Opinion of William Jennings Bryan

[Kaine for Senate '18]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan

[7,052,770]

He cared about the common man in an era when no one else did.  Massive FF, and one of the alltime greatest Americans.


And before anybody pulls out the Scopes silliness, just remember that evolution was not nearly as universally accepted by scientists of his day as it is now, and even with that in mind, Bryan was a day-age creationist, not a Young Earth.

[phk]

HP.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Extremely positive.  He's one of the greatest American politicians of the post Civil-War era, and would have made a better President than either of the men he lost to.

[Lief 🗽]

American Hero.

[Rob]

Pro-KKK.

[Mechaman]

HP.

Pro-KKK.

A racist bastard is a racist bastard.

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Pro-KKK.

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[WalterMitty]

negative, negative negative.

[Mint]

negative, negative negative.

[The Mikado]

Not terribly positive.  I'd have voted for him in 1900 and 1908 (probably for Palmer in 1896).  Debasing the currency was a very shortsighted economic platform.

[Rowan]

Just a loser. How can you run for president that many times and not win?

[Eraserhead]

negative, negative negative.

I was hoping that you would call him a ''silly populist'' but seriously, he was a pretty awful person.

[Franzl]

negative, negative negative.

[Magic 8-Ball]

negative, negative negative.

Populist.  Prohibitionist.  Creationist.

[Mint]

negative, negative negative.

Populist.  Prohibitionist.  Creationist.

You forgot protectionist.

[Magic 8-Ball]

negative, negative negative.

Populist.  Prohibitionist.  Creationist.

You forgot protectionist.

Had Walter used four negatives, that would have been included.  As it is, we can sneak it in under populist.

[Хahar 🤔]

Positive; good man for his times.

[7,052,770]

Creationist.

Yawn, he was a day-age creationist (the ok kind), not Young Earth, and it was nearly 100 years ago.

[Magic 8-Ball]

Creationist.

Yawn, he was a day-age creationist (the ok kind), not Young Earth, and it was nearly 100 years ago.

You are aware that he lobbied state legislatures to ban the teaching of evolution in schools, yes?  I care more about that than what kind of creationist he was.

[7,052,770]

Creationist.

Yawn, he was a day-age creationist (the ok kind), not Young Earth, and it was nearly 100 years ago.

You are aware that he lobbied state legislatures to ban the teaching of evolution in schools, yes?  I care more about that than what kind of creationist he was.

This was a different time.  The majority of scientists were not behind evolution at the time, so I give him a free pass.  I mean, every hero before the the 20th century, every single one of them, felt the same way about evolution that Bryan did.  In, most were worse, since Bryan didn't even disbelieve in the idea of evolution...he merely thought that Adam and Eve were created specially by God.  That was his only objection.  He was warm to the fact that the Earth could be billions of years old and life could have evolved; he only believed that Adam and Eve were a special creation by God.  This actually puts him far ahead of his time and even more of a FF.

[hcallega]

Very Positive. I don't agree with him on prohibition, but I'm ok with everything else, even creationism.

[Sewer]

Very Positive. I don't agree with him on prohibition, but I'm ok with everything else, even creationism.

[Vepres]

Fairly positive. His foreign policy views were particularly sensible.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Fairly positive. His foreign policy views were particularly sensible.

His foreign policy is the biggest problem I have with him.