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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:39 PM Original message |
Rank the Republican Presidents from best to worst |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hmmm...Good question! |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Eisenhower was probably the only okay one in the bunch |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Borrowed money from Social Security to fund Korean War |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. No, not really. Ike ended the Korean War. Johnson pulled that stunt to fund Vietnam. nt |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Afraid not. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Folks here just don't know history. nt |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. #1 spot is a tie between Clinton and Obama... n/t |
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denimgirly (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. Was thinking the same thing |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'll start with Lincoln |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Except for Teddy Roosevelt. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Theodore said Eleanor was more like him than any of his own children. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'd have Eisenhower higher and Hoover lower |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yup, Nixon should be higher, too. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. He was to the left of many current Democrats |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Very innovative. nt |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Eisenhower, Clinton, Taft, Nixon, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Ford, Reagan, Bush1, Bush2 |
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nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Clinton? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Don't ask. nt |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Don't tell! n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. We can thank Obama's pal, Colin Powell for that one. nt |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Why was it Powell's fault that Clinton rolled over with DADT? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. and while Bill couldn't keep his pants zipped, he prevented faithful gay couples from marrying |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Michael Moore's famous quote - Clinton was the best Republican President. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Eisenhower is the best |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Eisenhower was a loser? |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's like ranking favorite hemorrhoids |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wouldn't lump Ike or even Jerry Ford in the same category as those idiots |
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argonaut (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's my list, from Ike to Nixon. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. LBJ also contributed a great deal to the "cynical, hateful atmosphere of politics |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. LBJ had the Army spying on Americans |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Hoover and Carter were better in the post Presidency |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. FDR asked Hoover in '40 to run a committee on refugees with Eleanor. He said 'no'. nt |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. I believe Hoover also did a great deal before he became president? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. ... |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Hmmm... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. Blah. Eisenhower......... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. Working with just those ten... geez, most of them suck outright. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Eisenhower did the 'military industrial complex' speech too. nt |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
36. toughie |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
37. I think Reagan was the worst. n/t |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
38. This will surprise everyone |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. Ike would not be let into the Rethug party today. |
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Grand Taurean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. Eisenhower, Ford, Nixon, ,Taft, Bush I, Harding, Hoover, Coolidge, Reagan, Bush II |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. I won't quibble over the first 9, but.... |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. Eisenhower, and then a nine way tie for tenth place. |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. Lincoln, TR, Grant, Ford, Taft, Bush I, Ike, Nixon, Coolidge, Harding, Reagan, Bush, Hoover |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. TR and Eisenhower were the only good 20th century Republican presidents |
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road2000 (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'd use a specific scale for ranking: |
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amb123 (764 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower are the only good GOP Presidents EVER! |
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