| uc0nnfan92
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Cym, Ive done my research on him trust me. And i know that its been proven that if Hoover was re elected into office and his economic plan was still in place, the Great Depression would have ended years before it did. Its just that the people wanted instant gratification and his plan was going to take awhile to finally work out in the end.
Reply #61. Oct 08 09, 9:56 AM
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illiniman14 
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As for my "favorite" president, it's Lincoln thanks to establishing Republican power, winning the Civil War, keeping Europe out of the Civil War, freeing the slaves (sort of), etc. etc.
But I will say my favorite underappreciated president is William McKinley. Granted, a lot of his success is thanks to his Secretary of State John Hay (SecStates did a lot that early presidents were given credit for), but he had quite a list of accomplishments:
Made the Open Door Policy to China
Won the Spanish-American War pretty handily
Made it through the Boxer Rebellion by bringing together the 8 powers of the time
Had the following territorial gains: Hawaii, Palmyra Island, American Samoa, Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines (I realize that was disastrous but if nothing else it was a learning experience to not colonize highly-populated areas - which William Seward warned against 30 years earlier)
Plus it stands to reason that you are as good as the people you surround yourself with, and along with Hay, he had Philander Knox, Russell Alger, Theodore Roosevelt, and though he wasn't on the cabinet Alfred Thayer Mahan was very influential.
Reply #62. Oct 08 09, 12:35 PM
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Calpurnia09
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It is interesting for a non American to see your choices. It would seem that Democrat presidents are favoured over Republican ones, excepting Abraham Lincoln. I wonder which party he would have favoured in the late 20th and 21st centuries.
Reply #63. Nov 13 09, 5:54 AM
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oldstuff28
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I would say Jefferson, Monroe, Madison and Lincoln. Without these four, the U.S. would not be what it is today.
Reply #64. Nov 14 09, 7:50 AM
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| diamondback1
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Washington and the earliest presidents, as well as Calvin Coolidge and Reagan. Everyone since Reagan has been terrible.
And Lincoln is the most overrated president in existence. The winners definitely got to write the history books on that one. I used to like him a lot, but no longer.
Reply #65. Nov 14 09, 11:01 AM
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Cymruambyth
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All these posts just go to show that greatness is in the eye of the beholder, nu?
Reply #66. Nov 17 09, 1:50 PM
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| Greatguggly
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If any of those early presidents (and a few since) were alive to see the president and Congress we have today they would remind us that it is our duty to rid the country of an oppressive government, which is what we have. They're turning a great nation into a cesspool of socialistic mediocrity, exactly the opposite of what the framers of the constitution wanted.
Reply #67. Nov 20 09, 6:59 PM
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AntonLaVey
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Some say that our forefathers were just rich white men who didn't want to pay taxes. Rebels they were not.
Reply #68. Nov 20 09, 8:18 PM
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| houston1127
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My forefathers were poor white men. And an Indian somewhere in Oklahoma I think. A great many of them were rebels.
Reply #69. Nov 20 09, 11:50 PM
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| houston1127
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Also, who likes the fruit of their labors involunatarily taken? Not you, not me, and not George Washington.
Reply #70. Nov 21 09, 12:12 AM
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AntonLaVey
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Well, Washington turned right around and taxed the people, huh?
Reply #71. Nov 21 09, 12:22 AM
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Cymruambyth
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And Washington married money, he didn't make it.
Reply #72. Nov 21 09, 5:23 PM
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| houston1127
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True, Washington was no Jefferson. But then again, he was no Hamilton, either. Hamilton and the Federalists were the one's who "betrayed the revolution".
Cym, don't be a hoser! Of course Washington made money. Although he enlarged his holdings by marriage to Martha, he didn't spend his time fox-hunting or playing the contemporary version of Funtrivia all day. He was a prolific farmer, distiller, fisher and trader. Of course he had his slaves do much of the work, but he freed them when he died. Not an all around bad guy; plus he gave great farewell addresses!
Reply #73. Nov 21 09, 11:43 PM
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| rfcneil
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Barack Obama seems quite cool and relaxed for a president, so I like him. As I am only a teenager the only other president that I can remember is George W. Bush, and I prefer Obama to him.
Reply #74. Feb 20 10, 6:04 PM
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redwaldo
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FDR
Reply #75. Feb 20 10, 6:21 PM
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| Lochalsh
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Bill Clinton. Wish I could list Hillary Rodham Clinton, as well, but maybe later?
Reply #76. Feb 20 10, 6:26 PM
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scottishrose44
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Ted Roosevelt and Harry Truman
Reply #77. Mar 01 10, 8:28 AM
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gpm97457
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For me it's Lincoln and FDR.
Reply #78. Mar 03 10, 11:45 PM
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| Hans13
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Abraham Lincoln.
Reply #79. Mar 16 10, 9:42 AM
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Shiningstar7
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Abraham Lincoln made a big difference, I admire him most.
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