most articulate, Nixon would be the most satisfyingly blunt, and Carter (Bush Jr and Hoover to lesser extents) would probably be the most earnest and most believable...but Truman, he is the Jack of All Stats.

[NeverAgain]

I think FDR.

There would be a whole bunch to cover, and I think it would be the best of both domestic and foreign policy debates that still linger to this day.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Truman

[Santander]

Dubya

[Antonio the Sixth]

LBJ would be amazing.

[Santander]

LBJ would be amazing.

And you'd cry whenever he used a racial slur during breaks.

[Technocracy Timmy]

Richard Nixon. Fascinating character.

[Mr. Smith]

LBJ would be amazing.

And you'd cry whenever he used a racial slur during breaks.

That's your take away? What about the Johnson Treatment overall? That sounds like it'd be a nightmare by itself! Racial slurs not needed.

[nicholas.slaydon]

Either Truman or Obama.

[Kingpoleon]

1. Gerald Ford
2. Jimmy Carter
3. John F. Kennedy
4. Ronald Reagan
5. Dwight Eisenhower
6. George H. W. Bush
7. Harry Truman

I'll come up with the question later.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Abe

[Torie]

Lincoln. No contest there. It is not even close.

[MarkD]

Reagan.
I would dwell on the topic of Supreme Court appointments (surprise, surprise).
I would discuss the reasons he gave, in a speech, for choosing Robert Bork for nomination to the Court, and compare those reasons to his successful appointments of O'Connor, Rehnquist (elevated from Associate to Chief), Scalia, and Kennedy. Did the latter four have the quality that he looked for in Bork?

[Grumpier Than Thou]

FDR, Lincoln, Obama, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Carter would all be phenomenal.

[Antonio the Sixth]

LBJ would be amazing.

And you'd cry whenever he used a racial slur during breaks.

That's your take away? What about the Johnson Treatment overall? That sounds like it'd be a nightmare by itself! Racial slurs not needed.

That's the whole point! At least it wouldn't be a bland, polished and likely unsubstantive question-answer routine as with any of the modern Presidents (except T***p, of course, but f**k him). It would be a surreal experience.

[fhtagn]

Voted FDR, but it would also be kinda rad to have a sit down with Dubya.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

How is the answer anyone but Nixon?

[Santander]

How is the answer anyone but Nixon?

Because we've already seen what that looks like.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

How is the answer anyone but Nixon?

Because we've already seen what that looks like.

The story gets bigger and bigger every year. We've only scratched the surface with Nixon. Plus, I'd love to hear is perspective of the modern world.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

How is the answer anyone but Nixon?

Nixon and LBJ interviewing each other would be fantastic.

[SATW]

How is the answer anyone but Nixon?

Because we've already seen what that looks like.

The story gets bigger and bigger every year. We've only scratched the surface with Nixon. Plus, I'd love to hear is perspective of the modern world.

I agree. I also voted for Nixon.

I think you and me would interview him differently than most posters here. I feel like the groupthink here would just pounce on him and get no productive answers out of him.

[Kingpoleon]

How is the answer anyone but Nixon?

Nixon and LBJ interviewing each other would be fantastic.

Not if the one listening dislikes corruption, cussing, and/or cruel, cruel competence.

[Antonio the Sixth]

How is the answer anyone but Nixon?

Nixon and LBJ interviewing each other would be fantastic.

Not if the one listening dislikes corruption, cussing, and/or cruel, cruel competence.

Cruel competence in the service of a good cause vs. cruel competence in the service of an evil cause (people can decide which is which based on their political leanings) usually makes for good drama.

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How is the answer anyone but Nixon?

Nixon and LBJ interviewing each other would be fantastic.

LBJ: "About those 1968 Vietnam peace talks"
Nixon: "Look, we can even talk about Watergate, just not that."
LBJ: "What's Watergate?"
Nixon: "Oh right, never mind."